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History Finals Vocab
History Finals Vocab since January
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| assembly | group organized for a purpose |
| Import | a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country |
| Export | a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders |
| Navigation | the art of steering a ship from place to place |
| Profit | To make a gain |
| Colony | An area ruled by a distant country |
| Cultural diffusion | the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another |
| Alphabet | a small set of letters or symbols, each of which stands for a single sound |
| Monotheism | the belief that there is only one God |
| Ethics | ideas of right and wrong |
| Torah | the first five books of the Hebrew Bible |
| Covenant | binding agreement |
| Eventually | After a time |
| Compel | Force |
| Exodus | The escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt |
| commandment | An order to do something |
| Prophet | a person believed to be chosen by God as a messenger to bring truth to the people |
| Commentary | a set of comments or a recorded discussion about something |
| Rabbis | Religious teachers |
| Talmud | a collection of oral teachings and commentaries about the Hebrew Bible and Jewish law |
| Righteousness | acting or living in a way that is ethically right and obeys God's laws |
| Individual | having to do with a single person or thing |
| justice | fairness or fair treatment for everyone |
| Sabbath | A weekly day of rest |
| Judge | a leader who rallied the Israelites to defend their land |
| Commission | To order the creation of |
| Exile | Separation from one's homeland |
| Diaspora | communities outside the Land of Israel |
| reject | to decide against, turn away |
| synagogue | Meeting place |