SS Ch 4 The Israelites

Judaism played a part in the development of Christianity and Islam.

• True

• False

The ancestors of the ancient Israelites were Abraham and his family.

• True

• False

David and his army defeated the Greeks.

• True

• False

Cyrus II, the Persian king, let Jews return to Judah and govern themselves.

• True

• False

The Essenes were priests who broke away from the Temple in Jerusalem and lived in Qumran near the Dead Sea.

• True

• False

wanted Canaan to control the trade routes across that country

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments

formed the basic moral rules for many nations.

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments

period of time when the Judeans were sent to Babylon by Nabuchadnezzar

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments

name given to Judaea by the Romans: refers to the Philistines

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments

Jews who lived out of Judah; Greek word that means "scattered"

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments