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1
What does "diaspora" mean?
scattering
love
holiday
Torah
2
What is the physical sign of the covenant between God and Abraham, still used today in Judaism?
Earring
Haircut
Circumcision
Tattoo
3
What part of the Jewish temple remains to this day?
The Western Wall
The Southern Wall
The Eastern Wall
The Northern Wall
4
The son of Abraham is . . .
Moses
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
5
Where were most Jews worldwide concentrated at the beginning of the 20th century?
Eastern Europe and Russia
Antarctica
Western Europe
Greenland
6
What does the name "Jerusalem" mean?
city of Peace
city of God
city of War
city of the Jews
7
A covenant is . . .
an idea not found in Judaism anymore
often broken by God, according to Judaism
not loving
an unbreakable promise
8
After Solomon, the kingdom split. The southern part was called . . .
Palestine
Israel
Judah
Canaan
9
The land that the Hebrews were to conquer after they escaped from Egypt was called . . .
Judah
Canaan
Egypt
Israel
10
Chanukah is associated with which figure in Jewish history?
Joseph
Caesar Augustus
Judas Maccabeus
Judas Iscariot
11
Who destroyed the First Temple?
the Edomites
the Amorites
the Babylonians
the Persians
12
The Law in Judaism is also known as . . .
The Tanakh
The Torah
The Bible
The Kethuvim
13
Who allowed the Jews to return and build the Second Temple?
The Babylonians
The Europeans
The Assyrians
The Persians
14
The holiest city in Judaism is . . .
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Tel Aviv
Jericho
15
In Judaism, God is seen as
omniscient
. This means that God is . . .
gracious
present everywhere
all-powerful
all-knowing
16
Sukkot is a holiday that celebrates what?
Jewish liberation from the Greeks
living in tents to remember wandering in the desert
Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac
Jewish liberation from Egypt
17
What verbs are used to describe God's actions in the first creation story?
making
speaking
separating
calling
18
How many tribes of Israel stayed in Judah after the kingdom split?
ten
one
two
four
19
Passover requires . . .
Unleavened bread
Leavened bread
no bread
no wine
20
Judaism stresses that humans have . . .
too many rituals
no responsibility
free will
multiple lives
21
God is good. If God is good, disobedience to God is not good. Another word for "not good" is
salvation
sin
judgment
revelation
22
Which commandment forbids the improper use of God's name?
fourth
second
first
third
23
The point of which biblical story was "You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good"?
Abraham
Jacob
Isaac
Joseph
24
The First Commandment is . . .
Do not lie
Live a good life
Honor your Father and Mother
No other gods
25
Upon their return from exile, who reminded the Jews of the laws of the Torah?
Jonah
Nehemiah
Zerubbabel
Ezra
26
Who destroyed the Second Temple?
the Romans
the Greeks
the Christians
the Persians
27
In the Babylonian creation story, humanity is created from
blood only
the breath of God
clay only
blood, spit, clay
28
For approximately how long, from 721 BCE until 1948 CE, were the Jewish people free?
100 years
500 years
10 years
1000 years
29
What did Antiochus Epiphanes do that precipitated the Maccabean revolt?
Forbade the Jewish practice of circumcision
made the Jewish people sing their songs
sacrificed a child to go to war
set up an altar to Zeus in the Jewish temple
30
Moses is most associated with which holiday in Judaism?
Chanukah
Rosh Hashanah
Passover
Yom Kippur
31
After wrestling with God, Jacob was renamed as . . .
Moses
Judah
Noah
Israel
32
One of the most important kings in Jewish history was . . .
Abraham
David
Isaac
Moses
33
Two words we continually associated with Judaism in class were . . .
identity and space
identity and commandments
identity and difference
identity and difficulty
34
Abraham was promised what by God?
that his descendants would number more than the stars
a son
that he would be the father of many nations
that God would be his God
35
After Solomon, the kingdom split. The northern part was called . . .
Canaan
Judah
Israel
Palestine
36
What is the first book of the Bible, which speaks about God's creation of the world?
Leviticus
Exodus
Deuteronomy
Genesis
37
The last story of the Hebrew Bible before the time of the patriarchs begins is . . .
Noah and the Flood
Tower of Babel
Garden of Eden
Cain and Abel
38
Who united the tribes of Israel in Jerusalem?
King David
Moses
King Solomon
Abraham
39
Who built the First Temple?
Solomon
Jeroboam
David
Rehoboam
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The Hebrew word for "commandments" is . . .
mezuzah
challah
matzo
mitzvot
