Ch. 12 The Struggle to Preserve Judaism

After the death of ________ , the land of the Israelites was

weakened because it split into two smaller kingdoms.

• Solomon

• Nebuchadrezzar

• David

• Moses

The Jews moved to ____ because they were taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar.

• Jerusalem

• Babylon

• Egypt

Judaism was threatened by the ______ because the Jews became scattered over a wide area.

• Jewish Diaspora

• Talmud

• Rabbi

• Monotheism

The Hebrews were different than other ancient people and practiced ______ .

• monothesism

• polytheism

Judaism's oldest laws are the ____ .

• Ten Commandments

• Talmud

• Torah

Two important values in Judaism are equality and social justice.

• True

• False

A religious teacher who studies and teaches others about Jewish law.

• Priest

• Preacher

• Rabbi

The collection of ancient Jewish writings that interprets the law of the Torah.

• Rabbi

• Talmud

• 10 Commandments

• Passover

Jews consider the Western Wall in Jerusalem a sacred place

because it was part of the _____ .

• First Temple (Solomon's)

• Second Temple (Herod's)

• Parthenon

The ____ conquered Babylon and let the Jews go home.

This change of events led to the building of the Second Temple.

• Egpytians

• Persians

• Greeks

• Romans