Vocabulary
Monotheism
Belief in one god
True or False:
Ancient Israelites are the same people as the Ancient Hebrews.
True
For which achievement is Solomon most famous?
A. Unifying a nation
B. Winning a battle
C. starting a school
D. building a temple
D. building a temple
What place did the Jewish people believe was the promised land?
A. Ur
B. Egypt
C. Canaan (Israel)
D. Babylon
C. Canaan
What group destroyed the Second Temple and forced many Jews to leave their homeland?
A. Persians
B. Greeks
C. Romans
D. Assyrians
B. Greeks
Polytheism
Belief in many gods
Free Points (200)
According to the Torah, what did Moses bring to his people from Mount Sinai?
A. food to eat in the desert
B. the Ten Commandments
C. most of the Hebrew Bible
D. direcons for building a temple
B. the Ten Commandments
How did ancient Judaism differ from other religions at that me?
A. more elegant temples
B. rules for how to act
C. famous leader-heroes
D. belief in one God
D. belief in one God
Free Points 200
Free Points 200
Exodus
A mass departure of people
Which major belief of Judaism does the photograph show?
A. the importance of study
B. equality and jus(ce
C. the celebration of holy days
D. presence of God in daily life
A. the importance of study
What did David provide for the Jewish people that they did not have before?
A. a strong army
B. a famous temple
C. a set of commandments
D. a strong central government
D. a strong central government
What contains written records and teachings of the Jews, as well as hundreds of commandments that direct moral and religious conduct?
A. The Bible
B. The Torah
C. The Quran
D. The Israelites
B. The Torah
What change of events led to the building of the Second Temple?
A. Nebuchadnezzar realized the need to reconstruct Judah.
B. Solomon brought the Ark of the Covenant from its tent.
C. The Jews drove Antiochus and the Greeks from Jerusalem.
D. The Persians conquered Babylon and let the Jews go home.
D. The Persians conquered Babylon and let the Jews go home.
Which common feature of most ancient religions did the Jews reject?
A. ritual
B. morality
C. tradition
D. polytheism
D. polytheism
Which empire was kindest to the Jews during the Diaspora?
A. Babylonian
B. Persian
C. Greek
D. Roman
B. Persian
According to Jewish teaching, what did God promise by changing Abram’s name to Abraham?
A. to save Abraham's son
B. to guide Abraham to Canaan (Israel)
C. to help Abraham build a temple
D. to protect Abraham's descendants
B. to guide Abraham to Canaan
Who was chosen to be king of the Israelites after Saul because of the courage and faith?
A. Solomon
B. David
C. Abraham
D. Moses
B. David
Why did the Jewish Diaspora threaten the survival of Judaism?
A. Jews became scattered over a wide area.
B. Jews paid heavy taxes to pay for a new temple.
C. Jews began to learn from rabbis instead of priests.
D. Jews depended on oral tradition to remember their history.
A. Jews became scattered over a wide area.
The word exodus means “departure.” In the history of the Israelites, the Exodus was the departure from
A. Ur.
B. Egypt.
C. Canaan.
D. Babylon.
B. Egypt.
Jewish forms of worship and ways of life were taught in many different countries by
A. rabbis.
B. priests.
C. prophets.
D. professors.
A. rabbis.
Which leader led the Israelites out of slavery?
A. Abraham
B. King David
C. King Solomon
D. Moses
D. Moses
What do the sacred texts of the Jews and Christians have in common?
A. The Old Testament
B. The New Testament
C. The Wrings of Jesus
D. The Prophets of Jesus
A. The Old Testament
What was the result of Yohanan ben Zakkai’s meeting with the Roman general?
A. the building of a temple
B. the founding of a school
C. the betrayal of the rabbis
D. the destruction of Jerusalem
B. the founding of a school