R.E pt. 2

Question 1

What was Abraham’s original name?

Answer 1

Abram

Question 2

What is a nomad?

Answer 2

A nomad is a person who travels place to place

Question 3

Where did abram live at the time

Answer 3

Ur, Mesopotamia or Baghdad, Iraq

Question 4

What is a covenant?

Answer 4

A covenant is like a promise

Question 5

Where was the promised land located?

Answer 5

Canaan now Israel

Question 6

Where did Abraham’s father pass away?

Answer 6

At Haran

Question 7

What did God promise Abraham?

Answer 7

He said ‘I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you’

Question 8

What did God also promise?

Answer 8

He promised that Abram and Sarai will have a baby and new land

Question 9

What does Sarah and Abraham mean?

Answer 9

Abraham means ‘Father of many nations’ and Sarah means ‘Princess’

Question 10

What does circumcision symbolize?

Answer 10

It means a physical sign that they are the people of God

Question 11

Why did the Jews move to Egypt?

Answer 11

They didn’t have any food to eat

Question 12

Why did the Egyptians become worried?

Answer 12

Because the Isralites were having too many children and they worried that there might be more Isralites than Egyptians

Question 13

What are Egyptian Pharaohs?

Answer 13

Kings

Question 14

Why did the Pharaoh make the Isralites slaves?

Answer 14

Beacause he thought that they would be too tired to have children and needed more workers

Question 15

What would happen if a slave slowed down?

Answer 15

They would get whipped to work faster

Question 16

What else did the pharaoh do to every new born son?

Answer 16

He threw them in the river

Question 17

How did Moses survive?

Answer 17

His mother put him in a basket, put him in the nile, and she also knew that the Pharaoh’s daughter would walk down to the nile and then, the daughter found Moses and took him to the palace

Question 18

What was the first plague?

Answer 18

The river nile turned to blood

Question 19

What was the second plague?

Answer 19

The plague of frogs

Question 20

What was the third plague?

Answer 20

The plague of lice

Question 21

What was the fourth plague?

Answer 21

The plague of insects

Question 22

What was the fifth plague?

Answer 22

The plague of animal disease

Question 23

What was the sixth plague?

Answer 23

The plague of boils

Question 24

What was the seventh plague?

Answer 24

The plague of hail

Question 25

What was the eighth plague?

Answer 25

The plague of locusts

Question 26

What was the ninth plague?

Answer 26

The plague of utter darkness

Question 27

And what is the final plague?

Answer 27

The death of the first born son

Question 28

Which animal was sacrificed to save the Isralites' sons?

Answer 28

A lamb

Question 29

When does the sedar meal begin

Answer 29

In early spring

Question 30

Why is the Sedar meal so important?

Answer 30

It reminds the Jews of when thye escaped Egypt because of Moses

Question 31

How many days is the Sedar meal celebrated for?

Answer 31

8 days

Question 32

What is a charoset made out of?

Answer 32

It is a mixture of appls walnuts and spices

Question 33

What is matzvah?

Answer 33

Matzvah is unleavened bread

Question 34

What does matzvah represent?

Answer 34

Matzvah represents the speed with which they had to leave Egypt.

Question 35

What does roasted egg represent?

Answer 35

It represents a new life after Egypt.

Question 36

What does salt water represent?

Answer 36

It represents the tears of the Israelite slaves in Egypt

Question 37

What does a lamb bone represent?

Answer 37

It represents the Lamb sacrificed at Passover (and later at the Temple).

Question 38

What does a charoset represent?

Answer 38

It represents the mortar used by the slaves to make bricks in Egypt

Question 39

What does parsley represent?

Answer 39

It represents a fresh start after Egypt.

Question 40

What does bitter herbs represent?

Answer 40

It represents the bitter times of slavery in Egypt.

Question 41

Which mountain is where God appeared to Moses as a burning bush?

Answer 41

Mount Siani

Question 42

Why did Moses lead the Isralites to Mount Siani instead of the promised land?

Answer 42

Because Moses wanted to leave Egypt as quickly as possible

Question 43

How many men did the Pharaoh bring to get his slaves back?

Answer 43

600 men

Question 44

What did Moses do that was so spectacular?

Answer 44

He split the red sea with his staff

Question 45

What was the first commandment?

Answer 45

Worship no God but me

Question 46

What was the second commandment?

Answer 46

Do not worship idols

Question 47

What was the third commandment?

Answer 47

Do not use my name for evil purposes

Question 48

What was the fourth commandment?

Answer 48

Keep the sabbath day holy

Question 49

What was the fifth commandment?

Answer 49

Respect your mother and father

Question 50

What was the sixth commandment?

Answer 50

Do not murder

Question 51

What was the seventh commandment?

Answer 51

Do not commit adultery

Question 52

What was the eighth commandment?

Answer 52

Do not steal

Question 53

What was the ninth commandment?

Answer 53

Do not lie

Question 54

And what was the last commandment?

Answer 54

Do not be jealous

Question 55

Why did Moses throw the tablets on the floor?

Answer 55

Because when he came back from the mountain he saw that the Isralites were worshipping an idol: the golden ox