Christianity, Islam, Judaism, & Southwest Asia (Part 1)

Christianity, Islam, Judaism, & Southwest Asia (Part 1)

The next answers found on page 548

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Southwest Asia - the world's earliest

developed (started) here.

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Southwest Asia is also the birthplace of

major religions.

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What caused people to stop moving around so much and settle in Mesopotamia?

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Mesopotamia was an area of fertile soil between which two rivers

• Tigger

• Euphrates

• Nile

• Tigris

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Because food was plentiful, people could undertake new jobs such as toolmaking, basket or pottery making, and record keeping. We call people working new jobs = (think back to last year)

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Southwest Asia is also a cradle of

.

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The worship of many gods is called

.

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A millennium is

years.

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If a millennium is 1,000 years, a century is

years.

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Monotheism is the

in one true God.

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Judaism is the

of the three main monotheistic religions.

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Judaism was first practiced by the

.

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The followers of Judaism today are known as

.

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The religious book for Jews is the Tanakh, also called the

.

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Israelites (Jews) are descended from the prophet

.

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Abraham made a

, which is an agreement with God.

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The prophet

rescued the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

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Moses was the one to receive the

from God on the top of Mount Sinai.

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The 10 Commandments were based on the

of only one God.

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King David created the capital of

in present-day Israel.

The next answers are found on page 550

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Jews worship either in their own homes or get together in

.

Multiple Choice

The forced migration of the Jews to other areas was known as the ________

• Exodus

• Diaspora

• Holocaust

• Renaissance

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Judaism led to the creation of a new religion called

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in A.D. 30, a Jewish teacher named

began teaching that God loved people.

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Jesus taught that God loved all people, even those that had

.

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Some Jews viewed Jesus as a

sent by God to help them.

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Under Roman law, Jesus was convicted and

, or executed on a cross.

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Jesus's followers declared he had risen from the grave and was the

of God.

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People who accepted Jesus's message became known as

.

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Where do Christians worship when they gather together?

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The Old Testament + New Testament =

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Christianity is the world's

religion with 2.2 billion followers.

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Which religion arose in the Arabian Peninsula?

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Followers of Islam are called

.

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Muslims consider

the last and greatest prophet.

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The holiest city in Islam is

.

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Many of the

of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are the same.

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Islam, Judaism, and Christianity all believe

was the first prophet of God who taught the belief in one true God.

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What is the Arab word for God?

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Muslims follow the

Pillars in order to obey the will of Allah.

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Muhammad's messages from Allah are contained in holy book of Islam called the

.

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The fastest growing religion is

, spread across most of Southwest Asia, across Northern African into Spain and Portugal.