Exam 1

Question 1

Five Vertical Zones

Answer 1

Coastal Plain
Shephelah
Central Mountain Range
Syrian – African (Jordan) Rift
Eastern Plateau

Question 2

Coastal Plain

Answer 2

Next to the Mediterranean Sea. Caesarea and Joppa. Beaches.

Question 3

Shephelah

Answer 3

Hebrew - “Low”. Woods. Down by the Dead Sea

Question 4

Central Mountain Range

Answer 4

Large Mountains. Next to the Coastal Plains

Question 5

Syrian – African (Jordan) Rift

Answer 5

Flat.

Question 6

Eastern Plateau

Answer 6

On the west side of the Jordan. Hilly.

Question 7

Five Horizontal Zones

Answer 7

1. Above (Upper) Galilee (wet / inaccessible)
2. Beside (Lower) Galilee (Jesus’ home)
3. Carmel and Jezreel (Baal)
4. Negev (South / dry) – Below Dead Sea
5. Desert (Wilderness ) - Peninsula
   (In order from N to S)

Question 8

Four Seas

Answer 8

Mediterranean Sea
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Red Sea

Question 9

Three Continents

Answer 9

Europe
Asia
Africa

Question 10

Two Worlds

Answer 10

Land of Honey (North)

Land of Milk (South)

Question 11

Land of Honey (North)

Answer 11

-Nominal religion
-Mixture of Judaism & Hellenism
-less space, more water
-Life is
Predictable
Noisy and congested
Manageable

Question 12

Land of Milk (South)

Answer 12

-People are spiritual – center of Hebrew worship
-more space, less water
-Life is
Unpredictable
Silent and lonely
Exhausting

Question 13

5-4-3-2-1

Answer 13

Five Zones
Four Seas
Three Continents
Two Worlds
One God

Question 14

Dominating Empires

Answer 14

1. Assyrian
2. Babylonian
3. Persian
4. Greek
5. Roman

Question 15

Three Main Religious

Answer 15

Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes