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What is monotheism?

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The belief in one God.

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What is Canaan?

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Canon was the region along the Mediterranean Sea and southwest Asia. It is where the Israelites built a kingdom.

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Who was Abraham?

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Father of the Israelites who led them from Mesopotamia to Canaan.

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Who was Jacob?

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Abraham’s grandson. he raise 12 sons in Canaan. His family was divided into 12 tribes.

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What is a tribe?

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A separate family group.

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Why did the Israelites go to Egypt after living in Canaan for 100 years?

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Because a drought destroyed their crops and livestock.

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What did the pharaoh due to the Israelites?

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He enslave the Israelites and through all of their baby boys into the Nile river to stop them from rebelling.

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Why did Moses mother hide him in a basket on the riverbank?

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To prevent the Egyptians from throwing him in the river to drown.

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Who was Moses?

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An Israelite baby hidden in a basket on the riverbank by his mother. Found and raised by the pharaohs daughter.

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What happened to Moses in 1290 BC while tending sheep in the wilderness outside of Egypt?

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The voice of God in a burning bush told Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt him to freedom.

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What did God do to get the pharaoh to let the Israelites go free?

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God sent 10 plagues to trouble Egypt.

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What did God’s last plague due to the Egyptians?

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He sent a plague to kill all firstborn children except those of the Israelites.

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What did the pharaoh do as the Israelites headed east out of Egypt?

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He sent his army to chase them.

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How did God help the Israelites escape from Egypt?

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He parted the Red Sea so his people could pass, and then let it come back and around the Egyptians.

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What is the exodus?

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The Israelite escape from Egyptian slavery

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How do you Jews today remember the exodus from Egypt?

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They celebrate Passover

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What is Mount Sinai?

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The mountain where Moses climb to the top to receive laws from God known as the Torah.

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What is the Torah?

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Laws from God received by Moses that became the first part of the Hebrew Bible.

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What is a covenant?

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An agreement with God it which God promises to return the Israelites to Canaan if they follow his laws.

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Why are the 10 Commandments important?

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They helped shape the basic moral laws of many nations.

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After Moses died who took over leadership of the Israelites?

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Joshua

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When the Israelites finally got home after 40 years in the desert, who was living in their land?

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The Canaanites

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What Canaanite city was conquered by Joshua and the Israelites?

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Jericho

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After Joshua died who led the Israelites?

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Judges, usually military leaders.

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Who was Deborah and what did she do?

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A female judge Who told Barack to attack the Canaanite king Jaben. King job and his army was destroyed in 1125 BC

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Who were the Phoenicians?

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A group of Canaanites who lived in cities along the Mediterranean Sea. were skilled sailors and traders.

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What was one of the Phoenicians most important ideas?

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The alphabet which made writing similar and help people keep records

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What city did Joshua conquer?

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Jericho

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What is the Israelite believe in one God called?

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Mono theism

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What is the Torah and how did the Israelites obtain it?

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The Torah are laws from God obtained by Moses when he went to the top of Mount sinai

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What was the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?

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The alphabet made writing similar and helped people keep records

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What problems did the Israelites face when they return to Canaan?

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It was occupied by new people called Canaanites

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How did the 10 Commandments influence today’s society?

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The 10 Commandments help shape the basic moral laws of many nations. They helped develop the belief that law should apply to everyone equally.