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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| canaan | homeland of the hebrews located northeast of egypt and west of babylon |
| judaism | the religon of the hebrews |
| monotheism | belife in one god |
| covenant | special agreement binding god to the israelites |
| exodus | the journy of the hebrews out of egypt |
| 10 commandments | a code of moral law |
| passover | holiday remembering the exodus |
| high holy days | the 2 most sacred jewish holidays (yom kippur, rosh hashananah) |
| torah | the most sacred text of judaism contains the basic laws and traces the history of the israelites |
| talmud | set of commentaries and lessons for every day life |
| seder | meal eaten by jews during passover |
| prophet | a person who is a mesangers from god to his people |
| menorah | branched candlestick symbolized the spiritual light and guidence |
| diaspora | scattering of jews outside of israel and judah |
| rabbi | religious leader and teacher |
| synagogue | jewish house of worship |
| zealots | the most rebelilious group of jews |
| abraham | founder of monotheism |
| moses | leader of the exodus |
| david | israelite king - defeated the philistines, united the israelites, established the capital of israel in jerusalem |
| solomon | israelite king- built the great temple in jerusalem |
| saul | first king good military leader was not a strong king never won total support of trible |
| describe the land and climate of canaan | it veries from place to place there are plains hot mountins rivers where it is cool deserts hills grass land |
| in what areas was farming posible | near the rivers and bodies of water |
| ****** how did the isrelittes come to settle in canaan | god told moses it was a good place 2 go but b4 he told moses he told abraham |
| ****** scince farming is difficult in mannty areas then what do ppl do for an occupation | they heard |
| whta caused many israelites to move to egypt | the famen |
| what did moses do to covince the pharoh to release his ppl | he caused the great miricles |
| what is the journey from egypt to canaan called | the exodus |
| what are the 10 commandments (as a group) how did the israelites get them | they are a code of moral law they came to moses |
| how did the israelites get there name | jacobs named was changed |
| give an example of a jewish prophet | moses |
| *****what is a covenant what does it require | special agreement binding god to the israelites you have to keep the agreement |
| who was the 1st king of the israelites | david |
| which early israelites king built the main temple in jerrusalem | soloman |
| what event led to the diaspora | the babilonians kicked the jews out |
| name 3 powers that invaded canaan | romans egyptions philistines |
| ********why were the countries so intent on controlling this area | for its population (more ppl = BIGER ARMIES) |