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The One and Only God Flashcards

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1
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Between Egypt and Mesopotamia what is there?

A

Land of deep valleys and Rich pastures

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2
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Thousands of years herdsman tended?

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Their flocks

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3
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They also planted blank?

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Vines and Cereals

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4
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Why did the Babylonians invade ?

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So that the people would move place to place constantly

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5
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But the people built towns and what else?

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Fortresses

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6
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But it wasn’t strong to resist the Mighty?

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Armies of the neighbors

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7
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The thousands of small tribes did what?

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They made history

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8
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The people had something special and that was?

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Their Religion

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9
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All the people prayed to who?

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Isis, Osiris, Baal, and Astarte

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10
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They had campfires in the evening and did what?

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Sing songs

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10
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But these Herdsmen prayed to one what?

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God, and their own special protector and leader

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11
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The songs were about what?

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Their leader’s battles and deeds

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12
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The strange and powerless herdsmen were who?

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Jews

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13
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Their god talked about deeds?

A

And the Old Testament of the Bible

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14
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The story of Abraham is in what?

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Book of genesis in chapter eleven

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15
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Where did Abraham come from?

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Ur in the Chaldees

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16
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What did they find in the Persian Gulf?

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Harps, Game boards, Weapons, and Jewelry

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17
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Abraham lived around the same time as who?

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Hammurabi

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18
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When did Hammurabi lived around?

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1700 BC

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19
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Many of Hammurabi’s laws showed up where?

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In the Bible

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20
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What is the story of the Tower of Babel?

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People tried to built a tower that would reach up to heaven

21
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Who stopped the people from making the tower go higher?

A

God

22
Q

The Babylonians really did build Gigantic towers?

A

That reached the heavens

23
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The story of Noah and the flood took place where?

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Mesopotamia

24
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Tablets were dug up with what in them?

A

Cuneiform

25
Q

One of Abraham of Ur descendants was who?

A

Was Joseph son of Jacob

26
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Joseph become a what?

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Counselor and minister to the pharaoh

27
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Where did Joseph family settle?

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In Egypt

28
Q

In 1250 BC children of Israel who got them out of Egypt?

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Moses

29
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Jerusalem first king was who?

A

Saul

30
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He fought against the neighboring tribe the blank?

A

Philistines

31
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What happened to Saul on the battlefield?

A

He died

32
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The Bible had a lot of great kings such as who?

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King David and King Solomon

33
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Who was a wise king?

A

King Solomon

34
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Solomon had architects not Jews but what?

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But foreign Artisans

35
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Solomon’s reign didn’t go well the kingdom split in 2 what kingdom’s?

A

Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah

36
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Which kingdom got conquered and destroyed?

A

Israel

37
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Who invaded Israel the kingdom by the blank in when?

A

Assyrians in 722 BC

38
Q

Their sermon was always the same what does that mean?

A

You yourselves are the cause of your misfortunes God is punishing you through your sins

39
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Who was the mighty Babylonian king warrior and ruler?

A

King Nebuchadnezzar

40
Q

Who had a war with the Egyptians?

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King Nebuchadnezzar

41
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Where did Nebuchadnezzar marched through where?

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The Promised land

42
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Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of what?

A

Jerusalem

43
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When was Jerusalem attacked and destroyed?

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586 BC

44
Q

The Babylonian empire was destroyed by who?

A

Persian Neighbor In 538 BC

45
Q

When the Jews returned to their homeland they had what?

A

Changed

46
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Who was different from the surrounding tribes?

A

The Jews

47
Q

How long ago was the Old Testament written

A

2500 years ago

48
Q

The Jews had to distance themselves from who?

A

Other Tribes

49
Q

The people called themselves what?

A

Chosen

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