Ancient Hebrews

Question 1

land on the East side of the Mediterranean

Answer 1

Canaan

Question 2

part of the Sahara desert

Answer 2

Egypt

Question 3

Narrow sea between Egypt and and the middle East

Answer 3

Red Sea

Question 4

Major city between the dead sea and Mediterranean sea

Answer 4

Jerusalem

Question 5

Monotheism

Answer 5

Belief in one God

Question 6

_____:Oral tradition of stories that taught laws and rules to live by, were eventually written down in the___ _________.

Answer 6

Torah/Old testament

Question 7

_______ ruled earlier tribes,teaching the _____ resolving disputes among the _______ people

Answer 7

Judges/Torah/Hebrews

Question 8

what did the Hebrews grow?

Answer 8

Grapes,Wheat, and Olives

Question 9

_______was also traded with neighboring tribes and countries.

Answer 9

Lumber

Question 10

what was common for Hebrews

Answer 10

Sheep herding

Question 11

who brought prosperity for trading what and other goods with surrounding countries.

Answer 11

King Solomon/Lumber

Question 12

According to the ancient Hebrew oral tradition,Abraham had only on son named_____at the old age of __. Isaac had two sons,____ and _____.______ offspring became the _______tribe. Jacob was renamed ______,and he fathered__sons that would create the ______ ______of Isreal.

Answer 12

Isaac/99/Esay/Jacob/Esay’s/Edomite/Isreal/12/twelve tribes

Question 13

The Ancient Hebrews, known as ____ in modern times,were a people living in what was later called Mesopotamia. The Ancient Hebrews worshiped a single God. God made the Ancient Hebrews promises of blessings through_______,A descendent of ____,the first man on Earth.

Answer 13

Jews/Abraham/Adam

Question 14

what class worked hard?

Answer 14

Middle class

Question 15

_____were respected and had rights,but men were more powerful.

Answer 15

Women

Question 16

________, or scattering, of the Hebrews made them low class to other countries, and in most cases they became______

Answer 16

Diaspora/Slaves

Question 17

who taught people the law and resolved disputes?

Answer 17

Judges

Question 18

Later, who ruled the Hebrews

Answer 18

Kings

Question 19

Laws came from their___,Written in the ___ _________.

Answer 19

God/Old testament

Question 20

who taught the laws and sought Gods guidance, even for kings.

Answer 20

Priest

Question 21

What was the oldest known religious text

Answer 21

Torah

Question 22

___ ___________is oldest known source to state that the earth is _____and hangs in space.

Answer 22

old testament/round

Question 23

The Hebrews gained geographic intelligence due to________,the scattering or spread.

Answer 23

Diaspora

Question 24

______and _____eventually written in book of ______in old testament.

Answer 24

Poetry/songs/psalms

Question 25

In 701 BCE, king__________workmen chiseled a _____ ______131 feet deep from two sides of Jerusalem to meet in the middle to stop siege of_________.

Answer 25

Hezekiah’s/water tunnel/Assyrians