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What was the one major difference between the Israelite people and the nations around them?
Israelites’ worshiped one God and God helped them. Wheras other nations worshiped many gods.
God broke into human ____ when he told ____ to leave the Sumerian City of ____ and settle in____, a land west of the ___ River and east of the _____ sea
Human, Abram, Haran, Canaan, Jordan, Mediterranean
God made a _____ with ____ that this land would be his descendant's ____ homeland.
Covenant, Abram, Permenant
Abraham was the father of ____ who was the father of Jacob or _____. From Jacob's ____ sons came the ____ of Israel
Issac, Israel, Twelve, Tribes
Book of Judges
story of the vise chiefs and military heros who ruled Israel
Philistines
called the "Sea People" by the Egyptians
Southwest Palestine
had been conquered by the Philistines around 1200 B.C.
Ack of the covenant
gold covered chest containing the tablets of the Ten commandments, a jar of manna and the rod of Moses
Phoenicians
created the first alphabet
Hebrew
another name for the Israelite people
After King Solomon, Israel was divided into how many kingdoms?
2
Babylon was a city on the (Nile / Euphrates) River in (Egypt/Mesopotamia) and a great center of (trading/civilization).
Euphrates, Mesopotamia, civilizatio
The Babylonians wrote on (papyrus/ clay tablets), worshiped (many gods/ one god) and built temples called (pyramias/ziggurats).
Clay tablets, many gods, ziggurats
The Babylonians tried to predict the (weather / future) by studying (constellations / history). One of the "Seven wonders of the ancient world" was in Babylon - the (Lighthouse of Alexandria / Hanging Gardens)
Future, constellations, Hanging Gardens
(Hammurabi/Ashurnasirpal) was a great king of Babylon. He Is most famous for his 282 (laws/wives). Another famous king was (Nebuchadnezzar /Rameses) Il who made Babylon the center of a great empire.
Hammurabi, laws, Nebuchadnezzar
He destroyed the power of the (Phoenicians /Assyrians) and conquered many lands. He destroyed the great (Temple / Fortress) of Jerusalem and forced the inhabitants into exile in (Sumer/ Mesopotamia)
Assyrians, Temple, Mesopotamia
Nineveh
great Assyrian city
Babylon
great city on the Euphrates River
586 B.C
destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Solomon
built the temple of Jerusalem
David
made Israel a great kingdom
Ashurnasirpal
cruelest king of Assyria
(T/F) God sent his messages to Israel through holy men, the prophets
True
(T/F) Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel are called the "minor prophets"
False
(T/F) The prophets' message to Israel can be summed up in the two great commandments: love God, love your neighbor
True
(T/F) When the Israelites’ broke the commandments of God and ignored the laws of Moses, the prophets urged them to turn from sin.
True
(T/F) The prophets called on Israel to care for the poor, especially widows and orphans, to show justice to workers, and to free the oppressed
True
What good came out of the suffering of the Jewish people during their exile in Babylon?
1.) Brought Jewish people to repentance
2) Strengthened their devotion
3.) Increased their zeal to preserve their Faith in God
In ____ B. C. Babylon was conquered by the ___ who became a great empire under the general ___ II.
539, Persians, Cyrus
These people were not as ____ as the Assyrians and allowed conquered nations. to keep their ___ and ____.
Cruel, Cultures, Religions
Under ____ rule the Jews were allowed to return to ___.
Persian, Jereusalem
In ___ B.c. the Jews rebuilt the ____, which became the center for worship for Jews all over the world
515, Temple
The Jews also established local gathering places called ____ where they met to pray and study.
Synagogues
Jews held fast to their faith while ____ fell and new ones arose and they eventually moved all over the _____ world.
Empires, Mediterranean
No other ancient ___ had such an impact on the world as ____
Nation, Israel
It maintained the worship of one God in a _____ world
Polytheistic
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