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World History Ch 3
God's Precious Treasure: Prospering in a Hostile Place
Term | Definition |
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Wadis | Mainly dry water courses. |
Canaan | The Promised Land, the land promised to the Jewish people. |
Judicial, Legislative, Executive | Three different branches of government. |
Abraham | The father patriarch of Judaism. |
Zionist | Radical Jewish thought that wishes to form a Jewish state. |
Exodus | The liberation of the Jewish people from bondage in Egypt. |
Judges | Leaders of Israel during a period of great stress in Israeli history. |
Israel | Another name for Jacob, the name of the Jewish state. |
Kubbutzim | Communal living groups in Israel. |
Diaspora: | After the destruction of the Temple (AD 70), the Jewish people spread all over the world. |