| A | B |
|---|
 | The written record and beliefs of the Jews. |
 | Founder of Judaism and to whom Christians and Muslims trace roots to. |
| The holiest city of Judaism. |  |
| What Moses gave to the Hebrews. | Ten Commandments |
 | The moral and religious compass of Jews and Christians |
| Oldest monotheistic religion | Judaism |
| Belief in one god | Monotheism |
| Who led the Hebrews out of their bondage in Egypt | Moses |
| Where the holy city of Jerusalem is located. | Israel, in the Middle East |
| Diaspora | the scattering of the Jews from their holy lands. |
| Language and writing | Important cultural contributions of ancient river valley civilizations |
 | Pictograms: Earliest written symbols |
| Mesopotamia - where this writing developed | Cuneiform,  |
| Oldest story known written in cuneiform | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Egyptians used this as a form of "picture writing" | hieroglyphics |
| Egyptian form of writing |  |
| The Phoencian alphabet - what ours is based on to day. |  |
