Chapters 7,11 and 12 vocabulary Crossword

a land northeast of Egypt, settled by the ancient Israelites, from about 1800 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.
a river in southeast Asia that flows from the Lebanon Mountains, south through the Sea of Galilee, into the Dead sea
a body of water north of Africa
the shape and elevation of surface features, shuch as mountians or deserts, of a place or region
the plants of a place or region
Judaism's most sacred text, consisting of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
an early name for the Jewish people
an inhearited or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior
the Israelites' kingdom; divided about 930 B.C.E. into two kingdoms called judah and Israel
the state of a person who is treated as the property of another
the holiest city of the Jews; capital of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and the Judah
an argeement or prosime
the escape of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt to freedom
ten laws and teaching said to have beenn given to Moses by God
the belief that there are many gods
the belief that there is only one God
the collection of ancient Jewish writing, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teaching of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh
a set of moral principles or values
to banish or expel from one's own country of home
the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning about 586 B.C.E
an ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning
the first religion to worship one God, developed among the ancient Israelites