TCI Ancient Judaism Ch. 11+ 12 Test Study

Why did Abraham lead the Israelites out of Canaan

• Hebrews start herding goats

• Hebrews move to Egypt

• there was a famine in Canaan

• Hebrews break into different tribes

When people read from the Torah, they are reading from

• the Prophets and the Writings.

• the first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

• an ancient Egyptian book about the Hebrew people.

• a collection of prayers and poems used by the early Jews.

What place did the Jewish people believe was the promised land?

• Ur

• Canaan

• Egypt

• Babylon

Who led the people out of Egypt to freedom?

• Moses

• Abraham

• Ramses

• Solomon

According to the Torah, what did Moses bring to his people from Mount Sinai?

• food to eat in the desert

• the Ten Commandments

• most of the Hebrew Bible

• directions for building a temple

An agreement or a promise is called a

• tradition

• ethics

• covenant

• Yavneh

For which achievement is Solomon most famous?

• uniting a nation

• winning a battle

• starting a school

• building a temple

What weakened the land of the Israelites after the death of Solomon?

• It suffered from a serious famine.

• It fell to attacks by the Philistines.

• It split into two smaller kingdoms.

• It formed unwise foreign alliances.

Why did many Jews move to Babylon?

• They were fleeing from attack by the Assyrians.

• They were taken there as captives by Nebuchadnezzar.

• They were hoping to spread the idea that there is one God.

• They were looking for a land with a more stable food supply.

Which common feature of most ancient religions did the Jews reject?

• ritual

• morality

• tradition

• polytheism