Dates
When was the 1st BHMK destroyed?
Which group of people became known as the “10 lost tribes”?
Malchut Yisrael who were exiled by the Assyrians
What were the two main stages of Yehoshua’s leadership described in Sefer Yehoshua?
Conquering and dividing the land
What is the earliest name used in the Torah to describe the Jewish people?
Ivrim
What is the main reason the Torah limits the number of wives and horses for a king?
To keep the king humble and focused on his spiritual role
10 Tevet
Define the title “Resh Galusa”
“Head of the Diaspora”
Who interpreted the “writing on the wall”?
Daniel
Which Jewish king built the 1st Beit Hamikdash?
Shlomo
What percentage of the world population is Jewish?
What happened on the 17th of Tammuz?
The Babylonians broke through the walls of Jerusalem and carried out mass killings
Who was the last Jewish governor in Judea?
Gedalya
Malchut Yehuda was taken into galut by
The Babylonians
Who was the Perisan king that threw a party similar to the one Achashveirosh had?
Belshazzar
What did the "writing on the wall" at Belshazzar's party say?
That the days of the Babylonian empire were numbered and the Persians would invade and take over.
When did the count of the 70 year exile begin?
When the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed
Who are the people who moved into Israel after the exile of Malchut Yisrael by the Assyrians?
The Shomronim
What happened to Sancheriv’s Assyrian army that surrounded Jerusalem during Chizkiyahu’s reign?
Chizkiyahu prayed to Hashem, and a miraculous plague wiped out the Assyrian army overnight
Who was the holy king of Malchut Yehuda on whose merit Hashem sent a plague to kill the Assyrian army?
Chizkiyahu
Put the following powers in the correct chronological order of who controlled the land of Israel: Canaanites, Babylonians, Jewish Kings, Persians, Assyrians
Canaanites, Jewish Kings, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians
Who was the Persian king when the 70 years of exile ended?
Darius/Daryavesh
Under which king was the second Beit Hamikdash built?
Daryavesh/Darius
Which time period does the quote "בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אִ֛ישׁ הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו יַעֲשֶֹֽה" best represent?
Time period of the Shoftim
Who was the first to allow the Jews to go back to Israel and rebuild the 2nd Beit Hamikdash?
Cyrus the Great
Who is Vashti's grandfather?
Nevuchadnezzar