Lesson 3 Review

What was a mahor purpose for building the pyramids?

How did ancient Judaism differ from other religions at that time?

Why did Egyptians bury some bread and beer with their dead?

According to Judaism, standards of right and wrong come from ___?

Which leader unified the Israelite's into a single nation?

Worship of a lion-god in Kush reflected which influence on Kushite culture?

What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?

In what form did many farmers pay their taxes?

How was the Jordan River different from the Nile River?

Which of the following statements on the Jewish Exodus from Egypt is the most accurate?

What was "dead" about the Dead Sea?

Unlike the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, the Sea of Galilee was ___?

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

Which of these phrases best describes the Talmud?

When people read from the Torah, they are reading from __?

Because one physical feature is so vital to ancient settlers of Egypt and Kush, most of their settlements were ___?

Which sentence best describes the role of women in religion?

Who signed the world's first peace treaty?

What technology enabled Assyria to defeat Kush?

Jewish forms of worship and ways of life were taught in many different countries by ___?

According to the Torah, the faith that would become Judaism began with a covenant, or ___?

Which of these activities was permitted only to men?

How were the social classes of ancient Egypt similar to a Pyramids shape?

What place did the Jewish people believe was the promised land?

Which pharaoh was especially known for promoting trade?

Which of these events led to Kushites adopting Egyptian ways of life?

Why did Jews in the Diaspora have to develop new forms of worship, such as a synagogue service?

According to the Torah, what did Moses bring to his people from Mount Sinai?

The word exodus means "departure". In the history of the Israelite's, the Exodus was the departure from ___?

Which of these was part of the topography of ancient Egypt?

How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?

Who built the giant temples of the pharaohs?

Which common feature of most ancient religions did the Jews reject (refuse, say no to)?

How does the Torah say that Abraham first came to the land of Canaan?

The famine in Canaan led the Israelite's to ___?

How do records left by the Kushites after their separation from Egypt differ from records of Kush?

For what achievement is King Piye of Kush remembered?

Kush was also called Nubia because of its __?

In the life of a peasant,which season came next after the flooding season?

Why did the ancient Egyptians make mummies?

What physical feature most contributed to both of the following in ancient Kush? -Fertile soil -Foreign trade

The festival of Passover celebrates the ___?

Out of these four groups, which one had the lowest social status?

Why did the Jewish Diaspora threaten the survival of Judaism?