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Chapter 7 The Hebrews & Judaism
Chapter 7 The Hebrews & Judaism
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6th Grade
10/07/2012

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Chapter 7 The Hebrews & Judaism
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What occurred before Abraham left Mesopotamia?
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God spoke to Abraham
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Which group did not control the Israelites?
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Canaanites
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What prompted the pharaoh to free the Hebrews?
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A series of plagues that struck Egypt
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What shows that Hebrew women had few rights?
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A Hebrew woman's husband was chosen for her by her father.
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How are Mosaic laws different from the Ten Commandments?
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Mosaic laws guide Jews' daily lives.
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What best describes Judaism's effect on later cultures?
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Judaism helped shape western cultures.
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What was most responsible for ending the first Jewish revolt against the Romans?
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The burning of the second temple
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How did Judaism influence the development of Islam?
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The first people to follow Islam believed they descended from Abraham.
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Which holiday celebrates the redemption of the Second Temple?
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Hanukkah
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Why did the Ashkenazim and Sephardim develop different rituals and cultures?
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They lived in different parts of the world.
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What day do Jews consider to be the most holy day of the year?
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Yom Kippur
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How did the event at Masada end?
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The Jews there took their own lives.
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The Torah is the most sacred text of Hebrew writings. What prophet did the Jews believe the Torah's contents were revealed?
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Moses
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The bible traces the Hebrews back to a man named
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ABRAHAM
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The story of
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RUTH is told in the bible as an example of how people should treat their family members
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Another name for the Hebrew Bible is the
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TANACH
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A group of Zealots locked themselves in a mountain fortress called
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MASADA
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YIDDISH
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is a language created by the Jews
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Like most people in the ancient world, the Jews worshipped many gods.
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FALSE
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Although Hebrew women had very few rights, they were allowed to inherit property even if they had brothers.
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FALSE
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The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a young boy exploring a small cave near the Dead Sea.
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TRUE
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When Saul died, his younger brother took the throne.
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FALSE
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The Maccabees were a Jewish family that was tired of foreign rule.
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TRUE
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Abraham
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God promised to lead this man to a new land and make his descendants into a mighty nation.
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Talmud
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A set of commentaries, stories, and folklore
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Passover
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A time for Jews to remember the Exodus from Egypt
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Ten Commandments
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A code of moral laws written on two stone tablets
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Written 2,000 years ago by Jews to explain ancient Jewish beliefs
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Zealots
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Rebellious Jews who didn't think Jews should answer to anyone but God
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Diaspora
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The scattering of the Jews outside Canaan
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High Holy Days
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The two most sacred Jewish holidays
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Moses
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God told this man to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt during the 1200s B.C.
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Rabbis
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