Judaism I
What leader help led the Israelites out of Egypt?
Moses
What are synagogues?
Jewish places of worship
What is belief in one God?
Monotheism
What emblem became a symbol of Judaism and modern Israel?
The Star of David
In what (capital) city did King Solomon build a magnificent temple?
Jerusalem
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are descended from which man?
Who is Jacob?
What is a religious agreement with God?
Covenant
What is the Torah?
Hebrew Bible
The main reason that the Israel tribes split into two kingdom
The northern tribes resented the taxes from Solomon’s building projects
Known as the "Promised Land"
Canaan
What Persian ruled encouraged the Jewish people to return to their homeland?
Cyrus the Great
Who is the Jewish spiritual leader, teacher and conducts services in the synagogue?
Rabbi
What laws did God give Moses on Mount Sinai?
Ten Commandments
Judah was located in what part of Israel?
The south
What group of people settled in Canaan?
Hebrews or Israelites
Who led his people out of Mt. Sinai to Canaan?
Joshua
What is the forced removal from one's native country?
Exile
What is the weekly day of rest for the Jewish people known as?
Sabbath
What empire conquered the northern Israelite kingdom?
Assyrians
In 922 BC, the 12 tribes of Israel split into two kingdoms, with the 10 northern tribes was called Israel and the other 2 tribes was called this
What is Judah?
Who built a school to teach Jewish scholars and preserve Jewish traditions?
Who was Yohannan Ben Zakai?
What is the Diaspora?
The migration of Jews to places around the world (disperse).
The Jewish Bible was finalized during this event
What is the Babylonian Exile?
Which action taken by a Seleucid king outraged the Jews?
Dedicated the Second Temple to Zeus
This was probably the reason that the port of Caesarea was destroyed (Book, page 138)
What is a tsunami?