The One and Only God Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Between Egypt and Mesopotamia what is there?

A

Land of deep valleys and Rich pastures

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2
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Thousands of years herdsman tended?

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Their flocks

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3
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They also planted blank?

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Vines and Cereals

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4
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Why did the Babylonians invade ?

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So that the people would move place to place constantly

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5
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But the people built towns and what else?

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Fortresses

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6
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But it wasn’t strong to resist the Mighty?

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Armies of the neighbors

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7
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The thousands of small tribes did what?

A

They made history

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8
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The people had something special and that was?

A

Their Religion

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9
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All the people prayed to who?

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Isis, Osiris, Baal, and Astarte

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10
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They had campfires in the evening and did what?

A

Sing songs

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10
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But these Herdsmen prayed to one what?

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God, and their own special protector and leader

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11
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The songs were about what?

A

Their leader’s battles and deeds

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12
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The strange and powerless herdsmen were who?

A

Jews

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13
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Their god talked about deeds?

A

And the Old Testament of the Bible

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14
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The story of Abraham is in what?

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Book of genesis in chapter eleven

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15
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Where did Abraham come from?

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Ur in the Chaldees

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16
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What did they find in the Persian Gulf?

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Harps, Game boards, Weapons, and Jewelry

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17
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Abraham lived around the same time as who?

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Hammurabi

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18
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When did Hammurabi lived around?

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1700 BC

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19
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Many of Hammurabi’s laws showed up where?

A

In the Bible

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20
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What is the story of the Tower of Babel?

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People tried to built a tower that would reach up to heaven

21
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Who stopped the people from making the tower go higher?

22
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The Babylonians really did build Gigantic towers?

A

That reached the heavens

23
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The story of Noah and the flood took place where?

24
Tablets were dug up with what in them?
Cuneiform
25
One of Abraham of Ur descendants was who?
Was Joseph son of Jacob
26
Joseph become a what?
Counselor and minister to the pharaoh
27
Where did Joseph family settle?
In Egypt
28
In 1250 BC children of Israel who got them out of Egypt?
Moses
29
Jerusalem first king was who?
Saul
30
He fought against the neighboring tribe the blank?
Philistines
31
What happened to Saul on the battlefield?
He died
32
The Bible had a lot of great kings such as who?
King David and King Solomon
33
Who was a wise king?
King Solomon
34
Solomon had architects not Jews but what?
But foreign Artisans
35
Solomon's reign didn't go well the kingdom split in 2 what kingdom's?
Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah
36
Which kingdom got conquered and destroyed?
Israel
37
Who invaded Israel the kingdom by the blank in when?
Assyrians in 722 BC
38
Their sermon was always the same what does that mean?
You yourselves are the cause of your misfortunes God is punishing you through your sins
39
Who was the mighty Babylonian king warrior and ruler?
King Nebuchadnezzar
40
Who had a war with the Egyptians?
King Nebuchadnezzar
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Where did Nebuchadnezzar marched through where?
The Promised land
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Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of what?
Jerusalem
43
When was Jerusalem attacked and destroyed?
586 BC
44
The Babylonian empire was destroyed by who?
Persian Neighbor In 538 BC
45
When the Jews returned to their homeland they had what?
Changed
46
Who was different from the surrounding tribes?
The Jews
47
How long ago was the Old Testament written
2500 years ago
48
The Jews had to distance themselves from who?
Other Tribes
49
The people called themselves what?
Chosen