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Night: Jewish Religion, Culture, and the Time Period Terminology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Jewish sect founded upon mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.

a)

Hasidic

b)

Zionism

c)

Kabbalah

d)

Zohar

2.

A beadle helps organize a religious prayer service

a)

Maimonides

b)

Moishe the Beadle

c)

Rabbi

d)

Gestapo

3.

Jewish house of worship; similar to a churc

a)

Passover

b)

Hasidic

c)

Kabbalah

d)

Synagogue

4.

Synagogue; Jewish house of worship

a)

Zohar

b)

Hasidic

c)

Temple

d)

Moishe the Beadle

5.

Study of Jewish mysticism and spirituality

a)

Pentecost

b)

Kaddish

c)

Zionism

d)

Kabbalah

6.

Spanish philosopher and Jewish scholar in the Middle Ages; established Jewish law in the Talmud

a)

Maimonides

b)

Moishe the beadle

c)

SS

d)

The Red Army

7.

The foundational book of Jewish mysticism in the Kabbalah

a)

Auschwitz; Birkenau

b)

Zohar

c)

Talmud

d)

Phylacteries

8.

Ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition

a)

Rosh Hashanah

b)

Yom Kippur

c)

Talmud

d)

Rabbi

9.

Political and cultural movement calling for the return of the Jewish people to their Biblical home (Israel)

a)

Passover

b)

Hasidic

c)

Temple

d)

Zionism

10.

Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jew's liberation from slavery in Egypt

a)

Pentecost

b)

Passover

c)

SS

d)

Phylacteries

11.

Jewish holiday that commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to Moses and the Israelites

a)

Phylacteries

b)

Pentecost

c)

Kaddish

d)

Rosh Hashannah

12.

Secret State Police in Germany; used brutal methods to investigate Nazi enemies

a)

SS

b)

Gestapo

c)

Red Army

d)

Moishe the Beadle

13.

Small leather wrappings that contain texts from the Hebrew Scriptures and are worn by Jewish men during morning prayer service

a)

Phylacteries

b)

Maimonides

c)

Zohar

d)

Zionism

14.

Leader of Jewish congregation; similar to the role of a priest or preacher

a)

Priest

b)

Preacher

c)

Rabbi

d)

Minister

15.

Hitler's personal guard

a)

Hasidic

b)

Moishe the Beadle

c)

SS

d)

The Red Army

16.

Largest concentration camp consisting of both labor and extermination camps; located in Poland

a)

Temple

b)

Synagogue

c)

Yom Kippur

d)

Aushwitz; Birkenau

17.

The central prayer in the Jewish prayer service

a)

Passover

b)

Pentecost

c)

Kaddish

d)

Auschwitz; Birkenau

18.

The Jewish New Year

a)

Rosh Hashanah

b)

Kabbalah

c)

Zionism

d)

Zohar

19.

Jewish Day of Atonement; the holiest of Jewish holidays. Observers traditionally fast and confess their sins to God

a)

Synagogue

b)

Temple

c)

Yom Kippur

d)

Talmud

20.

National army of the Soviet Union

a)

The Red Army

b)

The Nazi Party

c)

The Axis Powers

d)

The Ally Powers