Famous People
The first Prime Minister of Israel
Who was David Ben-Gurion?
A place so salty, people can float in the water
What is the Dead Sea?
All young people have to serve in this organization
What is the Israeli Army/IDF?
The original name of the Land of Israel
What is Canaan?
Israel declared independence from Britain in this year
What is 1948?
The first female Prime Minister of Israel
Who is Golda Meir?
The holiest site in Judaism where people pray and write notes
What is the Western Wall / Kotel?
Many kids participate in this organization while they are growing up
What are Israeli Scouts/Tzofim?
The number of Tribes of Israel
What is 12?
The national anthem of Israel
What is Hatikvah?
What is The Hope?
The father of modern Zionism
Who is Theodor Herzl?
This desert in the south takes up almost half of Israel
What is the Negev?
While Hebrew is the official language of Israel, this language is also spoken by many citizens
What is Arabic?
What is English?
This empire built the Dome of the Rock on top of the remains of the Jewish Temple
Who were the Arabs?
What was the Arab Empire?
The movement of Jews outside of Israel into Israel
What is aliyah/aliyot?
The father of modern Hebrew
Who was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda?
This building was built on the remains of the Jewish Second Temple
What is al-Aqsa mosque?
This classic Israeli food can be found served with pita and hummus on almost every corner of Israel
What is falafel?
This empire kicked out the Jews, destroyed the Second Temple, and renamed the Land of Israel
Who were the Romans?
What was the Roman Empire?
The belief that Jews are entitled to a state of their own
What is Zionism?
This person fought with an angel to become Israel
Who was Jacob?
This part of Jerusalem has 4 sections
(bonus points if you can name them!)
What is the Old City?
(Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Armenian)
Israel's currency
What is the shekel?
This empire exiled the Jews and destroyed the First Temple
Who were the Babylonians?
What was the Babylonian Empire?
The national tree of Israel
What is the olive tree?