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Social stud. ch6 1-2
chapter 6 lesson 1-2
Question | Answer |
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Hebrews founded a new idea of religion called_________. | monotheism |
monotheism is____. | the concept of one God. |
The stories of the ancient Hebrews are found in the______. | Torah |
The Torah is the______. | the oldest book of the Jewish people. |
The Torah is part of the hebrew bible, called the______. | Tanakh |
The first _____ books in the Torah are also in the_______. | The first 5 books of the Torah, also in the old testament of the Christian bible. |
The story of the Hebrews started with______. | Abram (later on changed name to Abraham) |
Abraham lived in____________, where people believed in multiple gods. | Mesopotamia |
According to the Hebrew bible, God spoke to Abram, telling him to leave and go to, _______________________. | Canaan |
Once traveling through the desert, Abram heard God say,"I will assign this___________ offspring." | " I will assign this land to your offspring." |
God made a_____, with Abram | covenant |
A covenant is a_____________. | A special agreement |
God promised Canaan would aways be their land, and Abram promised___________________. | to worship God alone |
Abram changed his name to Abraham, meaning_____________. | means (father of many) |
Abraham had a son_________. | Isaac |
Isaac had a son named________, who became known as Israel. | Jacob |
Jacob had 12 sons, he loved________, more than the others | Joseph |
The other son's became so jealous when Jacob gave Joseph a ________. | multicolored robe |
Next, Joseph had a dream that_____________. | That one day his brothers would bow down to him. |
In anger his brothers_______ to _______. | sold him to Egypt |
His brothers let their father believe that_________ killed Joseph. | a wild animal |
Joseph became the Pharaoh's trusted adviser. At this time a______, struck Canaan and traveled to__________ to____. | A famine struck Canaan. Joseph's brothers came to Egypt to buy food, grain. |
They reunited and later the entire family moved there. The Pharaoh later ________________, in fear they,_________. | later enslaved the Israelites in fear they might gain too much power |
God told_______, to demand freedom for his people. | Moses |
Moses did so, but the Pharaoh said no and God______. | sent the 10 plagues, or disasters |
Finally the Pharaoh agreed and the ______, began. | Exodus |
Exodus means_______. | a large movement of people |
for_____ years they wandered on the______ peninsula, along the______. | 40 years on the Sinai peninsula along the Red Sea |
On Mount_____, God spoke to Moses and gave him the_____. | Mount Sinai, the Ten Commandments |
Jacobs 12 sons became_________. | became the first 12 tribes of Israel |
In conflict a ____________ took power for a short period of time. | Judge |
Without a king they had trouble fighting attackers, so they decided they needed________. | a king |
The Israelites asked_____, to appoint a king. | Samuel |
Reluctantly he chose______. | Saul |
Except for the Philistines, Saul defeated many enemies, but he did not follow Gods commandments and_______. | soon died in war |
_________, tribe of Judah, became king. | David |
David, being a strong leader, expanded the kingdom from_______, to __________. | Egypt to Mesopotamia |
David's conquered city of _________, became the capital. | Jerusalem |
It did not belong to any single tribe, making it a good capital. | Jerusalem was a good choice |
for another_______, years Divid's descendants ruled. | 400 years |
After 40 years of ruling, his son __________, became king. | Solomon |
He made a temple to put the____________. | Ten Commandments |
This temple was called_______. | "The Temple." |
Solomon made many building projects, all funded by______. | heavy taxes |
Solomon organized the kingdom in__________. | 12 tax district |
The Torah was the_______. | law of the land |
This economy performed well, with trade agreements with______ and__________, giving food for the wood needed for the building projects. | Phoenicia and Egypt |
One powerful women,________, acted as a judge. | Deborah |
Proverbs are_______. | short sayings that express a truth about life. |
Solomon was know for his______. | Proverbs |
Not everyone was happy, people faced___________. | high taxes, forced labor, and a king who didn't seem to care. |
When Solomon died, the kingdom seemed to be______. | falling apart. |