RELIGION
Shabbat starts at...
What is Friday sundown?
The first letter of the Alef-Bet
What is the letter Alef?
The region in which Israel is located
Where is the Middle East?
The powerful empire between 37 B.C.E. – 324 A.C.E.
Who is Jacob?
"TaNaKh" stands for...
What is Torah, Nevi'im, and Ketuvim?
Hebrew for "peace," "hello," "goodbye"
What is "שלום" (shalom)?
The lowest place on Earth
What is the Dead Sea?
Responding to Pope Urban II's call for the liberation of Holy Places, this group occupied Jerusalem in 1099.
Who were the Crusaders?
The current prime minister of Israel
Who is Bibi Netanyahu?
The greatest social divide among Jewish Israelis is...
What is the secular-religious divide?
Hebrew for "English"
What is "אנגלית" (anglit)?
The tectonic plate on which Israel sits
What is the African tectonic plate?
The oldest archaeological reference to the name "Israel"
What is the Merneptah Stele?
This man is considered the "father of modern political Zionism
Who was Theodor Herzl?
The term used to refer to ultra-orthodox Jews
What are "חרדים" (ḥaredim)?
גלידה (glee-dah) means...
What is ice cream?
The first people to use "Palestine" in reference to the land of Israel
The Greeks [Herodotus]
In this era, we see the first production of pottery, the domestication of sheep, and the cultivation of crops.
What is the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age – 8500 BCE–4500 BCE)?
This linguist invented modern Hebrew.
Who was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda?
The four main religious affiliations in Israel
What are Judaism (73.6%), Islam (18%), Christianity (1.9%), and the Druze (1.6%)?
Hebrew for "bathroom"
What is "שירותים" (shirutim)?
The Makhtesh Ramon in the Negev is the largest ____ on Earth.
What is an erosion crater?
What is the name of the last Jewish kingdom to rule before the modern state of Israel?
What was the Hasmonean Kingdom?
This Sultan built the magnificent walls of the Old City in the 1500s.
Who is Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent?