Rel chapter Six Vovab/Study Guide

Question 1

Land located between Syria and Egypt that God promised to the descendants of Abraham

Answer 1

Canaan

Question 2

Land through which Abraham journeyed when God told him to move from Ur to Haran

Answer 2

Chaldea

Question 3

The descendants of Abraham

Answer 3

Chosen people

Question 4

Rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

Euphrates/Tigris

Question 5

Area of rich soil located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Answer 5

Fertile Crescent

Question 6

City in which Abraham moved from Ur

Answer 6

Haran

Question 7

One of the three religions, along with Judaism and Christianity, that profess belief in one God

Answer 7

Islam

Question 8

The land of Canaan given to Abraham’s descendants by God;the Holy Land

Answer 8

Palestine

Question 9

City located in Chaldea (present day Iraq) from which Abraham moved early in life

Answer 9

Ur

Question 10

The model in faith in the Old Testament. He became the father of the chosen people

Answer 10

Abraham

Question 11

A ritual offering of animals or produce made to God by the priest in the temple of Jerusalem

Answer 11

Sacrifice

Question 12

A solemn agreement between people or between people and God

Answer 12

Covenant

Question 13

Praying with a group or communication using the same prayer

Answer 13

Communal prayer

Question 14

Praying by ones self in various forms or types of prayer

Answer 14

Private prayer

Question 15

Abraham is our father in

Answer 15

Faith

Question 16

What God promises if we believe in him

Answer 16

Eternal life

Question 17

The name of Abraham’s wife

Answer 17

Sarah

Question 18

What God compared Abraham’s descendants to

Answer 18

Stars and sand

Question 19

Name of Abraham’s son

Answer 19

Isaac

Question 20

Where did Abraham first live

Answer 20

Ur

Question 21

What was Abraham’s age when God first called him

Answer 21

75

Question 22

God promised Abraham land many

Answer 22

Descendants

Question 23

Abraham’s descendant that was a blessing for all nations (not his son)

Answer 23

Jesus

Question 24

Name the land that God gave to Abraham

Answer 24

Canaan

Question 25

God asked Abraham to sacrifice his only

Answer 25

Son

Question 26

Gos wants a sacrifice of our

Answer 26

Wills

Question 27

A father and ruler of the chosen people are called a

Answer 27

Patriarch

Question 28

Meaning of the name Abraham

Answer 28

Father of many nations

Question 29

Name the land were Abraham was to take Isaac to be sacrificed

Answer 29

Moriah

Question 30

What was the other name that God called himself

Answer 30

Yahweh

Question 31

The four promises that God made to Abraham

Answer 31

Many descendants as numerous as the stars
Son named Isaac
Land of Canaan
Blessing for all nations

Question 32

The ways in which Isaac was like Jesus

Answer 32

Only son
Carried their own wood
Willing to be sacrificed

Question 33

The three promises made at Baptism

Answer 33

Renounce Satan
Believe in God
Live as a Catholic Cristian