Chapter 2 Self-Quiz

The Promised Land
. Canaan is another name for the land of Israel.

. The words "Jew" and "Judaism" are derived from the name "Judah."

. The terms "Levant" and "Canaan" are equivalent.

. Biblical stories recognize the similar language, culture, and religions with Ammon, Moab, and Edom by depicting their founding ancestors as close relatives to Israel's ancestors.

. The Fertile Crescent was linked by shared culture, by related language, and, at times, by imperial control.

. Throughout the course of biblical history, Egypt was all of the following to Israel except:

. The traditional eastern boundary of Israel is:

. The group of city-states that formed diplomatic alliances and intermarried with the royal family of Israel is known as:

. All are kingdoms east of the Jordan River except:

. ____________ major north-south route(s) connected Egypt to the kingdoms of the Levant:

. Judeans living in exile remembered Yahweh's covenant with their king, __________, to establish an eternal kingdom.

. The term "Israel" can refer to all of the following except:

. The king who released the deportees from Babylon in 538 BCE was:

. A large portion of the inhabitants of the northern kingdom relocated into _____________ after the Assyrian conquest.

. The ____________ blame everyone, including the common men and women of Israel and Judah, for the Babylonian exile.

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