WORLD HISTORY UNIT 1

Question 1

Canaan

Answer 1

Home of the ancient Hebrews. Today it is Palestine, Israel, or the Promised Land.

Question 2

Torah

Answer 2

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible. Contains much Jewish history.

Question 3

Abraham

Answer 3

“Father” of the Hebrew people/ first covenant (2000 B.C.E)/ moved his people from UR Mesopotamia to Canaan (The Promised Land)

Question 4

Exodus (1660 BCE)

Answer 4

Moses led the Jews out of Egypt (slavery)/showed that God was fulfilling his part of the bargain.

Question 5

Moses

Answer 5

The greatest figure in Jewish history… Receives 10 commandments at MT SINAI.

Question 6

Ethical Monotheism

Answer 6

One God with one set of moral codes, why is this so original?

Question 7

Israel

Answer 7

First time Hebrew tribes unified (1020) BCE/ The Promised Land.

Question 8

The modern state of Israel

Answer 8

May 14, 1948/Holocaust (Nazism/ Zionism) late 1800’s. The united nation (1947) law returns.

Question 9

The order

Answer 9

SAUL, DAVID, SOLOMAN (1020-922 BCE)

Question 10

SAUL

Answer 10

Drove the philistines (enemies out of Canaan).

Question 11

DAVID

Answer 11

First to unite the tribes/established Jerusalem as the capital/ Messiah will come from the house of David.

Question 12

SOLOMAN

Answer 12

The most powerful of Hebrew kings

Brought economic stability

Beautified Jerusalem

Built great temple

Housed the Ark of Covenant+ had 700 wives

Question 13

Babylonian Capacity

Answer 13

The time the Jews spent exiled in Babylon (50 years)/ birth of the written Torah and the Talmud

Question 14

THE SECOND TEMPLE/WAILING WALL

Answer 14

Jews returned to Israel and built the second temple/wailing wall… The most sacred place for Jews today

Question 15

ANCIENT HEBREWS

Answer 15

FIRST CULTURE TO BE MONOTHEISTIC

FIRST TO HAVE JUST ONE GOD

THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY

INFLUENTIAL IDEAS OM MORALS

A NEW RELIGION