ESSENTIALS for OT Survey (Geography)

Question 1

Mount Sinai

Answer 1

Mountain where God appeared and gave the law to Moses. Exact location unknown but traditionally placed in the southern Sinai Peninsula

Question 2

Mount Zion

Answer 2

Elevated section of Jerusalem where the temple was situated

Question 3

Valley of Jezreel

Answer 3

Flat, fertile section of land that cuts E-W across Israel from Mount Carmel in the west to the towns of Jezreel and Beth-shean near the Jordan River just
south of the Sea of Galilee

Question 4

Shephelah

Answer 4

Rolling hills that transition from the high central mountains around Jerusalem to the coastal plains where the Philistine cities were located

Question 5

Coastal Road

Answer 5

Main route from Egypt up to Syria and over to Mesopotamia, used by merchants and armies alike. Began in Memphis, Egypt, crossed the northern Sinai, turned north up the coast, then jogged east through the Valley of Jezreel and over to Damascus. Continued northeast until it reached the northwestern spur of the Euphrates

Question 6

Negev

Answer 6

Area south of the hill country of Judah, bordered on the south by a steppe region called the “wilderness.” Focal point: the valley east of Beersheba over to Arad, extending about 10 miles north and south of Beersheba

Question 7

Jordan Valley

Answer 7

Deep depression marking a fault line through which the Jordan River flows. Lowest elevation on earth, going down to about 1,300 feet below sea level at the Dead Sea

Question 8

Central Hill Country

Answer 8

Ridge of mountains running N-S through Israel from north of Hebron down to the Valley of Jezreel

Question 9

Judean Wilderness

Answer 9

Arid section of wilderness running N-S between Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley and the upper section of the Dead Sea

Question 10

Transjordanian Plateau

Answer 10

Steppe region running N-S on east side of the Jordan Valley