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25 Cards in this Set
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Who was Abraham?
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Father of the Israelites
Led them to Canaan, As instructed but God |
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Who was Jacob?
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Grandson of Abraham
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Who was Moses?
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Grew up as Egyptian pirnce
Lead Israelites to Egypt (drought) Lead the Iraelites to escape from Egyptians The Exodus |
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Who was Joshua?
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Took over after Moses died
Led Israelites back to Canaan Marched around Jericho Seized their homeland Israel then divided into 12 tribes |
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Who was Deborah?
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A fighting judge
(controlled 1-2 tribes) Helped Barak destroy King Jabin |
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What were the beliefs of the Ancient Israelites?
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Monotheism
(One God) |
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What was The Exodus?
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Moses, escape from Egypt, Mt. Sinai, Ten Commandments, Torah, Conveant, etc.
Torah-Laws Convant-Agreement |
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The Movement of the Israelites
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Mesopotamia->Canaan (Abraham)
Canaan->Egypt (Moses) Egypt->Sinai Desert (Moses) Sinai Desert->Canaan (Joshua) |
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What were the achievements of the Phoenicians?
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Alphabet
Spread Religion |
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Who were the fighting judges?
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A military leader. He/she usually controlled 1 or 2 tribes
Barak, Gideon, Samuel, Eli, Samson, Deborah & others |
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Who is Samuel?
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Judge and prophet
Annointed Saul and David |
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Who was Saul?
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Warrior farmer
1st king of Israel |
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Who was David?
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Young Shepherd
2nd king of Israel |
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Who was Solomon?
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Son of David
3rd king of Israel Made people pay high taxes Unliked by people |
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Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
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King or Chaldeans
Made 10,000 Jews leave the city of Judah (Babylonian Captivity) |
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What caused the fall of Israel?
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Israel was conquered by the Assyrians
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What caused the fall of Judah?
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Babylonian Captivity
(Nebachadnezzar) |
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What was the Babylonian Captivity?
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King of Chaldeana forced 10,000 Jews to leave the city
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Who was Judas Maccabeus?
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Priest
Led the Maccabees Drove the Greeks out of Judah |
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Who was King Herod?
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King of Judea when Jesus was born
Roman King Made the temple one of most awe-inspiring buildings in the Roman world |
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Who was Johanan ben Zakkai?
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A famous rabbi
(Rabbi-teacher of the Torah) He made sure that the study of the Torah continued |
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The exhile and return of the Jews from Babylon
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During the exhile, the religion became Judaism and the Persains let them return
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What was the Diaspora?
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Jews who lived outside of Judah
They copied the Hebrew Bible to Greek and the religion spread |
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Who were the Maccabees?
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People who drove the Greeks out of Judah
Led by Judas Maccabeus |
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The Jews and the Romans
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The Rule of King Herod and Jewish revolts\
During AD 60s, Jews known as Zealots drove Romans out of Jerusalem but 4 yrs later, Romans returned and punished the Jews |
