The three seasons (flooding, planting, and harvesting) in Egypt were based on _________________, or the annual flooding of the Nile River.

The Hebrews were exiled to _____________ when their country was conquered by the Babylonian Empire.

The two kingdoms of the Ancient Hebrews were __________and ____________.

A _______________is a body preserved by a special process.

____________was located south of Egypt and was a source of great riches such as gold and iron for the Egyptian empire.

The Sumerians invented the ___________, ___________ and ______________for farming and to move trade items to and from Sumer.

Homes and buildings in Egypt were made of _____________; more important buildings (pyramids, temples, tombs) were made of ___________(limestone, granite) using simple tools and no wheels.

God made a _______________(a binding agreement) with Abraham that the land of Canaan would belong to Abraham’s descendants – it became known as the Promised Land.

Egyptians believed their _______________ were god-kings that controlled everything on earth and gained authority by providing a good government.

_____________________ is long, thin reed growing along the banks of the Nile, used by Egyptians to make writing material.

After the Romans destroyed The Temple, ___________________ set up a center for Jewish scholars so learning would survive and remain important to the Jews.

The ________________, led by Moses, was when the Hebrews left _________________ for the promised land of Canaan.

The _____________brought changes in the way Jews worshipped; they were encouraged to celebrate their festivals and practiced their faith in a _______________.

Hebrews followed a tradition of _____________behavior; behavior based on ideas of __________ and ____________.

___________________are symbols used to stand for words or sounds in Egypt.

The _______________ was the most important building in Jerusalem.

Egyptians spent much of their lives planning to live for eternity because they believed in an ______________, life after death.

___________________ (author of many psalms) made Jerusalem the capital of the Hebrew lands and a center for worship.

_____________________ gave the world the idea of one supreme God who created everything; an idea later shared by Christianity and Islam.

Many Egyptian ______________ spend their entire lives working on palaces, temples, and tombs.

Scriptures, or sacred writings, of the Jews are known as the ________________ – this shared story unites Jews all over the world in ________________.

Egypt’s natural borders (seas, deserts, and mountains) ______________ and ______________ it from invaders.

The ___________________ and other laws tell the Israelites how to behave toward God and one another.

Judaism was the first religion based on __________________, the belief in one god.