Exodus

Question 1

Greek word meaning “departure, exit”

Answer 1

Exodus

Question 2

the civilization that formed on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates river that is now known as Iraq and Kuwait

Answer 2

Mesopotamian

Question 3

Exodus was the central and constitutive event that occurred in?

Answer 3

Israel

Question 4

Major Mesopotamian civilizations

Answer 4

Sumerian
Assyrian
Akkadian
Babylonian

Question 5

River of Egyptian civilization

Answer 5

Nile River

Question 6

writing system that the Egyptians kept written records

Answer 6

Hieroglyphics

Question 7

idea used by Egyptian rulers to construct monumental architecture to demonstrate/maintain power

Answer 7

divine kingship

Question 8

cradle of the great civilizations and empires that emerged to dominate the whole region of the ancient near east

Answer 8

Egypt in the South of Canaan and Mesopotamia in the north

Question 9

civilizations that influenced the culture, politics, and whole history of the area including Israel

Answer 9

Egypt and Mesopotamia

Question 10

method of escape from the constricting and centralizing political control of the empires

Answer 10

Migration

Question 11

part of an ongoing movement of populations to seek new areas for pasturing and settlement

Answer 11

Abraham’s migration

Question 12

Mesopotamian urban center that had a rapid growing population

Answer 12

Ur

Question 13

Refers to groups of floating populations in the margins of established societies who remain rootless, without citizenship and who are vulnerable to being captured as slaves/ prisoners of war/ mercenaries of different nations

Answer 13

Apirus/Habirus

Question 14

term that can carry the connotation of not belonging to any specific ethnic group of people

Answer 14

Hebrew

Question 15

derived from the possible root word term of “habiru”

Answer 15

Hebrew

Question 16

main character who:
- observed the misery of the people in Egypt
- heard their cry and sufferings
- came down to deliver and brought them to a land flowing with milk and honey

Answer 16

YAHWEH

Question 17

second main character who:
- main instrument God used
- his role began to unfold when he received his call from Yahweh in the burning bush at Sinai
- God’s own spokeperson before the Pharaoh in demanding the release of the enslaved Hebrews

Answer 17

Moses

Question 18

Other important Characters in the story

Answer 18

• Shiphrah and Puah
• Aaron
• Miriam
• Pharaoh
• Zipporah
• Jethro

Question 19

Important places in the story

Answer 19

• Goshen
• Midian
• Sinai

Question 19

Important places in the story

Answer 19

• Goshen
• Midian
• Sinai

Question 20

commemorates the Biblical story of Exodus – where God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt

Answer 20

Passover

Question 21

Includes regulations for animal sacrifices, eating, cleanliness, priestly conduct, speech, and sexual regulations. Also included are a list of days that are to be held sacred and laws concerning the sabbatical (jubilee) year in which Israelite slaves were to be freed and interest was to be prohibited

Answer 21

The Code of Holiness Leviticus 17-25

Question 22

5 Covenant Codes

Answer 22

1. Slavery or Indentured Servitude
2. Rules for capital offenses
3. Commercial Restitution and Lex Talionis
4. Productive Opportunities for the Poor
5. Lending and Collateral