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WorksheetsBar Kochba Revolt
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 23mins
What year did the Bar Kochba revolt begin?
118 C.E.
132 C.E.
135 C.E.
136 C.E
What was the name of the Roman emperor at the time?
Nero
Trajan
Hadrian
Vespasian
What did the emperor want to rename Jerusalem as?
Palistina
Ir David
Yerushalayim
Aelia Capitolina
What did the Romans ban?
Brit Milah
Shabbat
Rosh Chodesh
Learning Torah
What was the name of the Roman governor of Judea when the revolt started?
Lukuas
Lusius Quietus
Quintus Tineius Rufus
Severus
How long did the Jews have control of Yerushalayim for?
2½ years
3½ years
4¼ years
1 year
How did Bar Kochba communicate with his soldiers?
messengers
flags
smoke
letters
Where did the rebels mostly hide and fight against the Romans
Caves
Trees
Fortresses
Cities
What type of items were found by archaeologists in some of the caves?
What qualities as a leader did Bar Kochba have? (think about the letters we looked at)
The coins that were made during the revolt, what did they have pictures of? Please give examples
According to the Roman Historian Cassius Dio, how many men were killed in the revolt?
150,000
58,000
450,000
580,000
How many outposts, towns and villages were destroyed?
665
890
950
985
What was the reason the Jews lost the revolt?
Where did Bar Kochba set up his secondary headquarters?
Herodium
Beitar
Yavneh
Galilee
Describe what a Roman soldier looked like.
The Jews used the caves to hide in against the Romans because
they had no where else to go
it was the safest place
they knew the Romans didn't like the dark
it stopped the Romans using their weapons and armor in the caves
What was the name of the town where Bar Kochba was killed and the final battle happened?
Beitar
Herodium
Tal Shalem
Beit She'an
How many famous Rabbis were killed after the revolt?
6
7
8
9
After the revolt Jews were banned from entering which city?
Beitar
Yerushalayim
Yavneh
Tzipori
The name of the country was changed from Judea to Palistina (Palestine)
True
False
