Ancient Hebrews
Who was the founder of the Hebrew people?
Abraham
The profit that brought the 10 Commandments.
Moses
What form of religion did the ancient Greeks believe in?
Polytheism.
What is a city-state?
The independent cities of ancient Greece and the land that they controlled.
Monotheism
Belief in one God.
How many sons did Jacob have?
12
Name a king of The kingdom of Israel.
Saul, David, or Solomon
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
This city state was run by a democracy.
Athens
Polytheism
Belief in many gods.
Where did the Hebrews become slaves for roughly 400 years?
Ancient Egypt
Who destroyed the kingdom of Israel?
The Assyrians
Why was farming difficult in ancient Greece?
Their were no flooding rivers, the soil was rocky, the land was mostly mountainous, and there was little open land for fields.
This city-state was run by an oligarchy.
Sparta
Polis
The Greek city-state: community structure of ancient Greece.
What do the Jewish people call the event of being freed from Egypt?
Exodus
Who destroyed Jerusalem and took the Jewish people captive?
The Babylonians under King Nebuchadnezzar.
Why is Herodotus famous? What is his nickname?
He was the first to study history in an organized manner and wrote the book called The Histories. "The Father of History"
This city-state was the most militaristic.
Sparta
Canaan
Who were the two patriarchs of the Torah that had their names changed and what were they changed to?
Abram and Jacob to Abraham and Israel
After the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, where did the Hebrew people gather to worship, teach, and learn?
Synagogues
Name an ancient Greek god or goddess and correctly state his or her role.
Given answer.
What were the two most powerful city-states of ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Peloponnese
The southern tip of Greece.