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Ancient Israel

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Israel?

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Alexandria

2.

What is the sea that is located in Israel? It also has a very high salt content that prevents anything from living in it.

a)

Black Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Dead Sea

d)

Red Sea

3.

What major sea is located west of Israel?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Dead Sea

c)

Red Sea

d)

Black Sea

4.

What is the name of the peninsula that is located between the two narrow strips of water in the Red Sea?

a)

Peloponnesian Peninsula

b)

Balkan Peninsula

c)

Sinai Peninsula

d)

Anatolia Peninsula

5.

What was the major source of freshwater in Israel?

a)

Indus River

b)

Nile River

c)

Tigris River

d)

Jordan River

6.

Why did the Israelites move from Mesopotamia to Canaan?

a)

God called Abraham to move his family to the promise land

b)

Abraham did not like living in Mesopotamia

c)

Abraham wanted to become a nomad

d)

Abraham wanted to help build the pyramids

7.

Why did the Israelites move from Canaan to Egypt?

a)

They wanted to build the pyramids

b)

They wanted to float down the Nile River

c)

The Israelites wanted to trade with Nubia

d)

There was a famine in Israel and Egypt always has food

8.

Why did the Israelites move from Egypt to Canaan?

a)

They had plenty of food

b)

They wanted more gold

c)

They were enslaved by the Egyptians and treated harshly

d)

They did not like the flooding of the Nile

9.

Who led the Israelites when they left Egypt to return to Canaan?

a)

Abraham

b)

Jesus

c)

Moses

d)

Paul

10.

What was it called when the Israelites left Egypt and returned to Canaan?

a)

The fleeing

b)

Israelite revolt

c)

Exit

d)

Exodus

11.

Who is considered the father of the Israelites because he left his home in Mesopotamia and moved to the promised land of Canaan?

a)

Jesus

b)

Paul

c)

Moses

d)

Ahbraham

12.

What is the name of the sacred text of Judaism?

a)

Tripitaka

b)

Vedas

c)

Tanakh

d)

Holy Bible

13.

What was the name of the religion that was started by Abraham and Moses?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

14.

Which of the following is another name for the Hebrew Bible?

a)

Tripitaka

b)

Tanakh

c)

Vedas

d)

Holy Bible

15.

The Jewish people believe in one God. What is the belief in one God called?

a)

monotheism

b)

polytheism

c)

Tanakh

d)

Tripitaka

16.

God gave a list of rules for the Jewish people to follow. What is this list of rules called?

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

10 Commandments

c)

Four Noble Truths

d)

Eightfold Path

17.

Which of the following is the basic beliefs of Judaism?

a)

dharma, karma, reincarnation, and moksha

b)

Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Nirvana

c)

monotheism, Ten Commandments, emphasis on individual worth and personal responsibility

d)

monotheism, sin and forgiveness, eternal life, and Jesus as the Messiah

18.

Who was the first king of Israel? He also united the 12 tribes of Israel under his rule.

a)

Saul

b)

Paul

c)

David

d)

Solomon

19.

Who was the second king of Israel? He fought a Philistine giant named Goliath and moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

a)

Saul

b)

Paul

c)

David

d)

Solomon

20.

Who was the third king of Israel? He built the first temple to God and he is the son of the second king of Israel.

a)

Saul

b)

Paul

c)

David

d)

Solomon

21.

Which of the following best explains the break up of the twelve tribes of Israel after the death of Solomon?

a)

The 10 northern tribes rebelled against the government in Jerusalem

b)

The 10 northern tribes were very upset about Solomon's death

c)

The 10 northern tribes wanted to move to Rome

d)

The 10 northern tribes wanted to go back to Egypt and become slaves

22.

What did the 10 northern tribes become known as after the death of Solomon?

a)

Judah with the capital of Jerusalem

b)

Israel with Samaria as the capital

c)

Italy with the capital of Rome

d)

Eastern Roman Empire with the capital of Constantinople

23.

What did the southern tribes become known as after the 10 northern tribes split from them?

a)

Israel with the capital of Samaria

b)

Judah with the capital of Jerusalem

c)

Italy with the capital of Rome

d)

Eastern Roman Empire with the capital of Constantinople

24.

The 2 southern tribes were conquered by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar and he forced thousand of people to leave Jerusalem and live in Babylon. What was this called?

a)

Conquering time

b)

Warring States Period

c)

Babylonian captivity

d)

Uniting of Israel

25.

Which of the following empires allowed the Jews that were forced to live in Babylon to return to their homeland?

a)

Roman Empire

b)

Assyrian Empire

c)

The Greeks

d)

Persian Empire

26.

What comes next in this sequence of events?

1. Ancinet Israelites migrated out of Mesopotamia

2. Israel is settled in Canaan

3. Ancient Egyptians forced the Israelites into enslavement

4. ??????????????

a)

Moses led the Israelities into Canaan

b)

The Israelites migrated into Nubia

c)

The Israelites became a powerful social class in Ancient Egypt

d)

Ramses the Great trained the Israelites to form a large army

27.

How did the death of Solomon impact the Kingdom of Israel in 930 BCE?

a)

It caused the kingdom of Israel to make Judaism its official religion

b)

It forced the Kingdom of Israel to make an alliance with the Roman Empire

c)

It forced the Kingdom of Israel to block all trade along the Silk Road

d)

It caused the Kingdom of Israel to split into separate kingdoms

28.

What is the name of the peninsula that is located between the antenna of the Red Sea?

a)

Italian Peninsula

b)

Anatolia Peninsula

c)

Sinai Peninsula

d)

Peloponnesian Peninsula