According to Hebrew tradition, God created the world in six days and then rested on the seventh day. Jewish observance of this day is known as

• Lent

• Passover

• Sabbath

• Yom Kippur

The second Temple of Jerusalem was destroyed by which empire?

• Assyrian

• Babylonian

• Persian

• Roman

After the death of King Solomon, the center of Judaism and the Jewish nation was

• Palestine

• the Kingdom of Judah

• Mesopotamia

• the Assyrian Empire

According to archaeologists, the design of the first Jewish Temple in Jerusalem was influenced by religious structures built in _____________________.

• China and India

• Greece and Rome

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

Which event was the official beginning of the Jewish Diaspora?

• the establishment of the Free Jewish Kingdom

• the Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judea

• the sale of Jews into slavery by Assyrian conquerors

• the Romans' destruction of the second Temple of Jerusalem

Which empire was the first foreign power to conquer the territory once controlled by King David's Kingdom of Israel?

• Assyrian

• Egyptian

• Persian

• Roman

Which factor contributed to the relocation of Jewish culture to Babylon?

• the conquest of Israel by a rising power from Mesopotamia

• the efforts of rabbis seeking to spread Judaism

• the outbreak of a famine from Palestine

• The Roman exile of the Jewish people

The Kingdom of Israel divided into Israel and Judah after which event?

• the Israelites' migration to Egypt

• Israel's conquest by Babylon

• the destruction of the temple of Jerusalem

• the death of King Solomon

The scattering of the Jewish people that took place during the period of Roman control over the eastern Mediterranean was largely a result of ___________________

• Jewish service in the Roman military

• Jewish control over major Roman trade routes

• Jewish rebellions against Roman power

• Jewish appointments to Roman administrative positions