Quiz: Ancient Israelites

What is a covenant?

• A promise
• A departure
• A secret
• A god

What land was promised to the Israelites by their god?

• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• Canaan
• Indus River Valley

What is the period, which occurred often, where Jewish people were scattered around the world, away from their homeland?

• Scattered
• Diaspora
• Disastera
• Exodus

Who was the ancestor of the ancient Israelites?

• Moses
• Abraham
• Cyrus
• Solomon

True or false: The Canaan was a fertile river valley.

• True
• False

Why did the ancient Israelites struggle for centuries to build a secure homeland?

• because the Canaan was surrounded by powerful empires
• because they were monotheistic
• because they were the strongest civilization in the Canaan
• because they traded with too many different groups along the Mediterranean Sea?

What river connects the two seas located in Israel and Judah?

• Nile River
• Tigris River
• Jordan River
• Euphrates River

The Torah is part of the Hebrew Bible, or the...?

• Mosaic Laws
• Tanakh
• Talmud
• Quran

What are the Jewish houses of worship called?

• Kosher
• Symposium
• Church
• Synagogues

What do Jewish people do on Saturdays?

• Celebrate Rosh Hashana
• Observe the sabbath
• Migrate to the Canaan
• Clean their kitchens to keep kosher