Chapter 12: Learning about World Religions: Judaism

Question 1

Which common feature of most ancient religions did the Jews reject (refuse, say no to)?

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polytheism

Question 2

Which of these is the best example of a question of ethics?

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Should I help a child who is lost?

Question 3

Who ruled the city of Jerusalem at the time that Herod ordered major construction on the Temple

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Romans

Question 4

Jewish forms of worship and ways of life were taught in many different countries by

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rabbis.

Question 5

a set of moral principles or values

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ethics

Question 6

What was the result of Yohanan ben Zaccai’s meeting with the Roman general?

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the founding of a school

Question 7

the belief that there are many gods

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polytheism

Question 8

What weakened the land of the Israelites after the death of Solomon?

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It split into two smaller kingdoms

Question 9

to take by force

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captured

Question 10

What change of events led to the building of the Second Temple?

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The Persians conquered Babylon and let the Jews go home

Question 11

the belief that there is only one god

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monotheism

Question 12

an ancient city in Israel that became a center for Jewish learning

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Yavneh

Question 13

to teach

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instructs

Question 14

Which of these phrases best describes the Talmud?

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ancient Jewish writings about the Hebrew Bible

Question 15

to live through a difficult experience

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survived

Question 16

What is the best title for the chart below?

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The Ten Commandments

Question 17

to banish or expel from one's own country or home

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exiled

Question 18

Why did the Jewish Diaspora threaten the survival of Judaism?

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Jews became scattered over a wide area

Question 19

the place or point where something starts

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source

Question 20

Why do Jews consider the Western Wall in Jerusalem a sacred place?

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It was part of the Second Temple.

Question 21

the scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland, beginning in 586 B.C.E.

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Jewish Diaspora

Question 22

Why did Jews in the Diaspora have to develop new forms of worship, such as a synagogue service?

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They could no longer use the Temple rituals.

Question 23

Which major belief of Judaism does the photograph show?

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the importance of study

Question 24

How was the city of Yavneh important to the survival of Judaism?

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as a center for learning

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT one of the Central Jewish beliefs?

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polytheism

Question 26

What was the name of Solomon’s former territory that was self-governing in 600 B.C.E.?

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Judah

Question 27

Why did many Jews move to Babylon?

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They were taken there as captives by Nebuchadrezzar.

Question 28

The festival of Passover celebrates the

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Exodus from Egypt

Question 29

According to Judaism, standards of right and wrong come from

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God.

Question 30

the collection of ancient Jewish writings that interpret the teachings of the Hebrew Bible

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Talmud

Question 31

Where did most Jews live in the year 550 B.C.E.?

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Babylon

Question 32

to spread out

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dispersed

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Chapter 12: Learning about World Religions: Judaism

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