| A | B |
|---|
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| alphabet | symbols invented by the Phoenicians that represent sounds |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that people starve |
| exile | to force someone to live in another country |
| Jerusalem | capital of the Israelite nation |
| Phoenicians | established the world's first trading empire |
| Phoenicians | developed the first alphabet |
| Israelites originally left Canaan around 1800 B.C. because | there was not enough food to eat |
| What happened soon after the death of King Solomon? | Israel split up into two kingdoms |
| Who led the Israelites to develop a belief in one god? | Abraham |
