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Exploring the Religions of Our World: Ch. 2
Exploring the Religions of Our World: Ch. 2
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A #religion to introduce the basics of #religion to #grade12
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In 168 BCE this group of people led a revolt against the Greeks.
Maccabees
Pharisees
Sadducees
Essenes
2
What and when is the Jewish new year?
Rosh Hashanah; fall
Yom Kippur; fall
Rosh Hashanah; spring
Yom Kippur; spring
3
Where in the synagogue is the Torah read?
Bimah
the northern wall
the Ark
Tanakh
4
A typical synagogue is in the shape of a
a mountain
a circle
a triangle
a square
5
____ is a commandment of the Jewish law.
covenant
Halakhic
Mitsvot
Mitzvot
6
Festivals and Holy Days, Shabbat, Birth, and Coming of Age are all e.g. of ____ ____.
Sacred Places
Sacred Times
Sacred Events
Sacred Spaces
7
Both Tishiri and Nisan are
solar cycles
harvest cycles
creation cycles
planting cycles
8
How did the rabbis make it possible to do Temple rituals outside of the Temple?
They systematically transformed the Temple rituals
They kept the rituals the same
They changed the Mosaic Law
They made a new law
9
The word TORAH means
Instruction
Institution
Jewish Law
Mosaic Law
10
When did the Jews begin to gain equality before the law?
Modern period
Rabbinic period
Classical period
Medieval period
11
Being a "Chosen People" means
God gives the Jewish people many privileges
Jews are the only ones who are the People of God
God gives the Jews many responsibilities
Jewish People are the best
12
What makes a home Kosher?
being spotless
the absence of "unclean" foods such as pork and shellfish
kosher salt
special dishes that separate dairy and meat
13
What do the Jews do to their calendar to reconcile it with the civil calendar?
they let the seasons change for their holidays
add or subtract 1 day each year in 2 different months
add an 11 day month at the end of each year
add a month 7 times in 19 years
14
_____ is subscribing to the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
Catholic
Atheist
Agnostic
Monotheistic
15
From the Hebrew meaning "way." Jewish law that covers an individual & communities life.
Halakhic
Covenant
Mitzvot
Torah
16
____ is 2 long collections of Jewish religious literature that are commentaries on the Mishnah.
Talmud
Diaspora
Palestianian
Kochba
17
Which of the following gave the Jews full control over Jerusalem during the modern period?
the Six-Day War
the Gulf War
the Maccabean Revolt
the Granada Conflict
18
Israel is
a country belonging to the international community
another name for David
a people
the oldest country in history
19
____ is giving worship to someone or something other than the one, true God.
Rabbinic
Hellenization
Canaanite
Idolatry
20
A binding and solemn agreement between human beings or God and his people.
The 10 Commandments
The Ark
The Covenant
The Bible
21
What group of people made it possible to practice Temple rituals outside of the Temple?
habiru
Pharisees
rabbis
Sadducees
22
How many Torahs are there and what are they called?
2; Original and New
1; Written
2; Written and Oral
5; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Numbers
23
Hebrew for "calamity," it refers to the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during WWII.
bimah
mezuzah
Kosher
Shoah
24
What is a typical synagogue supposed to replicate?
Mount Sinai
the ark
Mount Zion
the Jordan River
25
What were the people in Canaan called before the Hebrews came to claim it after the exodus?
Israelites
Muslims
Semites
Palestinians
26
Which of the following does NOT take place in the synagogue?
socializing
prayer
studying Torah
ritual sacrafice
27
What is the holiest day of the Jewish year?
Shavuot
Shabbat
Yom Kippur
Pesach
28
Judaism is
an Abrahamic religion
a monotheistic religion
a Hellenic religion
a historical religion
29
Which is NOT the essence of Judaism?
Torah
Zion
God
Israel
30
During the Jewish wedding, the "breaking of the class" symbolizes
the time for no more wine drinking
when Nazis went on rampage breaking windows of Jewish homes
the heartaches the couple will endure during their marriage
the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE
31
The adoption of Greek ways and speech as happened in the case of Jews living in the Diaspora.
Hellenization
Qumran
Talmud
Ambiguous
32
The Sh'ma is
"Create in me a clean heart, O God"
"Keep holy the Sabbath."
"Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord alone"
"I will make a covenant with you and you shall be my people"
33
___ is from the Hebrew word laser, meaning "proper."
Shoah
Mezuzah
Bimah
Kosher
34
Which of the following is NOT a component of the Tanakh?
Nevi'im
Midrash
Torah
Ketuvim
35
The foundation of Judaism is
in the Sinai desert
in Egyptian captivity
in the Talmud
near the Jordan River
36
Who destroeyd the Temple of the Jews?
the Babylonians
the Persians
the Romans
the Assyrians
37
Menorah is a candelabra with ___ or ___ lights that is used in Jewish worship.
5 or 6
7 or 9
8 or 10
4 or 6
38
What is not used in a Sabbath ritual?
braided bread
shofar
spice box
candles
39
How many days are in a Jewish calendar?
11 days less than the civil calendar
376
354
365
40
These important texts revealed the existence of the Essene community.
The Rabbinic Scholars
The Written Torah
Dead Sea Scrolls
The Sacred Scriptures
41
Havdalah is a religious ceremony that ends the Shabbat & recited over Kosher ___ or Kosher ___.
wine, grape
orange, passion
grape, apple
wine, passion
42
____ meaning "doorpost," a small parchment containing Jewish scripture. Placed in a case.
Kosher
Shoah
Bimah
Mezuzah
43
The Jews tend to call their Bible the ____.
Torah
Tanakh
Ketuvim
Nevi'im
44
In Exile, many Jews were deported to
Qumran
Jerusalem
Ur
Babylon
45
Which of the following is NOT a role of the Jewish Prophets?
Be God's mouthpiece
tell the future
pass along to Jewish people what God wanted of them
lead the Jewish people along the path to holiness
46
Where in a typical synagogue is the ark kept?
on the eastern wall
in the center
on the Bimah
at the front
47
____ is from the Hebrew meaning "pious," a movement within Judaism in 18th century Poland.
Hasidism
Conversos
Torah
Enlightenment
48
Who ruled the United Kingdom of Israel?
Herod the Great
Moses
King David
King Saul
49
For Jews, ___ exists, is one, is creator, and is good.
God
Mary
Jesus
The Holy Spirit
50
___ is the type of biblical interpretation found in rabbinic literature, especially the Talmuds
Mishnah
Tanakh
Talmud
Midrash
