Geography
This river, the longest in Israel, provided an important water source for agriculture and settlement.
What is the Jordan River?
This figure is considered the father of the Israelite people and made a covenant with God.
Who is Abraham?
This system of writing, developed by the Israelites, was based on an alphabet rather than pictographs.
What is the Hebrew alphabet?
In 586 BCE, this empire conquered Judah, destroyed the First Temple, and took many Israelites into exile.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
This man, considered the first patriarch of Judaism, made a covenant with God that promised his descendants a great nation.
Who is Abraham?
This large body of water, known for its high salt content, lies at the lowest point on Earth.
What is the Dead Sea?
This sacred text contains the laws and teachings of Judaism and is part of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
This famous biblical king was known for uniting the Israelite tribes and establishing Jerusalem as the capital.
Who is King David?
This Babylonian king was responsible for destroying Jerusalem and exiling the Jewish people.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar II?
This Jewish leader received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai and led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
Who is Moses?
The sea to the west of Israel, important for trade and travel.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This king is credited with building the First Temple in Jerusalem.
Who is Solomon?
Describe the 3 major developments and movements of the ancient Israelites.
What is (1) Mesopotamia to Canaan (Abraham's journey to the Promised Land), (2) Canaan to Egypt (Famine led the Israelites to Egypt), (3) Exodus from Egypt (Moses led the Israelites back to Canaan)?
In 70 CE, this empire destroyed the Second Temple and expelled many Jews from their homeland.
What is the Roman Empire?
This collection of Jewish scriptures, which includes the Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim, serves as the foundation of Jewish religious teachings.
What is the Tanakh?
The capital of ancient Israel, significant for its religious history.
What is Jerusalem?
This special day of rest and worship is observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
What is the Sabbath (Shabbat)?
This temple, built by Solomon, became the center of Jewish worship until its destruction by the Babylonians.
What is the First Temple?
This term refers to the scattering of the Jewish people outside their ancestral homeland after conquests by the Babylonians and Romans.
What is the Jewish Diaspora?
These ten fundamental laws, given to Moses by God, form a central part of Jewish ethical teachings.
What are the Ten Commandments?
A land bridge between Africa and Asia, significant in the Exodus story.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
This event, led by Moses, involved the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt.
What is the Exodus?
This artifact, discovered in the 20th century near the Dead Sea, contains some of the oldest known biblical texts.
What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?
This __________ against Roman rule from 132-136 CE led to even harsher suppression and exile from Judea.
What is revolt?
In Judaism, the belief in one God who is just and merciful is known as this concept.
What is monotheism?