Which group was made up of lawmakers: mostly priests and aristocrats?
Sadducees.
100
What feast celebrates the Jews' freedom from Egypt?
Passover.
100
Palestine was part of what empire?
The Roman Empire.
200
Why is Palestine a strategic place in world history?
It is the keystone of the "fertile crescent."
200
What nationality was Jesus?
Galilean.
200
Which group believed in very strict observance of the law, the group that Jesus most closely identified with? Sometimes, however, they were so strict that they missed the true meaning of the law.
Pharisees.
200
What religious center also served as the local school?
The Synagogue.
200
How did the Romans view outsiders that existed outside of their world?
As barbarians.
300
Where did the bulk of Jesus' activities take place?
Along the mountain range running north and south, paralleling the Mediterranean seacoast.
300
What religion did Jesus grow up practicing, and WHERE and ON WHAT DAY did he pray?
Jewish, the synagogue, the Sabbath Day.
300
Which was an apocalyptic group that prepared for Judgment Day and are responsible for writing the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Essenes.
300
Where was the one and only Temple, where Jews offered sacrifices to God?
Jerusalem.
300
What is the state of peace and security that contributed to the spread of Christianity?
Pax Romana
400
What river flows through the great Rift (river) Valley?
The Jordan River.
400
How did Jesus refer to his father?
As "abba"
400
Which group is Simon, Jesus' apostle, sometimes associated with?
The Zealots.
400
What holiday celebrates God's giving of the Law to Moses as well as the descent of the Holy Spirit among the apostles?
Pentecost.
400
Which ruler slaughtered several of his songs, one of his ten wives, and several other relatives for fear that they might take his throne?
King Herod
500
Where did Jesus' transfiguration take place?
Mount Hermon.
500
Who Baptized Jesus?
John the Baptist.
500
Which group rejected the Temple at Jerusalem because they believed God chose Mount Gerizim as the proper place of worhsip?
The Samaritans.
500
What feast commemorates the Temple's rededication in 164 BC after it was profaned by the foreign ruler Antiochus IV?
Hanukkah
500
What groups could become slaves? What was this slavery like?
Jews and Gentiles. These slaves were mostly servants and enjoyed many protections provided by Jewish law. They were not like the slaves with associate with African Americans in the United States.