6-1 Israelite Beginnings

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob’s 12 sons became

• members of the Diaspora 
  
• priests 
  
• scribes 
  
• the leaders of Israelite tribes
  

The Philistines, an eastern Mediterranean group, migrated from near present-day

• Damascus 
• Greece 
• Rome
• Syria

According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites in a series of battles to conquer Canaan?

• Abraham 
• Joshua
• Jacob 
• Moses

Israelites marched around a city’s walls for six days and finally took control of the city. 

• Barak 
• Jericho
• Canaan
• Mount Sinai

The Hebrew Bible says that the tabernacle housed a sacred object called the

• Ark of the Covenant 
• Ark of Joshua 
• Ark of Moses
• Ark of Abraham

People of Canaan known as “Sea People” who invaded the Mediterranean around 1200 B.C.

• Phoenicians 
• Israelites 
• Egyptians
• Hittites

an agreement or promise with God

• covenant 
• psalm
• prophet
• monarch

The departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

• Exodus
• Go Awayadus 
• Bye-Byeadus
• Exile

The belief in one all-powerful, just, and personal God.

• monotheism
• polytheism
• Torah
• Bible

The name of the laws that God gave to Moses

• Torah
• Ark of the Covenant 
• monotheism
• polytheism