Vocab 1
Ten laws and teachings said to have been given to Moses by God
What are the Ten Commandments?
An agreement or promise
What is a covenant?
An early name for the Jewish people
What is an Israelite?
A set of moral principles or values.
What are ethics?
He led the Israelites to Canaan, the "Promised Land".
Who was Moses?
The treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
What is slavery?
The escape of the Israelites from enslavement in Egypt to freedom
What was the Exodus?
The holiest city in Judaism
What is Jerusalem?
To banish or expel from one’s own country or home.
What is to exile?
The kingdom of Kush was located on this river.
What is the Nile River?
This is the Israelites’ kingdom.
What is Israel?
Judaism’s most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Tanakh.
What is the Torah?
An inherited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior
What is a tradition?
The belief that there is only one God.
What is monotheism?
A ruling leader or king of Kush, usually a man.
What is a qore?
The belief that there are many gods.
What is polytheism?
The collection of early Jewish traditions, or commentaries, that explain the laws and teachings of Judaism and the Hebrew Bible, or Tamakh.
What is the Talmud?
An ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning.
What is Yavneh?
A family or group that rules for several generations.
What is a dynasty?
A city on the Nile River that became the center of Kushite culture and industry.
What is Meroe?
Capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and then Judah
What is Jerusalem?
One of the earliest religions based on worshipping one God, developed among the ancient Israelites
What is Judaism?
The Jewish sacred scriptures consisting of the Torah, Nevi’im (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Writings). It is sometimes called the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Tanakh?
The dispersal of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning in 586 B.C.E.
What is Jewish Diaspora?
A powerful female leader who usually co-ruled Kush with her husband or sons.
What is a kandake?