World History study guide

Question 1

What is a covenant?

Answer 1

A binding agreement between two or more people.

Question 2

List the five books of the Torah.

Answer 2

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

Question 3

What happened to the Jews in the book of Genesis?

Answer 3

God made a covenant with Abraham to leave Ur to go to Canaan with his family.

Question 4

What three things does the Hebrew bible contain?

Answer 4

Jewish history, religious laws, and many other writings.

Question 5

Do Jews accept the new testament as scriptures?

Answer 5

No

Question 6

What time was the new testament written?

Answer 6

Between 50 AD and 150 AD

Question 7

What language did Jesus and his followers speak?

Answer 7

Aramaic

Question 8

What language was the New Testament written in?

Answer 8

Greek

Question 9

How many books does the Gospel contain?

Answer 9

like 4 or something idk

Question 10

How many books does the New testament contain?

Answer 10

27 books/documents

Question 11

What are the epistles?

Answer 11

The books that come after the gospel, also called formal letters.

Question 12

Describe the book of revelations.

Answer 12

It is the last book of the New testament. It is written like epistles, but makes predictions about future events. It uses complicated images to predict Jesus’ return to earth and a final battle between good and evil.

Question 13

What are parables?

Answer 13

Stories with a moral that explain important lessons.

Question 14

Where did Jacob and his people travel to because of the famine?

Answer 14

Egypt

Question 15

Proverbs provide ____ saying.

Answer 15

wise

Question 16

Literature of the Hebrew bible are song of songs, _____, and _____.

Answer 16

proverbs and psalms

Question 17

The weekly day of rest is called _____.

Answer 17

Sabbath

Question 18

How do scholars believe the story of Abraham was passed down?

Answer 18

mouth to ear

Question 19

Where did God tell Abraham to go?

Answer 19

Canaan, the Promised land

Question 20

How long ago was Judaism developed?

Answer 20

3000 years ago

Question 21

Who was the person who helped the Israelites to Canaan after Moses died?

Answer 21

Joshua

Question 22

Who was the first king after the time of judges ended.

Answer 22

Saul

Question 23

What is a binding agreement?

Answer 23

covenant

Question 24

What is acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeys God’s law?

Answer 24

righteousness

Question 25

What is a celebration to commemorate God's freeing from slavery?

Answer 25

Passover

Question 26

Who wrote some of the Proverbs?

Answer 26

Solomon

Question 27

What is the belief that there is only one God?

Answer 27

monotheism

Question 28

what is the sacred writing that is the only source of Jewish teaching?

Answer 28

Scripture

Question 29

Who wrote some of the Psalms in the bible?

Answer 29

David

Question 30

Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?

Answer 30

Moses

Question 31

Who married an Israelite out of her country?

Answer 31

Ruth

Question 32

Who was the only female judge?

Answer 32

Deborah

Question 33

What happened after Solomon died?

Answer 33

The kingdom was split into two. North was Kingdom of Israel and South was Kingdom of Judah.

Question 34

What are the events that happened in the Torah?

Answer 34

the creation, noah and the arc, the covenant between God and abraham, the ten commandments, passover, and desert experience

Question 35

What was the job of the prophet that was chosen by God?

Answer 35

The job of the prophet that was chosen by God was to be a messenger to tell the truth of the Lord to other people.

Question 36

What two religions did Judaism form?

Answer 36

Christianity and Islam

Question 37

Why did Canaan become known as the promised land?

Answer 37

It was the place that God told Abraham to go to because he would prepare the land for all his descendants.

Question 38

What was the name of Abraham's son?

Answer 38

Isaac

Question 39

What was the name of Abraham's grandson?

Answer 39

Jacob

Question 40

How many sons did Abraham's grandson have?

Answer 40

12

Question 41

What was Jacob renamed to?

Answer 41

Israel

Question 42

What was the ancient Chinese's most important spirit?

Answer 42

ancestors

Question 43

Where do they believe their ancestors lived after death?

Answer 43

Spirit World

Question 44

What would happen if they took care of their ancestors?

Answer 44

The ancestors would protect and guide them.

Question 45

Why did China have a unique culture?

Answer 45

Because of its geographical location

Question 46

What were the two different belief systems during the Zhou?

Answer 46

Confucianism and Daoism

Question 47

What is a philosophy?

Answer 47

A set of beliefs about the world and how to live.

Question 48

When did Confucius live?

Answer 48

Warring State Period

Question 49

What is Confucius known as and why?

Answer 49

The First teacher because of his great wisdom.

Question 50

When was he born?

Answer 50

551 BC into a poor family

Question 51

What problems did he see?

Answer 51

Greed and cruelty