| A | B |
|---|
| Galilee | Upper region of Palestine |
| Samaria | Middle region of Palestine |
| Judea | Lower region of Palestine |
| Bethlehem | In Judea - where Jesus was born |
| Jerusalem | In Judea - where Jesus died |
| Nazareth | In Galilee - where Jesus grew up |
| Capernaum | In Galilee - where Jesus got some of his apostles |
| Sea of Galilee | In Galilee - where Jesus performed many miracles on the water |
| Jordan River | where Jesus was baptized |
| Dead Sea | Body of water in Judea |
| Gentiles | Non-jews |
| publicans | tax collectors |
| Augustus Caesar | Roman empire |
| Herod Antipas | Ruled Galilee |
| Temple | where sacrifices were made |
| Burial tombs | Outside Jerusalem, where Jesus was buried. |
| Scribes | Scholarly teachers |
| Pharisees | Middle-class Jew |
| Torah | first five books of the Bible |
| Sadducees | wealthy political leaders |
| Sanhedrin | the Supreme council |
| Zealots | freedom fighters |
| Essenes | unhappy with Jewish faith |
| Shema | Jewish prayer |
| Phylacteries | boxes containg the Word of God |
| Sabbath | the Lord's Day |
| Synagogues | where Jewish faith was taught and preached |
| Women of Palestine | did housework and couldn't read or write |
| men of Palestine | fishermen, farmer, or craftsmen |
| Aramaic | Language commonly spoke |
| Pontius Pilate | Took Herod Antipas place, sentenced Jesus to death |
