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31 Cards in this Set
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What 2 products were most likely to be traded by Phoenicians?
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Purple dye and cedar wood
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Which civilization was the first to practice monotheism?
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Hebrews
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What are the rules that govern ethical behavior for Hebrews?
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Ten Commandments
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Why did Phoenicians become seafarers?
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they had limited supplies of food
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What is the name for the Hebrew god?
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Yahweh
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Who was the Persian prophet who taught of the struggle between good and evil?
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Zoroaster
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What was the greatest contribution made by the Phoenicians to later civilizations?
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alphabet
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What was the important Phoenician colony in northern Africa that provided access to the British Isles, Spain and the Atlantic Ocean as well as control of the western Mediterranean?
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Carthage
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How did Persians treat those they conquered?
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with tolerance
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What is the Hebrew escape from Egypt known as?
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Exodus
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Which civilization is credited with developing the first alphabet?
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Phoenicians
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Who was considered the patriarch of Judaism because he made a covenant with Yahweh?
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Abraham
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What enabled Persian messengers to travel about 1700 miles in 2 weeks through a system of relay stations?
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Royal Road
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What was the message of Zoroaster?
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Individuals must make a choice between the forces of good and evil
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How did the Persians govern their massive empire?
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It was a strong government that was divided into provinces.
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As Jews escaped from Egypt they believed the Ten Commandments were revealed to this person.
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Moses
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The holy writings for Hebrews
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Torah
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Which civilization established trading posts and colonies throughout the Mediterranean?
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Phoenicians
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What was the economy of the Phoenicians based on?
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shipping and sea trade (esp. through the Mediterranean)
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The scattering of Jewish communities outside their homeland
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the Diaspora
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Which civilization used contracts and bills of sale to establish an extensive trading network?
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Phoenicians
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Who ultimately defeated the Persian Empire?
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Alexander the Great
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Where was Persia's westward expansion into Greece halted?
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Persian Wars (Battles of Salamis and Marathon)
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prophet
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one who carries a message from a god
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province
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an administrative district of a larger government
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covenant
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a binding agreement, often religious in nature
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seafarer
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mariner; one who navigates or assists in navigating a ship
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treaty
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an agreement between 2 or more nations made through negotiations
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colony
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people living in a new territory but keeping ties with the parent/native nation
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monotheism
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belief in one god
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Sabbath
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a day of rest that is observed by Jews from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturday
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