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Fertile Crescent: Chapter 2-3
Israelities, Phoenicians, and Lydians
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History
6th Grade
09/20/2008

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Define:  monotheism
Definition
belief in one god
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Define:  covenant
Definition
an agreement
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Define:  Ten Commandments
Definition
a set of laws for responsible behavior
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Define:  Judaism
Definition
the religion of the Jewish people
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define:  Torah
Definition
the Five Books of Moses that tell the stories of the Israelites
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Define:  colony
Definition

a settlement separated from,

but under the control of,

a home country

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Define:  cultural diffusion
Definition

the spreading of new ideas

to other places

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Define:  barter
Definition

the exchange of one good or service

for another

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Define:  money economy
Definition

economic system based on

the use of money

and not on barter

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Who was the leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt?
Definition
Moses
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Who were the people who invented a system of writing based on symbols

that stood for sounds?

Definition
Phoenicians
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What were the religious beliefs of Abraham?
Definition

He practiced monotheism,

the belief in one god.

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What happened when money

began to be used?

Definition
barter was used less
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Define:  polytheism
Definition
the belief in many gods
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