The Israelites

Who defeated the Persians and brought Greek rule to Judah?

• Antiochus

• Herod

• Simon bar Kochba

• Alexander the Great

Under Greek rule, 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 armies

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

• cooperating with the Romans

• fighting against the Roman

• practicing the Torah's teachings with greater devotion

• breaking away from the temple in Jerusalem

The Zealots were ultimately successful in retaking Jerusalem from the Romans.

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

During a(n) ______, people are forced to live far away from their homeland.

• tradition

• exile

• empire

• worship

While living in Babylon, Jews began the practice of meeting in synagogues.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The conquest by which group allowed Jews to return to Judah?

• Chaldeans

• Babylonians

• Israelites

• Persians

The book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible presents the Israelite view of human beginnings.

• TRUE

• FALSE