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WorksheetsLesson 12: World Religions, Judaism
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
When did the Assyrians conquer Israel and send its people to many lands?
586 B.C.E.
930 B.C.E.
721 B.C.E.
597 B.C.E.
The belief that there is only one God.
monotheism
polytheism
monism
trieism
According to our book, how do Jews show/demonstrate the importance of study in their religion?
Buying copies of the Ten Commandments.
Studying the Hebrew Bible and Talmud.
Getting good grades in school.
Watching movies with Jewish characters.
To banish or expel from one's own country or home.
polytheism
exile
monotheism
ethics
After the Persian king, Cyrus, conquered the Babylonians in 539 B.C.E., he...
enslaved Jews to build monuments of him.
ordered all Jewish writings to be burned.
forced Jews to worship the Persian gods, which nearly ended Judaism.
let Jews practice their religion, return to Judah, and rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem.
Which foreign group/people did NOT rule over or control the Jewish people?
Greeks
Persians
Romans
Chinese
What does the holiday of Hanukkah celebrate?
The completion of the Temple of Jerusalem.
The Exodus from Egypt.
When the Jews drove the Greeks from Jerusalem and reclaimed the Second Temple.
The end of rule by the Babylonians.
After the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 C.E., what was all that remained?
The western wall of the temple.
Nothing.
A copy of the Torah.
The Ten Commandments.
Ben Zakki gained permission from the Romans to do what?
To allow Jews to practice their religion, but only in their homes.
To give away copies of the Torah.
To open a Jewish school.
To build a large monument for Moses.
What is a synagogue?
A nickname Jews gave to Roman soldiers.
A Jewish place/house of worship.
A Jewish coming-of-age ceremony.
An important Jewish religious book.
After Jews lost control of their homeland, their holy city, and the great Temple, Jews...
built the Fifth Temple in Egypt.
began to lose faith/belief in their religion.
organized an army to retake Jerusalem.
were exiled throughout many gentile, or non-Jewish, lands.
