Title: Chapter 03: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: Movement to Monarchy
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: What is the term used to describe a system of states organized around a religious center?
- amphictyony (amphictyony)

Q: What is the term used to describe the mixing of religions?
(Answer: syncretism

Q: How do some scholars contrast the Davidic covenant with the Mosaic covenant?
- the Mosaic covenant emphasizes Torah, but the Davidic covenant emphasizes promise (the Mosaic covenant emphasizes Torah, but the Davidic covenant emphasizes promise)

Q: The biblical accounts of the kings of the northern kingdom focus on what issues with their reigns?
- their worship of Canaanite gods, the establishment of multiple sanctuaries and idols for the people to worship, leading the people to be unfaithful to the covenant with YHWH (their worship of Canaanite gods, the establishment of multiple sanctuaries and idols for the people to worship, leading the people to be unfaithful to the covenant with YHWH)

Q: When analyzing the reigns of Omri and Ahab, how does an economic perspective differ from the Deuteronomic perspective found in 1–2 Kings?
- from an economic perspective, their reigns were very successful; from a Deuteronomic perspective, their reigns were decidedly unsuccessful (from an economic perspective, their reigns were very successful; from a Deuteronomic perspective, their reigns were decidedly unsuccessful)