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Vocabulary
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Why did Abraham leave Mesopotamia?
According to the Bible, God told Abraham to leave and move to a new land - Canaan
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What is the Torah?
The most sacred text of Judaism
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Why did the Romans force Jews out of Jerusalem?
As punishment for Jewish revolts against Roman Rule
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Judaism
The Hebrews religion
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What is Passover?
A time for Jews to remember the Exodus
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Why did the Israelites unite under a king?
The Israelites needed a single rulter to help them band together against the invading Philistines
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What are the most important beliefs of Judaism?
Beliefs in one God, education and study, justice and righteousness, and obedience and law
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What were the two main Jewish cultural traditions?
Ashkemazim, Sephardim
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Exodus
Moses led his people out of Egypt in a journey
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How did the defeat by the Romans affect Jewish history?
The Jews slowly scattered throughout the world, and two Jewish cultural traditions developed in Europe.
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What was life like for most Hebrew women?
Had few rights and had to obey their fathers and husbands, but some Hebrew women made great contributions to their society.
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What was a prophet?
People who are said to received messages from God to be taught to others.
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What name is given to the two most important Jewish holidays?
High Holy Days
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Ten Commandments
Moral laws given from God
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What's Mrs. Koons favorite color?
red
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Who was Abraham?
The man to which the Bible traces back Hebrew ancestry
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What texts do Jews consider sacred?
Torah, Hebrew bible, Commentaries
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Who won the battle at Masada?
Romans
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Diaspora
Scattering of the Jews outside of Canaan
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What are the two most sacred of all Jewish holidays?
Yom Kipper and Rosh Hashanah
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Why was the Exodus a significant event in Hebrew history?
Hebrews believed it proved God loved and was protecting them.
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Why do Historians study the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Because many of them wre written by scholars long ago, and they help explain the Torah and Jewish teachings.
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What language developed in the Jewish communities of eastern Europe?
Yiddish
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Monotheism
The belief in only one god
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What's Mrs. Koons' new favorite food?
Barbeque Chicken
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