Ch. 4 Lesson 1 The Beginnings Israelites

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

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

• Phoenicians

An agreement or promise with God.

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

• Phoenicians

Departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

• Phoenicians

Belief in one all-powerful, just, and personal God.

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

• Phoenicians

Name of the teachings God gave to Moses.

• covenant

• Exodus

• monotheism

• Torah

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

• members of the Diaspora

• priests

• scribes

• the leader of Israelite tribes

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

• 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 what?

• Ark of the Covenant

• Ark of Joshua

• Ark of the Lamb

• Ark of the Prophet