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Israel

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Israel?

a)

Tel Aviv

b)

Jerusalem

c)

Ashdod

d)

Haifa

2.

What are the official languages of Israel?

a)

Hebrew

b)

Arabic

c)

Hebrew and Arabic

d)

Hebrew Arabic and English

3.

Theodore Herzl was

a)

The first president of Israel

b)

The organizer of a mass immigration to Israel from Hungary

c)

The father of the Zionist movement

d)

A general in Israel's war of independence

4.

Who was the first prime minister of Israel?

a)

Benjamin Netanyahu

b)

David Ben-Gurion

c)

Dr. Chaim Weizmann

d)

Menachem Begin

5.

How many times did the Maccabies of Tel Aviv won the European basketball championship?

a)

9

b)

7

c)

5

d)

11

6.

How many Olympic medals has Israel won?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

9

d)

11

7.

How many time Israel won Eurovision (song contest)?

a)

3

b)

1

c)

5

d)

4

8.

How many Nobel Prizes have the Israeli people been awarded?

a)

12

b)

10

c)

4

d)

6

9.

Which U.S. state is Israel closest to in size?

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

New Jersey

d)

Ohio

10.

Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What is the first Jewish city in the modern era?

a)

Haifa

b)

Be'er Sheva

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Tel Aviv

12.

How many of the world's Jews live in Israel

a)

90%

b)

60%

c)

45%

d)

20%

13.

How many people in Israel are Jews?

a)

90%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

15%

14.

The largest wave of immigration to Israel over the last two decades of the 20th century came from:

a)

USA

b)

Poland

c)

Morocco

d)

The former Soviet Union

15.

Israel is a holy country to:

a)

Jews

b)

Jews and Muslims

c)

Jews Muslims and Christians

d)

Jews and Buddhists