Ancient Israelites

What does Shalom mean in Hebrew?

• Stay safe

• Hello & Peace

• Thank you

• How are you?

What does monotheism mean?

• belief in many gods

• belief in life after death

• belief in the Ten Commandments

• belief in one god

Who founded the Jewish religion?

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Israelites

• Greeks

The Israelites were nomadic people. What does nomadic mean?

• people who move from place to place with no permanent home

• people from believe in one god

• people who are fierce warriors

• people who lived in Ancient Sumer

The leader who made a covenant (an agreement) with God was....

• Jacob

• David

• Abraham

• Solomon

Abraham told his people that God promised the following to them.....

• the land of Greece

• the land of Mesopotamia

• the land of Egypt

• the land of Canaan

What does the term famine mean?

• a pandemic

• a time of very little food

• violence against people because of their beliefs

• insects and rats

Abraham moved his family from Mesopotamia to Canaan. Because of a famine they moved to which land?

• Egypt

• United States

• Kush

• Sumer

What happened to the Israelites when they moved to Egypt?

• they had a war with the Egyptians

• the became citizens of Egypt

• they were made soldiers

• they were made slaves

Abraham's grandson Jacob had 12 sons. These sons led what?

• the Israeli military

• the 12 tribes of Israel

• the Israelites into the desert for 40 years

• the war against Egypt