Chapter 6 Abraham Vocab Study Guide

Question 1

Canaan

Answer 1

land located between Syria Egypt that God promised to the descendants of Abraham

Question 2

Chaldea

Answer 2

Land through which Abraham journeyed when God told him to move from Ur to Haran

Question 3

Chosen People

Answer 3

The descendants of Abraham

Question 4

Euphrates/Tigris

Answer 4

Rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent

Question 5

Fertile Crescent

Answer 5

Area of rich soil located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 6

Haran

Answer 6

City to which Abraham moved from Ur

Question 7

Islam

Answer 7

One of the tree religions, along with Judaism and Christianity, that profess belief in one God

Question 8

Palestine

Answer 8

The land of Canaan given to Abraham’s descendants by God; the Holy Land

Question 9

Ur

Answer 9

City located in Chaldean (present day Iraq) from which Abraham moved early in life

Question 10

Abraham

Answer 10

The model of faith in God in the Old Testament

Question 11

Sacrifice

Answer 11

A ritual offering of animals or produced made to God by the priest in the Temple of Jerusalem. It was sign of people’s adoration of God, giving thanks to God, or asking for his forgiveness

Question 12

Covenant

Answer 12

A solemn agreement between people or between people and God

Question 13

Communal prayer

Answer 13

Praying with a group or community using the same prayer

Question 14

Private Prayer

Answer 14

Praying by one’s self in various forms or types of prayer

Question 15

Abraham is our father in________.

Answer 15

Faith

Question 16

What God promises if we believe in him?

Answer 16

Eternal life

Question 17

The name of Abraham’s wife?

Answer 17

What God compared Abraham’s descendants to?

Question 18

Name of Abraham’s son?

Answer 18

Isaac

Question 19

Here did Abraham first live?

Answer 19

Ur

Question 20

What was Abraham’s age when God first called him?

Answer 20

75 years old

Question 21

God promised Abraham land and many _______.

Answer 21

descendants

Question 22

Abraham’s descendants who was a blessing for all nations. (Not his son)

Answer 22

Jesus

Question 23

Name the land that God gave to Abraham.

Answer 23

Canaan

Question 24

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only_______.

Answer 24

Son

Question 25

God wants a sacrifice of our_______.

Answer 25

Will

Question 26

A father and ruler of the Chosen People are called a_______.

Answer 26

Patriarch

Question 27

Meaning of the name Abraham.

Answer 27

Father of many Nations

Question 28

When God made a covenant with us.

Answer 28

Baptism

Question 29

Name of the land where Abraham was to take Isaac to be sacrificed.

Answer 29

The land of Moriah

Question 30

What was the other name that God called himself?

Answer 30

Yahweh

Question 31

List the four promises that God made to Abraham.

Answer 31

a. Many “descendants” as numerous as the stars.

b. Son named “Isaac.”

c. Land of “Canaan.”

d. Bless for all “Nations.”

Question 32

Name the 3 ways in which Isaac was like Jesus.

Answer 32

a. Only “sons.”

b. Carried their own “wood.”

c. Willing to be “sacrificed.”

Question 33

Name the 3 promises made at Baptism.

Answer 33

a. Renounce “satan.”

b. Believe in “God.”

c. Live as “Catholic Christians.”