6th Grade Chapter 6 The Israelites

Whom did early Israelites ask to choose a king for them?

• Daniel

• David

• Samuel

• Saul

Which group developed a mixed culture while living among the Israelites?

• monotheists

• Roman

• prophets

• Samaritans

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 Red 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 Nebuchadnezzar

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• the Ten Commandments