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World History
Chapter 3 Notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Israelites | descendants of Abraham that left mesopotamia and settled in Canaan |
| Jacob | raised 12 sons, who became the 12 tribes of Israel |
| Moses | led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the Sinai Desert |
| Torash | the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| What were the first five books of the Hebrew Bible | Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy |
| What today occupies the land that used to be Cannan | Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan |
| The Ten Commandments | what God believes to be right and wrong--are the most important part of the Torah. (helped form the basic moral laws of many nations) |
| Isreal | name given to the descendants of Jacob, means “one who struggles with God” |
| Assyrians and Chaldeans | wanted Canaan for control of trade through its routes Solomon- king who built the temple in Jerusalem |
| Nebuchadnezzar | chaldean king who captured Jerusalem and exiled 10,000 Jews |
| David | drove the Philistines out of israel and moved the capital to Jerusalem |
| Babylonian Captivity | period of time when Jews were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar |
| Palestine | name given to Judah by Romans; refers to the Philistines |
| Prophets | warned that going to the temple was not enough; all must work for a just society. |
| Who is David's son | Solomon |
| Cyrus | Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah |
| Hanukkah | commemorates the cleansing of the temple by the Maccabees |
| Talmud | teachings about the Torah & record of Jewish law |
| Daniel | refused to worship Babylonian gods & was thrown into the lion’s den |
| Essenes | lived in the desert, praying for God to deliver them from the Romans |
| What does the book of Daniel remind Jews | God will rescue them |
| Who shares the idea that good will triumph over evil and that all believe in the same God | Jews, Christians, and Muslims |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| tribe | group of related families |
| Torah | the laws that, according to the Bible, Moses received from God on Mount Sinai; these laws later became the first part of the first Hebrew Bible |
| covenant | agreement |
| alphabet | group of letters that stand for letters |
| prophet | person who claims to be instructed by God to share God’s word |
| empire | group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government |
| tribute | payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protection |
| proverbs | wise sayings |
| exile | a period of forced absence from one’s country or home |
| Sabbath | weekly day of worship and rest for Jews |
| synagogue | Jewish house of worship |
| Diaspora | refers to the scattering of communities of Jews outside their homeland after the Babylonian captivity |
| messiah | in Judaism, a deliverer sent by God |
| rabbi | Jewish leader and teacher of the Torah |
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