Izreal Flashcards
Many changes took place around the Mediterranean sea, and around 1000 bc people called _____ build a kingdom in _______
Israelites, Cannan
Izraekutes religion focused on one god (this was known as______)
Monotheism
Israelite is known as _____ today
Judaism/Jews
Judaism influenced ______ ad _____ and helped shape beliefs and practices
Christianity, Islam
Israelites wrote down much of their history and beliefs in ____ and this became known as the Hebrew ___
language of Hebrew, bible
Jews don’t believe in the ____ testament
new
Israelites were _______ and _____
herders, traders
Israelites came from ______ and settles in Canaan
Mesopotainia
In the bible, God told _______ and his descendants to leave Mesopotamia and go to Canann
Abraham
There, they would worship ____ true god, and the promised Land (Cannan) would be promised to Abraham and his ______ in return
One, descendants
Abraham had a grandson named _____
Jacob
Jacob was also called Israel which means?
One who struggles with god
Jacob was also called Israel which means?
One who struggles with god
Jacob was also called Israel which means?
One who struggles with god
Later the name _____ was given to Jacob’s decsendants
Israel
Jacob had ____ sons in Canaan
12
Jacob’s 12 sons were set into ___, or separate family groups
tribes
The 12 tribes lived in Canaan for 100 years until moving to___ because of Destructive Drought
Egypt
Life was bad for Izraleites in ____
egypt
Pharaoh feared that the Israelites would take over Egypt so they enslaved them for _____ years
400
The Pharaoh also ordered that all baby boys be thrown into the _________ ______
Nile River
The Bible recalls one mother hid her child in a basket along the Nile river and the Pharaoh’s ____ found him and named him ____
daughter, moses
Moses grew up tending sheep, then he saw a _____ ______ and heard a voie
burning bush
Moses believed that in the burning bush it was ___ telling him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt
God
To get the Pharoah to release the Israelites God sent 10 _____
plagues
The last plague God sent would kill all first born children, except for those izraelites who had their doors marked with _____ blood.
Lamb’s
The last plague finally allowed the Pharoah to let the Israelites out of Egypt, and today it is known as ______.
Passover
Then, the pharaoh changed his mind and sent ____ after the Israelites
armies
God parted the ____ sea for the Israelites, then _____ all of the Egyptians when they went through it.
Red, Drowned
Israelites escape from Egypt is known as _________
Exodus
On the way back from Egypt the Israelites traveled through the ____ dessert
Sinai
The Bible states, Moses went to the top of Mount ___ and received the laws from god
Sinai
Laws were known as ____ today it is the beginning fo the Hebrew Bible
Tora
Tora described a covenant, ________ with god, and explained right and ______ by god.
Agreement, wrong
God Promised to return the Israelites of Canann if they followed the _____
Laws
The most important part of the Torah was the ______ commandments
10
10 commandments:
-told Israelites to be ____ to one god, and never speak his name
-Never ______ other gods or images
-Belief in one god _____ Christianity and Islam today
loyal, worship, guided
The ten Commandments helped ______ basic moral laws and applied to everyone equally. Helped Develop the belief called the rule of ____
shape, law
The ten commandments say not to ____, murder, lie, about others too, etc.
steal
It took Israelites 40 years in the desert before reached the PL, and ___ never ended up seeing it.
Moses
______ took over when Moses died, and led the Israelites into Canaan.
Joshua
When everyone got to Canaan there were _______ living there and Joshua led them to war against the Canaanites.
Canaanites
Issac
Abrahams Son
Joshua led Izraekites to the walls of _____ and told them to march around the city’s walls for 6 days.
Jericho
They sounded their trumpets for 6 days and on the _____ day the wall crumbled.
Seventh
After Joshua died, Israelites looked to ___ for military leadership and they ended up taking over the ____ region of Cannan. Then they build ___ towns.
Judges, Hilly, walled
The ______ was a group of Canaanites who made the Phoenician Alphabet
Phonician
Solomen Dies and his son takes over Israel and Israel divides _________
unevenly
10 tribes in ______ 2 tribes in ____
Israel, Judah
The Assyrians conquered the kingdom of ____, and they split the families all over to limit power. Known as ______
Israel, Diaspora
Then Egypt took over the Kingdom of____
Judah
Then 15 years after Egypt took over Judah, _______ took over Egypt/Judah
Babylons
10,000 or more _____ are captured by the Babylons and killed or enslaved
jews
Nevanesker burned the ____ temple that Solomon made
first
