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chapter 4, lesson 4

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
331 BCE _____________from Macedonia defeated Persians
a)
Alexander the Great
b)
Judas Maccabeus
c)
Seleucids
d)
Nebuchadnezzar
2.
___________________”scattered”=Jews living outside of homeland
a)
Diaspora
b)
Septuagint
c)
Seleucids
d)
Maccabees
3.
The Bible was translated into Greek and called the ________________. It spread Jewish ideas
a)
Septuagint
b)
Diaspora
c)
Seleucids
d)
Maccabees
4.

After Alexander the Great died and his empire was divided into 4 kingdoms the ______ controlled Judah in 200 BCE.

a)

Septuagint

b)

Diaspora

c)

Seleucids

d)

Maccabees

5.
Antiochus IV required the Jews to worship
a)
Greek Gods and Goddesses
b)
Pharoahs
c)
him (Antiochus IV)
d)
Ra the sun god
6.
Jewish priest who led a rebellion against Seleucid rule
a)
Judas Maccabees
b)
Antiochus IV
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Diaspora
7.
The festival that celebrates the cleansing of the Temple of the statues of Greek Gods and Goddesses is called
a)
Hanukkah
b)
Passover
c)
Maccabeus
d)
Diaspora
8.
Romans are from
a)
Italy
b)
Macedonia
c)
Greece
d)
Persia
9.
Roman forces renamed Judah______
a)
Judaea
b)
Herod
c)
Diaspora
d)
Persia
10.
The______ in Jerusalem was built in Herod's reign and served as the center for Jewish worship.
a)
Second Temple
b)
First Temple
c)
Third Temple
d)
Great Temple
11.
Pharisees were (pick all that apply)
a)
a group of Jews who taught in synagogues and applied the teachings of the Torah to daily life.
b)
wanted Judaea free of Roman rule and encouraged people to resist Roman control
c)
wanted to cooperate with the Romans to keep peace and order
d)
emphasized written law and rejected oral law
12.
The Sadducees
a)
a group of Jews who taught in synagogues and applied the teachings of the Torah to daily life.
b)
wanted Judaea free of Roman rule and encouraged people to resist Roman control
c)
wanted to cooperate with the Romans to keep peace and order
d)
emphasized written law and rejected oral law
13.
The Essenes
a)
followed only written law
b)
spent their lives praying and waiting for God to deliver the Jews from Roman rule
c)
wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls
d)
a group of Jews who taught in synagogues and applied the teachings of the Torah to daily life.
14.
In 66 CE the ______revolted and overtook a small army in Jersusalem.
a)
Zealots
b)
Maccabees
c)
Sadducees
d)
Essenes
15.
The Western Wall is
a)
all that remains of the Second Temple in Jerusalem
b)
the only part of the Second Temple that got destroyed
c)
a wall the Jews built to keep the Romans out
d)
a wall the Romans built to keep the Jews out
16.
The Romans renamed Judaea___ after they put down a revolt led by Bar Kochba
a)
Palestine
b)
Talmud
c)
Rome
d)
Israel
17.
rabbis are
a)
religeous leaders
b)
people who don't live in their homeland
c)
people who hate rabbits
d)
people who fight battles
18.
The _____ is the basis for Jewish teachings throughout the ages.
a)
Talmud
b)
rabbi
c)
Zealot
d)
Dead Sea Scroll