Israelite Basics
Banished from one's home country.
What is exiled?
The son of Abraham
Who was Isaac?
When the Israelites left Canaan the entered this country.
What was Egypt?
This NeoBabylonian Ruler held the Jews captive.
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
Ancient Canaan is in this modern country.
What is Israel?
The belief in one all-powerful God.
What is monotheism?
This person comes after Isaac on the Hebrews Family Tree.
Who was Jacob?
God told Abraham to go here.
What is Canaan?
He finished the fight against the Philistines.
Who was David?
During the Exodus the Israelites reached a "dead end" at this location.
What is the Red Sea?
Prehistoric means this.
What is before written record?
12 descendants of Abraham became these.
What were the 12 tribes of Israel?
This person was chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Who was Moses?
He built the Temple of Jerusalem and built trade connections.
Who was Solomon?
Began the fight with the Philistines.
What was Saul?
A departure.
What is an Exodus.
After living in Canaan for many years, the Hebrews left for this reason.
What is famine?
Abraham is from this city-state.
What is Ur?
This ruler, from this land, ended Jewish exile.
Who was King Cyrus from Persia?
An important female Judge.
Who was Deborah?
Abraham considered the Jewish homeland to be this 2 word phrase.
What is the Promised Land?
Son of a Mesopotamian Man.
Who was Abraham?
Also acceptable, Isaac.
The first 5 books of the Bible became known as
What is the Torah?
This holiday celebrates the victory over this foreign empire.
What is Hanukkah and Greece?
A monument that represents Jewish endurance.
What is the Western Wall?