Fertile Crescent and Canaan

Question 1

What is persecution?

Answer 1

Mistreatment.

Question 2

How were Jews persecuted over time?

Answer 2

First, the ancient Egyptians enslaved them. Then, the Romans mistreated them. After that, the Holocaust came and 6,000,000 Jews were killed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.

Question 3

What is anti-semitism?

Answer 3

Hatred of Jewish people.

Question 4

What are two examples in history of anti-semitism?

Answer 4

1. The Holocaust
2. Ancient Egyptians enslaving Jews

Question 5

Who were the Phoenicians?

Answer 5

The Phoenicians were the greatest seafaring civilization of the ancient world.

Question 6

Where did the Phoenicians live?

Answer 6

They lived mainly by the sea and they originated from modern-day Lebanon. They lived throughout the Mediterranean region.

Question 7

What are the Phoenicians most known for?

Answer 7

Creating the first alphabet and having a successful seafaring/trading system.

Question 8

Why was the Phoenicians’s alphabet so famous?

Answer 8

Because simple and easy to learn and understand.

Question 9

“like Tyre” —> describe Tyre’s location and who controls it:

Answer 9

Coast of Mediterranean Sea. The Phoenicians had control over Tyre.

Question 10

“the midst of the sea” —> What do you think this quote means?

Answer 10

It means in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Phoenicians sailed in the sea for trading.

Question 11

“your wares came from the seas” —> What are wares? How did these wares get from one place to another?

Answer 11

Wares are goods. Wares transport by the Phoenicians in boats.

Question 12

“satisfied many peoples” —> Who are these people? Why are they satisfied?

Answer 12

The buyers/traders were satisfied. The Phoenicians had an efficient system that satisfied buyers/traders.

Question 13

“abundant wealth and merchandise” —> What wealth and merchandise?

Answer 13

The Phoenicians had wealth and merchandise from trading. (silver, oil, copper, ivory, cedar, purple cloth, etc.)

Question 14

“enriched the kings of the earth” —> What does this mean?

Answer 14

Goods please the kings.

Question 15

What does monotheism mean?

Answer 15

Belief in 1 god.

Question 16

What does exile mean?

Answer 16

To force someone out of their homeland.

Question 17

What does prophet mean?

Answer 17

Religious leaders.

Question 18

What does famine mean?

Answer 18

Mass hunger/lack of food.

Question 19

What does covenant mean?

Answer 19

A binding agreement.

Question 20

What does diaspora mean?

Answer 20

Scattering of people.

Question 21

What were the Ten Commandments?

Answer 21

The Ten Commandments were a set of law codes that God gave to Moses who then gave it to the Israelites for them to follow.

Question 22

What was the covenant between God and Abraham about?

Answer 22

The covenant between God and Abraham was God promising Abraham’s people their own land if they get out of their land and go to the place that he shows them to.

Question 23

What two religions were influenced by the spread of Judaism?

Answer 23

Christianity and Islam.

Question 24

How were the Phoenicians able to become successful traders?

Answer 24

The Phoenicians became successful traders because they had many useful or rare materials that people desired such as purple cloth. Also, they had an efficient ship system that kept their goods neat and organized so it was easier to see and sell things.

Question 25

How have war and famine forced the Hebrews out of their Promised Land?

Answer 25

Wars forced the Hebrews out of their Promised Land because Assyria forced them to leave. Also, famine forced the Hebrews out of their Promised Land in 1700 BC and they had to move to Egypt or and become slaves or else they would die of starvation.