Ancient Israel Review

Ancient Israel Review

Ancient Israel was also known as The Promised Land and the Land of Canaan.

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What sea bordered ancient Israel to the west?

• Aegean

• Caspian

• Mediterranean

• Red

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What body of water flowed through the heart of Canaan?

• Dead Sea

• Jordan River

• Mediterranean Sea

• Sea of Galilee

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Who inhabited the southern coastal plain of Canaan, including the city of Gaza?

• Akkadians

• Egyptians

• Philistines

• Phoenicians

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What led the Phoenicians to turn to sea trade as a way of life?

• Good agriculture

• Excellent harbors

• Bored with farming

• Lack of mountains

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The Valley of Jezreel did not provide good soil around the lands of the Jordan River.

• True

• False

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Was irrigation necessary for the ancient Israelites?

• Yes

• No

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What was found in the Lebanon Mountains?

• Cedars

• Coal

• Gold

• Diamonds

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What is the lowest point of elevation on earth?

• Dead Sea

• Leontes River

• Mount Carmel

• The Negev

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What is the Negev?

• Gorge between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains

• Lowest point of elevation on earth

• Semi-desert region of southern Canaan

• Peninsula separating Canaan from Egypt

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Israel's economy relied heavily upon its natural resources.

• True

• False

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What is the belief in one god or goddesses?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

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What patriarch do all three monotheistic religions have in common?

• Abraham

• Muhammad

• Judah Maccabee

• Martin Luther

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Which of the following are true of Judaism?

• Monotheistic

• Jesus was the Son of God

• Language: Hebrew

• Followed teachings of Muhammad

• Sacred Text: Torah

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Which of the following are true of Christianity?

• Believed Jesus was the Son of God

• Sacred Text: Torah

• Polytheistic

• Language: Aramaic and Greek

• Followed the teachings of Muhammad

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What does the Torah consist of?

• The Old and New Testaments

• The Quran

• The first 5 books of the Old Testament

• The Book of the Dead

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The Ten Commandments were the basic laws on how one's relationship with God and man should be. They were given to Moses on Mt. Sinai.

• True

• False

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What were the dietary laws of the Jews called?

• Commandments

• Kosher

• Torah

• Proverbs

Open Ended

What is a covenant?

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Who came to be called Israel?

• Abraham

• Jacob

• Joseph

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Who was the high priest of Israel?

• Moses

• Aaron

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Who was not a king of Israel?

• David

• Moses

• Saul

• Solomon

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The Jews accepted Jesus as the messiah foretold by the prophets.

• True

• False

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What religion rose out of the teachings of Jesus?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

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Religion was the greatest contribution of the Israelites to the modern world.

• True

• False

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Who invented the modern-day alphabet?

• Assyrians

• Chinese

• Egyptians

• Phoenicians

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Who build Israel's first temple?

• Saul

• David

• Solomon

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Who was Israel's first king?

• Saul

• David

• Solomon

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Who established the capital of Israel at Jerusalem?

• Saul

• David

• Solomon

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How many tribes of Israel inhabited the land of Canaan?

• 0

• 2.5

• 10

• 12

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The kingdom of Israel divided into what two kingdoms?

• Egypt and Kush

• Israel and Judah

• Assyria and Babylon

• Nubia and Punt

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Who led the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Captivity of Judah?

• Amalek

• Goliath

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Saul

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Judah Maccabee led a revolt against the Seleucids to restore the temple.T

• True

• False

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What holiday, still celebrated by Jews today, remembers the Maccabean Revolt?

• Christmas

• Easter

• Halloween

• Hanukkah

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The teachings, death, and resurrection of who gave rise to the beliefs of Christianity?

• Jesus Christ

• Judah Maccabee

• Muhammad

• Nebuchadnezzar II