The Israelites

What group of people is best known for the alphabet?

• Pharisees

• Persians

• Phoenicians

• Philistines

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Israelites marched around a city's walls for six days and finally took control of what?

• Babylon

• Canaan

• Samaria

• Jericho

This is known as the time when the Jews spread to many different areas of the world spreading the culture and belief of the Jews.

• Exodus

• Diaspora

• Talmud

• Babylonian Captivity

What language do the Israelites/Jews speak?

• English

• Hebrew

• Jewish

• Phoenician

What are the first five books of the Hebrew Bible called?

• Talmud

• the Prophets

• Diaspora

• Torah

The Israelites are the descendants of ______; God told him to go to the promised land.

• Moses

• Saul

• Abraham

• Jacob

The faith of the Israelites became known as

• Judaism.

• Buddhism.

• Christianity.

• Islam.

What Jewish holiday celebrates the cleansing of the Temple by the Maccabees?

• Passover

• Yom Kippur

• Rosh Hashanah

• Hanukkah

Why did the early Israelites migrate to Egypt?

• They admired the Egyptians and wanted to become part of their kingdom.

• They went to seek a king for Israel.

• There was a drought which forced them to migrate to Egypt.

• God told them Egypt was the Promised Land.

What was the name of the Promised Land?

• Canaan

• Egypt

• Israel

• Palestine