Israel Invasions

What group of people attacked the northern kingdom of Israel to control trade.

• Assyrians

• Babylonians

• Medians

• Persians

What group of people under the rule of Nebuchadnezzar took Judah into captivity?

• Persians

• Assyrians

• Babylonians

• Medes

To what city were the Jews exiled and made slaves after the destruction of Jerusalem?

• Nineveh

• Babylon

• Ur

• Clarksville

What group of people conquered the Chaldeans/Babylonians and allowed the Jews to return to their homeland?

• Perisans

• Assyrians

• Medes

• Romans

Who was the king of Persia that paid for the Jews to rebuild the Second Temple?

• Darius I

• Cyrus the Great

• Xerxes

• Solomon

Who was king of Persian for 35 years and allowed the Jews to continue building their temple after Cyrus the Great died.

• Saul

• Xerxes

• Darius I

• David

Who was the Persian king that was married to Esther, a Jewish woman?

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Xerxes

• Abraham

What did Haman, Xerxes advisor, want to do about the Jews?

• Make them pay for to rebuild their temple

• make them slaves

• have them all killed throughout the Persian empire

• change their religion

What was the name of the Jew that became Prime Minister of the Persian empire during Xerxes' rule?

• Saul

• Joshua

• Mordecai

• Haman

Who is Xerxes's son?

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Saul

• Joshua