Life in Ancient Israel and the Diaspora (8.2)

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