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1
Which American president helped create peace with the Camp David Accords?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
2
Which denomination’s core belief is the 13 principles of Rambam?
Conservative
Reconstructionist
Orthodox
Reform
3
Jews in the ghettos resisted the Nazis by
keeping mitzvot.
escaping and joining the partisans.
fighting back violently.
all of the above.
4
When was the Wagner-Rogers Bill passed?
1933
1939
none of the above
1936
5
The liberators of the camps
found both living and dead prisoners.
all of the above
helped spread information about Nazi atrocities.
were mostly Russian, British, and American soldiers.
6
Who helped finance the American Revolution?
Abraham Lincoln
Haym Solomon
Abraham Kohn
Abigail Levy Franks
7
Which military organization eventually became צה"ל?
Havdalah
Havlaga
Irgun
Hagana
8
The BILU were religious because they based their name on a פסוק.
False
True
9
What is the number of seats to have a majority in the Knesset?
60
100
61
120
10
In the 18
th
century, Jews were LEAST likely to live in which of the following colonies?
Massachusetts
New York
Georgia
Rhode Island
11
What was the Uganda Plan?
All Jewish refugees should flee Germany for Uganda.
All Zionist leaders should meet in Uganda to discuss the future of Zionism.
All Holocaust survivors should go to Uganda.
A future Jewish state should be in Uganda.
12
During which Aliyah were Kibbutzim founded?
Fourth
Third
First
Second
13
What is the
Histadrut?
A health care provider
Israel's largest employer
A trade union
all of the above
14
The Eichmann Trial
took place immediately after World War II.
took place after Eichmann was extradited from Argentina.
was the first and last time the death penalty was given in Israel.
involved the IMT.
15
Where was Chiune Sugihara based?
Vilna, Lithuania
Warsaw, Poland
Kaunus, Lithuania
Cracow, Poland
16
Why are there very few Jews in America today who can trace their history back to the Jews of the colonial period?
Most assimilated and intermarried.
Most made Aliyah in the 19th century.
Most were killed in the American Revolution.
Most of today's Jews are uninterested in tracing their roots.
17
Who was the leader of the Brown Shirts?
Herman Goering
Ernst Rohm
Reinhard Heydrich
Heinrich Himmler
18
Who was the head of the Nazi Propaganda Ministry?
Adolf Eichmann
Joseph Goebbels
Heinrich Himmler
Julius Streicher
19
What was Israel’s first real military defense organization?
Hagana
Irgun
Havlagah
HaShomer
20
Where was
Der Sturmer
originally published?
Nuremberg
Munich
Berlin
Frankfurt
21
In what year was the Six Day War?
1948
1956
1973
1967
22
What was the connection between Kristallnacht and the Evian Conference?
Kristallnacht led to the Evian Conference.
They have no connection.
The Evian Conference led to Kristallnacht.
They happened at the same time.
23
When did the Nazis break the Non-Aggression Pact?
1942
1941
1939
1940
24
Who were some of the very first Zionists?
Bais Yaakov
Partisans
Bilu
Revisionists
25
Which type of Zionists believed that the Jews should get Israel because it says so in the Torah?
Religious Zionists
Biblical Zionists
Labor Zionists
Political Zionists
26
Which two countries signed the Non-Aggression Pact?
Poland and Germany
Germany and the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union and Poland
Germany and Italy
27
Ma'abarot
is the same as a kibbutz.
True
False
28
Oscar Schindler
all of the above
was a member of the Nazi party.
was a German industrialist.
rescued many Jews.
29
How were Holocaust survivors treated by Israeli society after immigrating to Israel?
none of the above
They were treated with psychological help to overcome the trauma.
Their stories were neglected by Israelis, as if they never happened.
They were treated with respect, awe, and admiration.
30
Against whom did the Nazis direct the Euthanasia Program?
Communists
Disabled
Gypsies
Jews
31
Who was Sir Herbert Samuel?
Started the First Aliyah
Assistant to Lord Arthur Balfour
Governor of Mandatory Palestine
Attended the first World Zionist Congress
32
Which Egyptian leader made peace with Israel?
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdul Nasser
Pharaoh
King Hussein
33
When did the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begin?
Erev Pesach 1942
Erev Pesach 1941
Erev Pesach 1944
Erev Pesach 1943
34
I learned a lot in history class this year!
True
False
35
When was the White Paper established?
1945
1929
1933
1939
36
Which early Zionist wrote Auto-Emancipation?
Jabotinsky
R. Alkalai
Herzl
Pinsker
37
Who founded Bais Yaakov?
Leni Riefenstahl
Sarah Schenirer
Abigail Levi Franks
Golda Meir
38
Reconstructionist Judaism was founded based on whose ideas?
Levi Strauss
Mordechai Kaplan
Solomon Schechter
Nathan Straus
39
Who is the longest serving prime minister?
Menachem Begin
David Ben Gurion
Benjamin Netanyahu
Yitzchak Rabin
40
Which country is NOT part of the Abraham Accords?
Sudan
none of the above
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
41
What type of Zionism did Theodore Herzl associate himself with?
Religious
Labor
Political
Revisionists
42
Which is NOT the name of an Israeli political party?
הבית היהודי
ליכוד
יש עתיד
אהבי ישראל
43
What was NOT included in the Balfour Declaration?
That Jews in the Diaspora would have rights.
That Jews and Arabs would co-govern.
That Israel would be a Jewish homeland.
That Arabs in Israel would have rights.
44
All partisans were Jewish.
False
True
45
Most Eastern European Jews
were religious.
all of the above
worked in factories.
stayed in New York City.
46
Where was Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg based?
Kiev, Ukraine
Budapest, Hungary
Cracow, Poland
Berlin, Germany
47
Which of these books was written by Rav Yisroel Meir HaKohen (known as the Chafetz Chaim)?
all of the above
Chafetz Chaim
Mishna Brura
Shmirat Halashon
48
What do Functionalists think was Hitler's main priority?
Genocide
World domination
49
Operation Magic Carpet was immigration of Jews from
Morocco
Yemen
Europe
Ethiopia
50
Before World War II, which European city had the largest Jewish community?
Berlin
Vilna
Moscow
Warsaw
51
Which of the following adjectives would best apply to the typical German Jewish immigrant?
Selfish
Orthodox
Ambitious
Stationary (staying in one place)
52
The First Aliyah was from 1881-1904.
False
True
53
Where was the First Zionist Congress held?
Bangkok
Boston
Basel
Berlin
54
The first wave is called the Sephardic Wave because
all of the Ashkenazim because Sephardim.
all of the synagogues were Sephardic.
all of the immigrants came from Spain.
all of the immigrants were Sephardic.
55
In 1880, roughly how many Jews lived in the United States?
250,000
2500
2,500,000
25,000
56
Most Jews who came on the Fifth Aliyah:
were running from the Nazis.
all of the above
were not Zionists.
were from Germany and Austria.
57
Who founded Cultural Zionism?
Ahad Ha'am
Theodor Herzl
Moses Mendelsohn
Leon Pinsker
58
From 1948-1977, Israel was governed by the
Likud Party
Jewish Democratic Party
none of the above
Labor Party
59
Adam Czerniakow, Chaim Rumkowski, and Jacob Gens
all of the above
were Judenrat chairmen.
were fired from their jobs because they were Jews.
were all partisans.
60
The first Jews in America:
arrived in the 16th century.
settled in New Amsterdam.
were welcomed by Peter Stuyvesant.
all of the above
61
What organization made the recommendation for partition of Palestine?
UNRWA
UN
UNSCOP
FDA
