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30 Cards in this Set
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The covenant with Abraham, symbolized by the bris ceremony, promised that he and his descendents would
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receive the land of Canaan.
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The Torah is
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the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, also called the Pentateuch.
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The first king of the Hebrews was
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Saul
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The great Hebrew temple in Jerusalem was built during the reign of
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Solomon
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Monotheism is
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belief in one deity
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Hatshepsut constructed her elaborate consort's tomb at
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Deir el-Bahri
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The city of Thebes first became the center of pharaonic power during the
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Middle Kingdom
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The period of Egyptian history during which the Pyramids at Giza were constructed was the
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Old Kingdom
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The Hyksos were
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a rival dynasty from Palestine
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Akhenaton's original reign name was
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Amenhotep IV
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The double crown of Egypt symbolized
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Upper and Lower Egypt
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Art underwent a significant change during Akhenaton's reign; it became
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more realistic and natural.
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The Talmud is
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a collection of rabbinical writings and legal judgments.
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The Book of the Dead is
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a collection of poems about proper behavior and the afterlife.
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Because Osiris had conquered death, Egyptian pharaohs were revered as
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lords of the underworld.
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Which pharaoh conquered the Hittites and built Hypostyle Hall in Karnak and the temple at Abu Simbel?
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Ramses II
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In Egyptian religious beliefs, the ka was
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the spiritual body
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The Babylonian Captivity of the Jews was ended by:
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Cyrus the Great's defeat of the Babylonians.
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The term Yahweh refers to
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a word for the Hebrew deity which has as a root word, the Hebrew verb for "existence."
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Hatshepsut claimed that she was not merely the daughter of the Pharaoh Thutmose I, but also
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the divine daughter of Amon, who predestined her for the crown.
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The word "Jew" refers to the fact that the Hebrew ancestors lived in
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Judah
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The Rosetta Stone was instrumental in allowing scholars to
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translate Egyptian hieroglyphics
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Tutankamon's greatest claim to fame is that
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his tomb was the only one found intact in the Valley of the Kings.
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Why did the Nile River Valley have relatively few invaders during the time of the ancient Egyptians?
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The natural geographic barriers, such as the Sahara, kept invaders out.
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Which object of great significance did Moses bring down from Mt. Sinai?
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the Ten Commandments
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The Wailing Wall or western wall is the only remnant of:
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the second temple built after the return from the Babylonian captivity
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The temple of Abu Simbel was relocated at one point because
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the Aswan Dam was being built.
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The Temple of Solomon was built to house
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the Ark of the Covenant
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During the Amarna Revolution, Akhenaton wanted his people to worship Aton, who was represented by
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the sun.
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The books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy comprise the
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the Pentateuch
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