Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Lydians

Question 1

Canaan

Answer 1

Eastern Mediterranean land in which Abraham resettled around 1800 B.C.

Question 2

Israel

Answer 2

Jewish kingdom founded by David around 1000 B.C.

Question 3

Jerusalem

Answer 3

the capital of the kingdom of Israel

Question 4

Judah

Answer 4

the southern region of Israel that became its own kingdom after the death of Solomon

Question 5

Carthage

Answer 5

an important Phoenician trading post in North Africa

Question 6

Abraham

Answer 6

A shepherd living in Ur who is considered by Jewish people to be the first Jew

Question 7

Moses

Answer 7

Hebrew prophet and teacher who led the Hebrews out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments

Question 8

Deborah

Answer 8

Female Hebrew judge who encouraged a military leader to gather the people of Israel and attack the Canaanities

Question 9

David

Answer 9

Second king of Israel who unified the kingdom of Israel

Question 10

Solomon

Answer 10

Son of David and King of Israel

Question 11

covenant

Answer 11

an agreement

Question 12

monotheism

Answer 12

the worship of only one God

Question 13

slavery

Answer 13

the practice of a person owning another person

Question 14

descendant

Answer 14

a person born later in a family

Question 15

synagogue

Answer 15

a Jewish place of worship

Question 16

barter

Answer 16

to exchange one kind of good or service for another

Question 17

Judaism

Answer 17

in Islam, a military or peaceful ‘‘struggle’’

Question 18

Ten Commandments

Answer 18

a set of laws that provides guidance for the worship of God and rules for moral behavior

Question 19

Torah

Answer 19

the first five books of the Hebrew Bible