Islam
1492
Ghettos and Shtetls
Fiddler on the Roof
The American Dream
Israel
100

He was the founder of Islam.

Mohammed

100

This is period in history means more than just asking questions.

Spanish Inquisition

100

The ghetto, which could be found in a city, often had one of these around it.

A wall

100

This was what the villagers of Anatevka lived their lives by.

Tradition

100

Many Jews worked in these hot factories when they came to this country.

Sweatshops

100

This is the capital of Israel.

Jerusalem

200

At first, Mohammed liked the Jews and Christians because they also believed in this.

One god

200

In July of 1492, Jews were given a choice to leave Spain or do this.

Convert

200

The first ghetto was established in 1516 in this Italian city.

Venice

200

This is why Tevye's oldest daughter Tzeitl said she had to marry Motel. 

They made each other a pledge.

200

If you lived on the Lower East Side, you probably lived in this kind of building.

Tenement

200

Israel is about the size of this American State.

New Jersey

300

This is the name Mohammed gave to the One G*d.

Allah

300

Jews who converted were called this Spanish word meaning "pig" by other Jews who had not converted.

Marranos

300
Jews in the ghetto often had to wear these on their clothing.

Jewish star

300

It's a tradition that a marriage is arranged by this person.

Matchmaker

300

After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, people started to form these to help get better working conditions.

Unions.

300

Hebrew is the official language of Israel.  What two other languages are used frequently in Israel and considered to be semi-official languages.

English and Arabic

400

Mohammed believed himself to be the last in a long line of these.

Prophets

400

These are the names of at least 3 countries to which Jews immigrated after they were expelled from Spain.

(Portugal, Turkey, Italy, Israel...also, Holland, France, North Africa...)

400

In a shtetl, there were sometimes government incited riots called these.

Pogroms

400

Anatevka is this kind of small Yiddish town.

Shtetl

400

If you had a problem, you could write a letter to the Bintel Brief, a column in this daily newspaper.

The Forward

400

The United Nations voted to create the modern state/nation of Israel in this year.

1947

500

Moslems consider Jerusalem to be holy, but they pray facing this city.

Mecca

500

This is the name of man who initiated the plan to exile the Jews from Spain.

Tomas de Torquemada

500

Shtetls were mostly in the Pale of Settlement, an area of land in these two countries.

Poland and Russia

500

This is what the Fiddler represents.

Tradition
500

The Jews who came from Eastern European countries were known and these kind of Jews.

Ashkenazi/Ashkenazic

500

This is the name of the Israeli national anthem.

Hatikvah