Module 7 Quiz!

Moses appeared as a leader among the Israelites and was told by God to lead them out of Egypt.

The most rebellious of the Jews were called _________. They did not think they should answer to anyone but God

After his death, David’s son Solomon took the throne and organized Israel into 12 districts with governors.

The Israelites unified under one leader, ______, who became the first king of Israel when the Philistines invaded.

In the 530s BC the Egyptians captured Chaldean and released the Jews from captivity.

The Israelites finally reached Canaan where they fought the people living there for control of the land.

Jewish ideas helped shape the largest religion of western society, Buddhism.

Due to their growth in Egypt , the Pharoh felt threatened and made all ____________ slaves.

Solomon built the great temple to God in Jerusalem.

The_____ is 5 books in a collection about Jewish laws and includes the history of the Jews until the death of Moses.

After Saul died, _________ became king. He defeated the Philistine giant Goliath to become a respected hero.

God gave Moses two stone tablets with the Ten Commandments at _______________.

Concepts of _____ are: belief in God, education, justice and righteousness, & observance of religious and moral law.

After a series of plagues and disasters, the Pharoah allowed Moses to lead the Isrealites out of Egypt.

Jewish ideas have greatly influenced cultures in Europe and the Americas.

After being freed by the Perians, many Jews did not return to Jerusalem and settling elsewhere was called the diaspora.

The Romans renamed Jerusalem to Palaestina.

Some Israelite and Jewish women made great contributions like Queen Esther, the judge Deborah, Miriam, and Ruth.

Abraham makes the journey west to settle in Tyree and his descendants the Israelites live there.

After ________ death in 930 BC revolts broke out and the kingdom split into 2 kingdoms called Israel and Judah.

God told Abraham to leave his home in Mesopotamia and to take a long journey west.

In 63 BC the Romans invaded and took over Jerusalem.

When he became king, David established the capital of Israel in _____________.

On Passover, Jews eat a meal called the _________ where they feast and recall the events of the Exodus.

Teaching children the basics of Judaism has always been important in Jewish culture.

The final part of the Hebrew Bible is 11 books of songs, poetry, stories, lessons, and history.

The Hebrews were ancestors of the Israelites and Jews. They were herders.

By accepting the Ten Commandments the Israelites agreed to worship multiple Gods.

_________ are people who received messages from God to be taught to others.

Those Jews that still follow Mosaic laws are called Orthodox Jews.

Solomon expanded the kingdom and established trade with ___________ and ____________ which made Israel rich.

Because there was no longer a single temple to worship, local synagogues became more important led by local _______

Righteousness refers to doing what is wrong.

______________ means kindness and fairness in Jewish culture.

Jerusalem lay in ruins including the 2nd temple being destroyed after the revolt against the Romans.

The Jews have __________ laws that guide them. They cover from how people pray and celebrate holidays.

Some Zealots refused to give up and retreated to Mt. Sinai where they were eventually trapped and took their own lives.

Yiddish, similar to German, is a Jewish language that was written in Hebrew.

Assyrians took over Israel in 722 BC and Judah was later taken over by the Chaldeans in 586 BC.

Jews worship in synagogues.

Much of the Jewish culture is based directly in Jewish religious beliefs.

A lot of Jews moved to Alexanderia in Egypt and after Jerusalem was destroyed even more people moved there.

The __________heavily taxed the Jews and had no respect for their religion or way of life.

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the of birth of Jesus on the Jewish calendar.

The Hebrew Bible traces Hebrew ancestry back to __________.

The ___________, a Jewish family tired of foreign in rule, led a revolt in 160 BC and ruled for about 100 years.

The most important Jewish laws are the Ten Commandments.

In ancient Isreal, a woman’s husband was chosen by her father, however, a woman could not be forced into marriage.

Israelite government and society were dominated by women.

The _____________were written between 100 BC and AD 50 and helped historians study Jewsih history from that time.