1. Eastern Mediterranean Vocabulary Imgae: http://zionbc.com/ Palestinian Territories Israel Egypt Iraq Iran Saudi Arabia Turkey

2. 1. Torah These rabbis are looking at a copy of the Torah. http://www.3faiths1god.com/images/photos/hires_photos/jews_with_torah.jpg

3. 13-year-olds read publicly from the Torah – in Hebrew – at their Bar Mitzvah (for a boy) or their Bat Mitzvah (for a girl) ceremonies. http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00278/pg-20-bar-mitzvah-A_278474s.jpg

4. 1. The Torah: the Jewish scriptures (first 5 books of Old Testament) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy http://www.thetruthsoflife.com/spiritual-wallpapers/judaism/torah_scroll-1280x1024.jpg

5. 2. Holocaust During World War II, the German Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler, targeted several groups for terrible treatment. http://www.cryonie.com/en/2009/images/hitler-speech.jpg

6. Groups targeted by the Nazis included people with physical or mental disabilities, gypsies (Romani), Jehovah’s Witnesses (and any other religious groups said loyalty to God was more important than loyalty to the Nazi Party), homosexuals, and Jews. http://www.corkfpc.com/holocaust%5B1%5D.jpg

7. http://www.topnews.in/files/Australian-Holocaust.jpg They were killed or put in work camps, where many died from starvation, overwork, and sickness.

8. Hitler’s goal was to kill every Jew in Europe. The Nazis killed over 6 million European Jews before the end of the war. http://www.theology.edu/QHST/Images/holocaust.jpg

9. Czech Republic http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holocaus t-memorial-usti-nad-labem.jpg Germany http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/images/berlin/memorial-to-jews/aerial-cc-mightymightymatze.jpg 2. Holocaust: the killing of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany in World War II Poland http://billtammeus.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515f9b69e20133ecaabbb8970b-800wi

10. 3. kosher: eating according to ancient Jewish food laws http://restaurantlaw.wordpress.com/2008/01/page/2/

11. 4. monotheism: belief in only one god Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are all monotheistic religions.

12. 5. polytheistic The ancient Romans and ancient Greeks were polytheistic. http://www.glogster.com/fornshells/greco-roman-polytheism/g-6m08n22amt0ue2462ta62a0

13. Jews are monotheistic. So are Christians and Muslims.

14. 5. polytheistic: believing in more than 1 god The ancient Aztecs were also polytheistic. http://tcmam.wordpress.com/2010/12/04/saturday-is-codex-day-5/

15. 6. messiah Jewish tradition and the Old Testament talk about a “messiah” who would come and liberate the Jewish people. http://thegodmurders.com/IT%e2%80%99S%20BIBLICAL%20SHOWTIME.html

16. Christians believe that Jesus was the Jewish messiah. Jews believe they are still waiting for the messiah. 6. messiah: one who comes to save http://enemylove.com/jesus-avoided-becoming-puppet-messiah/

17. 7. resurrect: bring back to life Many religions teach that one or more of their gods has been resurrected from the dead. Christianity teaches that Jesus was resurrected by God from the dead. http://scottwoodward.org/resurrection.html

18. 8. gospel In Old English (Middle Ages), this word meant “good news.”

19. 8. gospels: four New Testament book that describe the life & teaching of Jesus

20. 9. Protestant There were no Protestant Christians until Martin Luther protested against problems in the Catholic Church in 1517. http://www.aleteia.org/en/religion/q-a/was-the-reformation-justified-1071001

21. 9. Protestant: Christians who are not Catholic or Eastern Orthodox

22. 10. relative location http://yahudi4.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/crazy-grandma.jpg This does NOT have anything to do with where your crazy relatives are located!

23. However, the word “relative” is specifically about what the relationship is between people. http://static.awkwardfamilyphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/10/image10- e1380988101875/3287478981.jpg He’s my husband! She’s my wife! Those are our parents! These people are my parents & sisters!

24. Relative location also tells the relationship between two people. places. http://natsukoeguchi.com/s02-WYSIWYG/home-dot-com2/images/direction.gif “On Cue is around the corner and a block down from my house.”

26. 10. relative location: the location of a place in relation to another place “Lebanon is between Israel, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea.” http://www.jhmeyer.net/New%20Folder/IsraelSyriaJordan.jpg “Iraq is east of Syria.” “Saudi Arabia is south of Jordan and Iraq.”      