Chapter 6 Test Review

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

Formed the basic moral rules for many nations

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• The Ten Commandments

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

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• The Ten Commandments

Name given to Judaea by the Romans; refers to the Philistines

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Diaspora

• Palestine

• The Ten Commandments

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

• Assyrians and Chaldeans

• Babylonian Exile

• Diaspora

• The Ten Commandments