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| Why was Canaan frequently fought over? | It was an important trading route and marketplace due to it's location on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and because it included fertile plains, grassy slopes, and arid deserts.
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| Which groups of people inhabited Ancient Israel /Palestine? | The Jews and the Palestinians.
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| Where did the original Jews come from? | Mesopotamia
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| Why did the Jews believe God had given them this "Promised Land"? | He was rewarding them for living by His laws.
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| What were the original Palestinians know as ? | "Philistines"
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| What does philistine mean? | "invader from the west"
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| Did the Jews and Palestinians fight often? | yes
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| When King Saul battled the Palestinians could he defeat them? | no
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| Who was King David? | A shepherd boy made the second king of Israel after he defeated Goliath.
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| What did Kind David unify 12 tribes into? | A single nation.
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| What did King David make Jerusalem? | Israel's capital city and religious center.
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| What did King David write? | psalms
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| psalm | Poems and hymns worshiping God.
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| When did King Solomon rule? | 961-922 B.C.E.
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| When does the kingdom divide? | 922 B.C.E.
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| What number king was David? | second
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| What was Solomon's relationship with David? | Solomon was the son of David.
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| What number king was Solomon? | third
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| What did King Solomon build for Jehovah? | a great temple
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| What was King Solomon known for? | Solomon was known for bringing peace, increasing trade, and being very wise.
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| What did the ancient Jews believe god had given them for living by His laws? | a "Promised Land"
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| What happens after Solomon? | the kingdom divides
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| When does the kingdom divide? | 922 B.C.E.
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| What were the names of the two new kingdoms? | Israel (north) and Judah (south).
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| What is an alternate spelling for Judah? | Judea
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| When was Israel conquered by the New Assyrians? | 721 B.C.E.
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| Who was Israel conquered by? | the New Assyrians
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| Who was Judah conquered by? | the Neo Babylonians
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| When was Judah conquered by the Neo Babylonians and taken to Babylon? | circa 580 B.C.E.
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| Why did the Jews return to Judah? | Cyrus the Great ended Babylon Captivity.
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| Who will conquere the Jews around 600 years later? | the Romans
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| What does the term Hebrew refer to? | The descendents of Abraham.
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| When does Jacob's name get changed to Israel? | When Jacob wrestled with God.
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| After Jacob's name is Israel, what are his descendents referred to as? | Israelites
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| What are the people of Israel called? | Israelites
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| What are the people of Judah called? | Jewish people
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| After the 10 tribes disappear, they are no longer really referred to as Israelites. | true
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| When did the Romans brutally put down a Jewish uprising in Judah? | 73 CE
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| What happened to many Jews? | Many Jews were killed or enslaved.
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| What is known as the "Diaspora"? | When the survivors of the Roman attack fled to safer regions.
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| What are the only remains of the Second Temple left by the Romans? | The Wailing Wall.
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| Who brutally put down a Jewish uprising in 73 CE? | the Romans
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| Many Jews were what and enslaved? | killed
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| Red Sea | bunny ears
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| Who starts monotheism? | Abraham
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| monotheism | The belief in one God.
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| Who started Judaism? | Abraham
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| covenant | A promise or agreement.
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| Who makes a covenant with God? | Abraham
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| What does Abraham mean? | Father of many.
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| What is Abram's name changed to? | Abraham
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| Why was Abram's name changed? | To mark his covenant with God.
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| Who leads the Exodus from Egypt? | Moses
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| Moses parts what sea as the Israelites escape Egypt? | the Red Sea
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| What does God do when Pharaoh refuses to let the Israelites go? | He punishes Egypt with 10 terrible plagues.
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| What does Moses receive from God? | the 10 commandments
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| What was the Israelites' responsibility to God? | To obey His covenant and worship only Him.
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| When does David expand the Kingdom of Israel? | circa 1000 BCE
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| What did King Solomon build in Jerusalem? | Solomon built the great First temple.
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| What was an example of an industry Solomon developed? | The copper mining industry.
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| When does Sargon of Akkad create his first empire? | circa 2350-2250 BCE
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| When are the first cities of Mesopotamia set up? | 3500 BCE
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| When does Cyrus the Great take over Neo Babylonia and end Babylonian Captivity? | 539 BCE
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| When did Hammurabi of first Babylonia rule? | 1792-1750 BCE
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| When did Shamshi-Adad of first Assyria rule? | 1813-1781 BCE
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| When is the Ziggurat at Ur constructed? | 2600 BCE
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| When does Abraham move Canaan and start a new religion? | 1350 BCE
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| When did Nebuchadnezzaar rule Neo Babylonia? | 605-562 BCE
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| When do groups of hunters and gatherers settle along the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and start farming? | 8500 BCE
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| When does Nebuchadnezzar invades Jerusalem and burns down the Great Temple of Jerusalem? | 587 BCE
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| When are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon constructed? | 600 BCE
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| When do the Sumerians invent the wheel and the sailboat to help them transport goods? | 3500 BCE
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| When do writers simplify pictographs in wedge-shaped cuneiform? | 2400 BCE
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| When does Moses leads the Exodus out of Egypt? | 1300 BCE
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| When do the Jews move to Canaan? | circa 1950 BCE
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| What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible found in? | the Torah
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| What does the Torah contain? | The written records and teachings of the Jews and 613 commandments.
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| Where did Abraham come from? | near Ur
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| What caused the Jews to flee to Egypt? | famine
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| What happened to the Israelites when they were in Egypt? | The Israelites were enslaved when they were in Egypt.
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| What could Abraham and his wife Sarah be seen as? | The parents of the Jews.
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| Who were the 12 tribes descended from? | Jacob
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| Who's grandson was Jacob? | Abraham's
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| When did Moses live in Egypt? | the 1300s
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| How long did the Israelites travel through the desert and wilderness before reaching Canaan? | 40 years
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| Why did David defeat Goliath? | David defeated Goliath because he mocked God.
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| synagogue | A building or meeting place for Jewish worship and instruction.
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| rabbi | teacher; the leader of a Jewish congregation
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| What is the exodus? | The escape of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery to freedom.
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| prophet | a person who expresses the will of God
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| Jewish Diaspora | the scattering of the Jewish people outside of their homeland
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| When did the Jewish Diaspora begin? | 586 BCE
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| messiah | a savior who many Jews believe had been promised to them by God
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| What is Judaism's most sacred text? | the Torah
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| What is my acronym for ancient cities in northeastern Africa? | MJTAEINMK
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| MjTAEiNMK | Miroku, Jinenji, Tanuki, Ayame, Entei, inuyasha, Naraku, Mikosan, Kagome
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| What is my acronym for modern cities in northeastern Africa? | PsAC
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| PsAC | Public service Announcement Crew
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| What is my acronym for ancient monument sites in northeastern Africa? | GLAs
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| GLAs | Glass=Light And sand
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| Gulf of Suez | in between bunny ears
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| Why the blue Nile is on the right. | It is closer to the ocean and therefore is blue.
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