Ch. 4 Lesson 1: The Beginnings

Canaanite group who founded cities around the Mediterranean and were skilled in sailing.

• Philistines

• covenants

• scribes

• Phoenicians

• monothesists

An agreement or promise with God

• Philistines

• covenant

• scribes

• Phoenicians

• exodus

departure of the Israelites out of slavery

in Egypt

• Torah

• covenant

• scribes

• Phoenicians

• exodus

belief in one all-powerful, just, and

personal God

• alphabet

• monotheism

• scribes

• polytheism

• exodus

name of the teachings God gave to Moses

• Covenant

• monotheism

• Exodus

• Torah

• Philistines

According to the Hebrew Bible, Jacob’s 12 sons became

• members of the Diaspora.

• priests.

• scribes.

• the leader of Israelite tribes.

The Philistines, an eastern Mediterranean group, migrated from near present-day

• Damascus.

• Greece.

• Rome.

• Syria.

According to the Hebrew Bible, who led the Israelites in a series of battles to conquer Canaan?

• Abraham.

• Jacob.

• Joshua.

• Moses.

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Israelites marched around a city’s walls for six days and finally took control of what?

• Barak.

• Canaan.

• Jericho.

• Mount Sinai.

The Hebrew Bible says the tabernacle housed a sacred object called the

• Ark of the Covenant.

• Ark of Joshua.

• Ark of the Lamb.

• Ark of the Prophet.