CHAPTER 6 STUDY GUIDE PART 1: ISRAEL 1.Dead sea scroll: probably written by the Essenes 2.Ezara: He was a scribe who guided the writing of the Torah 3.Elijah: one the Israelite prophets 4.Sarah: Abrahams’ wife 5.Tanakh: another name for the Hebrew bible 6.Covenant: agreement with God 7.Goliath: a giant philistine warrior 8.Exile: being forced to leave one’s homeland 9.Exodus: departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt 10.Kosher: food prepared according to the Jews dietary law 11.Rabbis: religious Jews Leader 12.Solomon: king who built a temple in Jerusalem 13.Tabernacle: Ten-like structure where the Israelites tribes worshipped God 14.Zealots: wanted to fight for their freedom against the Romans 15.Talmud: teaching about the Torah and record of Jews law 16.Who was the first King of Israel that Samuel chose? Saul 17.Who translated the bible into Greek to spread out Jews ideas? Jews of the Diaspora 18.What is the religious significance of the Temple Mouth? Because it was the place where Abraham tried to scarify Isaac (his son) 19.Polytheism: worship more than one God 20.Ruth: she was a model of dedication to family for Jews girls 21.Essenes: they lived alone in the desert praying for God to deliver them from Romans 22.Cyrus II: Persian king who defeated Chaldeans and allow exiled Jews to rerun to Judah 23.Ark of the law: cabinet where the scroll of the Torah 24.Phoenicians: use alphabet to track trade 25.Alexander the great: he was the person that introduce language and culture to Judah 26.Zealots: they fought the Romans for freedom and drove them out 27.Proverbs: the wise saying of Solomon 28.Persians: defeated Chaldeans and conquered Babylon 29.What is the capital of the kingdom of Judah? Jerusalem 30.What is the capital of the kingdom of Israel: Samaria Answers in bold

1.That he and his descendants will always control Canaan 2.the famine forced them to leave Canaan 3.enslaved in Egypt 4.Because they worshiped only one God 5.Two groups the Phoenicians and philistines were living there. 6.A woman judge who became known for her bravery 7.He asked them to work in too many projects and pay high taxes 8.The Assyrians 9.A Jewish house of worship 10.Genesis, Isaiah and Daniel 11.To show self-control and loyalty to God 12.the group of Jewish that live outside homeland 13.They drove the Seleucids out of Judah and they removed the statues from the temples 14.The Hebrew bible was translated in Greek 15.The victory of the Maccabees and the removal of all statues form the temple 16.Herod build forts and cities as well as the second temple of Jerusalem 17.Because it is a sacred place where they pray 18.Jews were not allowed to go or visit Jerusalem and Rome changed the name of Judaea for Palestine. 19.They regroup and continue teaching the Jewish faith 20.They died in a battle Pork and shellfish 23.central 24.Saul, David and Solomon 25.Because he reunited the 12 tribes, gain a lot of land 26.Israel and Judah 27.Chaldeans 28.describes the food that has been made while following Jewish dietary laws 1. What God promised Abraham in exchange for settling in Canaan? 2. Who caused the Israelites to leave Canaan? 3. What did the Israelites face after they leave Canaan? 4. How Israelites were different from other groups at that time? 5. What challenges Israelites faced when they returned to Canaan? 6. Who was Deborah? 7. How did eventually Salomon lose support from Israelites? 8. Who conquered Israel? 9. Synagogue? 10. What are the books of the Hebrew bible? 11. What does the Torah encourage the Jews to show in their daily life? 12. Diaspora: 13. What was the result of the Maccabee’s revolt? 14. How did Jewish ideas spread throughout the Mediterranean world? 15. What does the Hanukkah celebrate? 16. What was the accomplishment of the first Judah king? 17. Why is the western wall important for Jewish? 18. What was the outcome of the second revolt against Rome rule A.D 132? 19. How did the rabbis help to unify the Jews? 20. Based on the Movie: David and Goliath, what happened with Saul and his sons? 21. How many years was David a King? 22. What food Jewish cannot eat? 23.What part of Canaan Israel reclaimed? 24.What are the three kings of Israel? 25.Why David is considered a great Israelite king? 26.What are the two kingdoms in Israel? 27.Who conquered Judah? 28. kosher CHAPTER 6 STUDY GUIDE PART 2: ISRAEL Questions Answers

Know how to name rivers (Jordan, Nile, Euphrates, Tigris) seas (Caspian, red, black, dead, Mediterranean, gulf (Persian) as well as Egypt, Israel, Canaan