lesson 4

Who defeated the Persians and brought Greek rule to Judah?

• Antioch

• Harod

• Simon bar KKochba

• Alexander the Great

Under Greek rule, few Jews migrated into other parts of the Greek empire.

• true

• false

The Diaspora was a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible that helped spread Jewish ideas.

• true

• false

The Seleucids required the Jews to do which of the following?

• worship Greek gods and goddesses

• leave Judah to live in exile

• divide Judah into three separate kingdoms

• serve in Seleucid armie

The annual festival of Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabees driving the Seleucids out of Judah.

• true

• false

The Pharisees urged the Jews to respond to Roman rule by ______.

• cooperating with the Romans

• fighting against the Romans

• practicing the Torah's teachings with greater devotion

• breaking away from the temple in Jerusalem

The Dead Sea Scrolls were written in 79A.D.

• true

• false

Yohanan ben Zaccai founded a school that helped preserve the Judaic spirit after the loss of Jerusalem.

• true

• false

The Zealots were ultimately successful in retaking Jerusalem from the Romans

• true

• false

The Dead Sea Scrolls might have been written by the _____________.

• Pharisees

• Sadducees

• Essenes

• Zealots