Social Studies Ch. 6

The Israelites traced their origins back to _______, who was __________, or worshipped only one God.

This is much different from other cultures of the time because they were __________ or believed in many gods.

The Bible tells of covenant, or special agreement, between _____ and God where God gave him and his people the Land of _____

Soon after, the Israelites were enslaved by the Egyptians. ___ was the person to save them from captivity. This event is known as ___ ______

After he brought the Israelites out of Egypt, God gave them ___ ___ _____________ laws of responsible behavior. These laws became very important to 3 religions 1. _______ 2. ____________ 3. _____.

When the Israelites reached their promised land, they met ___________ who was defeated by King _____ and became known as the kingdom of ______

After Solomon’s death this kingdom split into two parts: the Kingdom of ______ to the north and the kingdom of _____ to the south. They both would be captured later: The ________ captivity of ______ in 721 B.C., and the _________ captivity of _____ in 586 B.C.

The Romans captured Judea in __ ..

Jews revolt and regain control in . __

Romans retake Jerusalem and destroy ___ ______ ______ in . __

Romans rename the Jerusalem area _________ in . ___

The Jews being driven out of Palestine was known as the ________, or scattering of Jews from Jerusalem. This caused them to build new places of worship called __________

A major import into Phoenicia was _____ ____ from _____. In return Phoenicia exported ____ and ____________ _____.

Phoenicia’s colony that was a center for trade was ________ located __ _________

Phoenicia ‘s most well contribute to the world was the ________. It influenced many other civilizations such as ______, _____, _________,and ______

Benefits of this innovation were:

The Lydians are most known for ______ _____. This innovation replaced the ______ ______, or the exchange of goods or services.

The first Lydian coins were made of ____ and ______ called ________.

Eventually coins had to be milled because _____ ________ ____ _____ ___ ______ ___ ____ __ ________ ___ ____ _____ _____

_____ ___ _____ was responsible for most of the expansion of the Persian Empire. He conquered lands such as _______, _________, _____, _______, _______.

Cyrus the great also established a big standing army training soldiers on foot, or ________, _____, _______.

______ ___ _____ was responsible for the organization of the empire. Ways that he organized the empire were:

Kings of the Persian Empire believed in one god named _____ _____ in the religion known as ______________, founded by _________. Believers of this religion fought in a battle between ____ ___ ____.