Kingdoms and Captivity
Origins of the Hebrews
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The Hebrew people were also known as these.
Wo were the Jews and the Israelites?
100
The land that became the home of the Hebrew people.
What is Canaan?
100
Land to which the Jews returned after being freed from captivity.
What is Judah?
100
This was the basis of the law of the Israilites according to the Torah.
What are the Ten Commandments?
100
Belief in one God.
What is monotheism?
200
He was the first king of the Israelites.
Who was Saul?
200
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah? (Gensis, Exodus, Levitcus, Numerals, and Deuteronomy)
200
People who seized control of Juday and eventually made it a crime to observe jewish laws or study the Torah.
Who are the Romans?
200
50 year periodin which the Israelites were exiled from Judah and held in Babylon.
What is the Babylonian Captivity?
200
The two kingdoms Israel split into after King Solomon died.
What are Israel and Judah?
300
He was the Israelite leader who deafeated the Philistines.
Who was David?
300
He was the father of the Hebrew people.
Who was Abraham?
300
General who was sent to crush the uprising of the Jewish Zealots.
Who was Vespasian?
300
Spiritual Leaders who were thought to have a special ability to interpret God's word.
What were prophets?
300
The Persian king who conquered Babylonia and freed the Jewish exiles.
Who was Cyrus?
400
He was the third king of Israel.
Who was Solomon?
400
This is a binding (unbreakable) agreement that Hebrews believed God made with Abraham.
What is a convenant?
400
A Jewish fortress overlooking the Dead Sea.
What is Masada?
400
Hebrew word that means an "anointed one" charged with some some task or leadership.
What is the Messiah?
400
They destroyed the second temple in Jerusalem.
Who are the Romans?
500
This city was the center of religious life for the Israelites.
What was Jerusalem?
500
The name used for the migration (movement) of the Israelites from Egypt.
What is the Exodus?
500
The movement of Jews to other parts of the world.
What is the Diaspora?
500
Places for Jewish prayer and worship.
What are synagogues?
500
He lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Who is Moses?
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