Ch 3 Test 8th World History
  • 1. place where Moses received the laws from God
A) Torah
B) covenant
C) Mount Sinai
D) tribe
E) monotheism
  • 2. a separate family group that descended from Jacob
A) Torah
B) monotheism
C) covenant
D) tribe
E) Mount Sinai
  • 3. the name of the laws God gave to Moses
A) covenant
B) tribe
C) monotheism
D) Mount Sinai
E) Torah
  • 4. an agreement or promise
A) monotheism
B) tribe
C) Mount Sinai
D) covenant
E) Torah
  • 5. the belief in one god
A) monotheism
B) Mount Sinai
C) Torah
D) covenant
E) tribe
  • 6. the king secretly anointed by Samuel
A) exile
B) Herod
C) David
D) messiah
E) synagogue
  • 7. a nation that rules several other nations
A) messiah
B) exile
C) Empire
D) rabbi
E) synagogue
  • 8. a person who claims to be instructed by God
A) Herod
B) profit
C) rabbi
D) messiah
E) exile
  • 9. a smaller southern kingdom founded by 2 of the 12 tribes of Israel
A) synagogue
B) exile
C) Herod
D) rabbi
E) Judah
  • 10. a wise saying
A) synagogue
B) proverb
C) Herod
D) rabbi
E) messiah
  • 11. a deliverer sent by God
A) exile
B) synagogue
C) Herod
D) rabbi
E) messiah
  • 12. a person forced to live in a foreign land
A) Herod
B) rabbi
C) synagogue
D) messiah
E) exile
  • 13. a Jewish house of worship
A) synagogue
B) Herod
C) messiah
D) rabbi
E) exile
  • 14. the king known for his cruelty to the Jewish people
A) rabbi
B) messiah
C) exile
D) Herod
E) synagogue
  • 15. a teacher of the Torah
A) rabbi
B) synagogue
C) Herod
D) messiah
E) exile
  • 16. The ancient Israelite faith is known today as what religion?
A) Islam
B) Buddhism
C) Christianity
D) Judaism
  • 17. The Israelites believe they are descended from this man.
A) Joshua
B) Abraham
C) Jacob
D) Moses
  • 18. The idea that laws should apply equally is also called the
A) rule of law.
B) rule of Torah.
C) rule of Judaism.
D) rule of God.
  • 19. How long did it take for the Israelites to reach the Promised Land?
A) 40 years
B) 40 months
C) 40 days
D) 40 minutes
  • 20. Name one of the most important ideas spread by the Phoenicians.
A) map making
B) trading guidelines
C) the alphabet
D) rules for sailors
  • 21. This warrior-farmer became the first king of the Israelites.
A) Goliath
B) Samuel
C) Saul
D) David
  • 22. This king of Israel was a brave warrior, successful leader, and talented poet.
A) Goliath
B) Solomon
C) David
D) Saul
  • 23. King Solomon taxed his people heavily to
A) develop education.
B) give to the poor.
C) create tribes.
D) build his great buildings.
  • 24. In 722 B.C., this people caused the fall of Israel and scattered the ten tribes.
A) the Philistines
B) the Assyrians
C) the Canaanites
D) the Chaldeans
  • 25. King ____ of Chaldea captured Jerusalem and punished the Jews in 597 B.C.
A) Saul
B) Solomon
C) Samuel
D) Nebuchadnezzar
  • 26. The Hebrew Bible is a series of how many total books?
A) 5
B) 39
C) 40
D) 34
  • 27. What Jewish holiday is celebrated in the same month as Christmas?
A) Yom Kippur
B) Rosh Hoshana
C) Passover
D) Hanukkah
  • 28. Which of the following animals were Jews permitted to eat?
A) salmon and pork
B) lamb and eel
C) beef and pork
D) beef and lamb
  • 29. Before Herod’s death, Jews had divided into three religious groups, called the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the
A) Zealots.
B) Romans.
C) Essenes.
D) Maccabees.
  • 30. In A.D. 66, this group of Jews revolted against the Romans.
A) the Chaldeans
B) the Maccabees
C) the Essenes
D) the Zealots
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