ancient isreal

Question 1

definition of : israelite

Answer 1

group of people aho founded the kingdom of isreal

Question 2

definition of : monothesim

Answer 2

the belif there is only 1 god of all people

Question 3

definition of : prophet

Answer 3

religos teachers that were sent by godto serve as a voice to people

Question 4

definition of : sabbath

Answer 4

day of the week set aside for worship

Question 5

definition of : kosher

Answer 5

food prepared according to jewish dietary laws

Question 6

definition of : synagogue

Answer 6

jewish place for worship

Question 7

definition of : exile

Answer 7

to be forced out of one country/home

Question 8

definition of : dispora

Answer 8

groups of jewish people who were exiled from homeland and scatterd thruout euope,asia,africa

Question 9

definition of : nomad

Answer 9

a person who moves place to place

Question 10

definition of : torrah

Answer 10

1st 5 books of the bible

Question 11

1 physical feature of the geography of isreal

Answer 11

mountain ranges

Question 12

1 water feature of the geography of isreal

Answer 12

jordan river

Question 13

who was king saul

Answer 13

was anointed with oil to show god was with him, but he made an offering in the incorrect way and lost fame

Question 14

who was king david

Answer 14

won battles against philistine worrior goliath

Question 15

who was king solomon

Answer 15

built the first temple

Question 16

who was abraham

Answer 16

father of isrealites, moved family from mesopitamia to cannon

Question 17

who was issac

Answer 17

almost sacrificed, headed family after abraham died

Question 18

who was moses

Answer 18

entered into covanat with god and received 10 commandments

Question 19

who was jacob

Answer 19

son of issac, god changed name to isreal, his decendets called isrealites

Question 20

what was king cyrus’s impact on the isrealites

Answer 20

he defeted caldeans & allowed jews to return to judah & rebuild jeruslem, respected by jews

Question 21

cause of the assyrian and chaldean invasions

Answer 21

isrealites didnt have resources to fight

Question 22

effect of the assyrian and chaldean invasions

Answer 22

they had to pay high taxes

Question 23

cause of the babylonian exile

Answer 23

caldeans conquerd judah and destroyed jerusalem

Question 24

effect on the bablonian exile

Answer 24

they still had high spirts and faith

Question 25

cause of the maccabean revolt

Answer 25

selucid kings wanted jews to worship greek, they refused

Question 26

effect of the maccabean revolt

Answer 26

celebrate sucess during hanukkah

Question 27

name 2 jewish practices

Answer 27

the sabbath is the day set aside for worsip on saturday because thats the day god rested, and keeping kosher/ jewish dietary laws cant mix meat with dariy beacuse you cant mix baby and mother