ANCIENT ISRAEL (Chapter 4, L1 - L4)

Match the following.

• wanted control of the trade routes across Canaan.

• The Ten Commandments

• was the period of time when Judeaens were sent to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.

• Palestine

• formed the basic moral rules for many nations.

• The Essenes

• were priests who broke away from the Temple in Jerusalem and lived in Qumran near the

  Dead Sea.

• The Assyrians and the Chaldeans

• is the name given to Judah by the Romans; refers to Philistines.

• The Babylonian Exile

What is a rabbi?​ ​ (a)  

• religious leader that teaches/explains the Torah
• priests who broke away from the temple

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

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

• True

• False

David and his army defeated the Greeks.

• True

• False

Who was Moses' father-in-law?

• Abraham

• Jacob

• Israel

• Jethro

What Jewish beliefs are shared by Christianity and Islam?

• monotheism, the afterlife, the ten commandments, and the Torah is written by the inspiration of GOD.

• polytheism

• pharaohs are gods

• greek gods

What was the name of the famous rabbi that persuaded Romans to spare theJewish city of Yavneh and founded a school there to continue teaching the Torah.

• Manasseh ben Israel

• Yohanan ben Zaccai

• Gershon ben Judah

• Judah ben Solomon

Use the map of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Which kingdom does the Dead Sea border to the east?

• Phoenicia

• Philistine

• Kingdom of Israel

• Kingdom of Judah