Ancient Israelites

They were skilled sailors and traders who shipped goods across the Mediterranean Sea to Greece, Spain, and even western Africa.

• Assyrians

• Phoenicians

• Chaldeans

• Syrians

They were the first to create a group of letters that stood for sounds that could be used to spell out the words in their language. Who were they and what were the groups of letters called?

• Egyptians; Egyptian alphabet

• Phoenicians: Phoenician alphabet

• Greeks; Greek alphabet

• Romans; Roman alphabet

What is the movement of the alphabet?

• Phoenicians, Cretans, Egyptians, & Romans

• Phoenicians, Greeks, Egyptians, & Romans

• Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, & Western world

• Phoenicians, Egyptians, Greeks, & Western world

Who warned that a king would tax the Israelites and make them slaves?

• Barak

• Samuel

• Deborah

• Nathan

He was the first Israelite king who won many battles; however, he displeased God by disobeying some of his commands.

• King Saul

• King David

• King Paul

• King Solomon

He was anointed king in secret, and when he took the throne, he drove the Philistines out. However, as king, he made the Israelites pay heavy taxes to pay for the expansion of his new capital of Jerusalem.

• King Saul

• King David

• King Paul

• King Solomon

He enslaved his own people to work in the mines of a neighboring country, and he heavily taxed the people to finance his building projects—the stone temple in Jerusalem.

• King Saul

• King David

• King Paul

• King Solomon

Ten of the tribes of Israel were conquered and scattered by what people?

• Egyptians

• Chaldean

• Assyrians

• Romans

• Philistines

Two of the tribes of Israel were conquered and 10,000 were taken captive after a revolt. Then after a second revolt, thousands of Jews were then taken captive and moved to the capital of what people.

• Egyptians

• Chaldeans

• Assyrians

• Romans

• Philistines

Which of the following event (s) did not lead to the division of the Israelite Kingdom?

• Solomon died

• Fighting broke out

• Northerners rebelled

• Vacuum of Power

• Invasion of Syria