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Israel is 75

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are the stained glass windows?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Hadassah Hebrew University

c)

Tel Aviv university

d)

Haifa university

2.

Which artist designed the stained glass windows for Hadassah University Medical Center?

a)

Chaim Segal

b)

Marc Chagall

c)

Chaim Soutine

d)

Arthur Szyk

3.

How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?

a)

26

b)

22

c)

25

d)

27

4.

Who wrote The Jewish State in 1896?

a)

Ahad Haam

b)

Theodor Herzl

c)

Leo Pinsker

d)

A.D. Gordone

5.

How many teams does each Israeli soccer league have?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

20

d)

24

6.

What is the main ingredient in hummus?

a)

Tahina

b)

Garlic

c)

Chickpeas

d)

Chicken

7.

Yaacov Agam is best known for what?

a)

Optic art

b)

Dot paintings

c)

Sculptures

d)

Watercolors

8.

In which war did Israel suffer the most casualties?

a)

The Lebanon war

b)

The Six Day War

c)

The Gulf War

d)

Yom Kippur War

9.

Which city in Israel is the capital?

a)

Haifa

b)

Tel Aviv

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Beer Sheva

10.

Which city is by sea shore?

a)

Beer Sheva

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Tel Aviv

d)

Beit El

11.

Where was The first Temple built?

a)

Beit El

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Haifa

d)

Teberius

12.

What are the names of our Fore Fathers?

a)

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob

b)

Moses, Aaron, Isaac

c)

David, Shlomo, Shaul

d)

Joshua, Gideon, Abraham

13.

When did Israel become independent?

a)

1947

b)

1948

c)

1949

d)

1946

14.

What woman become President of Israel's Supreme Court in 2006?

a)

Miriam Feirberg Ikar

b)

Yael German

c)

Dalia Itzik

d)

Dorit Beinish

15.

What year was Tel Aviv founded?

a)

70

b)

1492

c)

1882

d)

1909

16.

What did the Balfour Declaration declare?

a)

British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

b)

Support for Jewish citizenship in Arab countries.

c)

Opposition to the Nuremberg Laws in Germany.

d)

A vow to open the borders in Palestine to all Jews.

17.

Israel gets as much rain as:

a)

Germany

b)

United States

c)

Australia

d)

London

18.

Do Jews live in the Jewish Quarter?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Don't know

d)

It is not possible

19.

How many gates are there in the old city?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

10

d)

9

20.

The old city is divided into how many quarters?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

7

21.

Which star appears on the flag of Israel?

a)

star of Bethlehem

b)

Star of the Orient

c)

Star of David

d)

Morning Star

22.

Who was the first King of the Jews?

a)

Samuel

b)

Saul

c)

David

d)

Solomon

23.

Which is the currency of Israel?

a)

Krone

b)

Ruoble

c)

Pound

d)

Shekel

24.

Which Prime Minister of Israel was assassinated on November 1995?

a)

David Ben Gurion

b)

Golda Meir

c)

Benjamin Grossman

d)

Yizak Rabin

25.

Which Sea is to the west of Israel?

a)

Sea of Galilee

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Sea of Teberias

d)

Dead Sea

26.

Name one country and a body of water surrounding Israel.

a)

Egypt and Indian Ocean.

b)

Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea

c)

Syria and the Mediterranean Sea

d)

Lebanon and the Atlantic Ocean

27.

How long does it take to cross Israel from the east to west by car?

a)

About 60 minutes.

b)

About and 1 hour and 30 minutes.

c)

About a day.

d)

About 15 minutes.

28.

The coastal plain is home to more than half of Israel's __ people.

a)

7 million

b)

4 thousand

c)

16 billion

d)

7 billion

29.

In size, what can Israel be compared to?

a)

Germnay

b)

Japan

c)

Cambodia

d)

new Jersey

30.

Name a sea and a river that is located in Israel.

a)

Dead Sea and the Nile River.

b)

Sea of Galilee and Jordan River.

c)

Caspian Sea and the Iran River.

d)

Red Sea and the Tigris River.

31.

Who was the great person that his name is Israel?

a)

Moses

b)

Aaron

c)

Jacob

d)

Yitzchak

32.

What was Israel called before 1948?

a)

כנען

b)

פלשטיין

c)

פלישתים

d)

כנענים

33.

The lowest point on earth is in Israel and the place is:

a)

1,315 feet below sea level ים המלח

b)

1,315 feet below sea level הים התיכון

c)

1,315 feet below sea level ים כינרת

d)

1,315 feet below sea level אגם משיגן

34.

First Aliya, mainly from

a)

Russia and Poland

b)

America

c)

South America

d)

Spain

35.

1918-1948

a)

British rule in Israel

b)

British rule in Africa

c)

British rule in America

d)

British rule in Spain

36.

נהלל

a)

First moshav was founded 1921

b)

First kibbutz.

c)

First settlement in the north of Israel.

d)

First city in the south of Israel.

37.

אצ"ל -

a)

ארגון צבאי לאומי

b)

ארץ ציון ליהודים

c)

ארצנו צודקת

d)

ארץ ציונית לנו

38.

1949 -

a)

First Knesset elected.

b)

First סנהדרין

c)

First עלייה

d)

First בית המיקדש

39.

1964-National Water Carrier completed, bringing water

a)

from Lake Kinneret in the north to the semi-arid south.

b)

from Jordan river to Tel-Aviv

c)

from Lebanon to Egypt.

d)

from west to east of Israel.

40.

1967-

a)

Six-Day War; Jerusalem reunited

b)

Israel becomes independent.

c)

Israel reunited.

d)

Girl scouts started

41.

1973-

a)

Yom Kippur War

b)

Yom Haatzmaut War.

c)

Rosh Hashanah

d)

David Ben Gurion is the Prime minister of Israel.

42.

Lebanon is to the

a)

north of Israel.

b)

south of Israel.

c)

west of Israel.

d)

east of Israel.

43.

Running the length of the country from north to south along its eastern border is the

a)

Great Rift Valley.

b)

Great Canyon

c)

Great Hills

d)

Great Mountains.

44.

Length and width of Israel is 290 miles north to south and 85 miles east to west.

a)

true

b)

not true about the length

c)

false

d)

not true about the width

45.

Mount Meron elevates to 3,963 feet.

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

Maybe.

d)

Only 1,000 metres.

46.

Shield of David is in Ivrit:

a)

מגן דויד

b)

מגן אבות

c)

מגן שלמה

d)

מגן משה

47.

What colors are the horizontal stripes on the flag of Israel

a)

Blue

b)

blue and white

c)

red and blue

d)

no stripes at all.

48.

Nebuchadnezzar, a powerful Babylonian King conquered

a)

ירושלים

b)

חברון

c)

באר שבע

d)

אילת

49.

Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian King ,destroyed the Temple the King

a)

שלמה built.

b)

דוד built.

c)

רחבעם built.

d)

מלכיהו built

50.

Nebuchadnezzar exiled the Israelites to

a)

Babylon.

b)

Lebanon,

c)

South Africa.

d)

France.

51.

Who destroyed the 2nd Temple?

a)

Romans

b)

Romanians

c)

Polish people.

d)

Russians.

52.

What is the population of Israel Today?

a)

9,000,000

b)

12,000,000

c)

7,000,000

d)

5,000,000

53.

What was the population of Israel in 1948?

a)

806,000

b)

500,000

c)

1,000,000

d)

250,000

54.

In 1939 the world Jewish population was 16,728,000

a)

Today the world Jewish population is 14,511,100

b)

Today the world Jewish population is 16,000,000

c)

Today the world Jewish population is 9,000,000

d)

Today the world Jewish population is 10,000,000

55.

How many Jews live today in the U.S.A.?

a)

United States 6,925,575

b)

United States 8,000,420

c)

United States 10,000,541

d)

United States 11,125,357

56.

The Prime Minister of Israel in 1977 was

a)

מנחם בגין

b)

בנימין נתניהו

c)

דויד בן גוריון

d)

תיאודור הרצל

57.

Who was the fourth Prime Minister of Israel?

a)

גולדה מאיר

b)

מנחם בגין

c)

יצחק רבין

d)

יצחק בן צבי

58.

The Rabbi who compiled the final version of the Mishnah is

a)

יהודה הנשיא

b)

שמאי

c)

הילל

d)

שמעון בר יוחאי

59.

An area of land located in the southwestern area of Israel and it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Jordan River

c)

Dead See

d)

Sea of Galilee

60.

The Jordan River flows into this body of very salty water.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

West Bank

c)

Dead Sea

d)

Jordan

61.

Large body of water and its name means "in the middle of land". It borders northern Africa, southern Europe and western Asia.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

West Bank

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Jordan River

62.

Middle Eastern country located north of Jordan and south of Turkey.

a)

Syria

b)

Gaza Strip

c)

Lebanon

d)

Iraq

63.

The name of this region of Israel comes from the same root as the Hebrew word towel, because it is so dry.

a)

Midbar Yehuda

b)

Arava

c)

Negev

d)

Galilee

64.

The Hula Nature preserve is all that is left from what was once a vast...?

a)

Swamp

b)

Plateau

c)

Desert

d)

kibbutz

65.

This city's name means "seven wells" , but what is it in Hebrew?

a)

באר שבע

b)

בלפוריה

c)

ביאליק

d)

בת הדר

66.

This is a neighborhood of Tel aviv. If you know the Hebrew name of the Talmud due to one edition's origins, then you know the answer. The question is what is that shared name>

a)

Bal'a

b)

Bavli

c)

Beit Hillel

d)

Burin

67.

As a result of the Six Day War in 1967, the Israelis captured what strategic mountainous region in the far north of Israel?

a)

Gilboa

b)

Masada

c)

The Golan Heights

d)

The Judean Mountains

68.

Israel's main airport, ben Gurion Airport, is located in what city?

a)

Lod

b)

Hebron

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Tel-Aviv, Jaffo

69.

What mountain was a palace for king Herod, and later used as a fortress to house Jews fleeing from Roman persecution?

a)

Ashqelon

b)

Meron

c)

Masada

d)

Afula

70.

What sea is beside the city of Tiberius?

a)

The Dead Sea

b)

Sea of Galilee

c)

The Mediterranean Sea

d)

The Israeli Sea

71.

In what city are the Jewish patriarchs buried?

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Eilat

c)

Safed

d)

Hebron

72.

Who is Kibbutz Kfar Blum named after?

a)

A French prime minister - Leon Blum

b)

A Czech architect - Heinrich Blum

c)

An American scientist - Samuel Blum

d)

An American ice hockey player - Jonathan Blum

73.

Which Israeli Supreme Court Judge led what is considered to be the most activist court in Israeli history?

a)

Ehud Barak

b)

Aharon Barak

c)

John Demjanjuk

d)

Moshe Katsav

74.

מי הנשיא של ישראל

a)

יצחק הרצוג

b)

בנימין נתניהו

c)

בנימין זאב הרצל

d)

חיים ויצמן

75.

מי ראש הממשלה של ישראל

a)

גולדה מאיר

b)

בנימין זאב הרצל

c)

בנימין נתניהו

d)

יצחק הרצוג