The Hebrews & Judaism

Question 1

What is the scattering of Jews outside of Israel and Judah?

Accepted Answer

Diaspora

Question 2

God told this man to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt during the 1200 BCs.

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 3

The story of __________ is told in the Bible as an example of how people should treat their family members.

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 4

Like most people in the ancient world, the Jews worshipped many gods.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Written 2,000 years ago by Jews to explain ancient Jewish beliefs

Accepted Answer

Dead Sea Scrolls

Question 6

God promised to lead this man to a new land and make his descendants into a mighty nation

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 7

Which of the following groups did not control the Israelites?

Accepted Answer

Canaanites

Question 8

Which of the following do Jews consider to be the most holy day of the year?

Accepted Answer

Yom Kippur

Question 9

A time for Jews to remember the Exodus from Egypt

Accepted Answer

Passover

Question 10

Which of the following BEST describes Judaism's effect on later cultures?

Accepted Answer

Judaism helped shape Western cultures

Question 11

Which holiday celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple?

Accepted Answer

Hanukkah

Question 12

Which of the following prompted the pharaoh to free the Hebrews?

Accepted Answer

A series of plagues struck Egypt

Question 13

When Saul died, his younger brother took the throne.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Rebellious Jews who didn't think Jews should answer to anyone but God.

Accepted Answer

Zealots

Question 15

How did Judaism influence the development of Islam?

Accepted Answer

The 1st people of Islam believed they descended from Abraham

Question 16

How did the event at Masada end?

Accepted Answer

The Jews took their own lives

Question 17

How are Mosaic laws different from the Ten Commandments?

Accepted Answer

Mosaic laws guide Jews' daily lives

Question 18

A group of Zealots locked themselves in a mountain fortress called

Accepted Answer

Masada

Question 19

Another name for the Hebrew Bible is ....

Accepted Answer

Tanach

Question 20

The Maccabees were a Jewish family that was tired of foreign rule

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

The Bible traces the Hebrews back to a man named...

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 22

Which of the following shows that Hebrew women had FEW rights?

Accepted Answer

A Hebrew woman's husband was chosen for her by her father

Question 23

Which of the following was most responsible for ending the first Jewish revolt against Romans?

Accepted Answer

burning of the Second Temple

Question 24

Which of the following occured BEFORE Abraham left Mesopotoamia?

Accepted Answer

God spoke to Abraham

Question 25

Why did the Ashkenazim and Sephardim develop different rituals and cultures?

Accepted Answer

They lived in different parts of the world

Question 26

A code of moral laws written on two stone tablets.

Accepted Answer

Ten Commandments

Question 27

Although Hebrew women had very few rights, they were allowed to inherit property even if they had brothers

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

Jewish religious teachers

Accepted Answer

rabbis

Question 29

_____________ is a language that was created by the Jews that lived in Germany.

Accepted Answer

Yiddish

Question 30

A set of commentaries, stories, and folklore

Accepted Answer

Talmud

Question 31

Two most sacred Jewish holidays

Accepted Answer

High Holy Days

Question 32

The Dead Sea Scrolls were found by a young boy exploring a small cave near the Dead Sea

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Torah is the most sacred text of Hebrew writings,Jews believe that the Torah's contents were revealed to which prophet?

Accepted Answer

Moses

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