The History of Jewish Communities in the Middle East
- 1. Which city was a major center of Jewish learning in the early centuries of the Common Era?
A) Rome
B) Jerusalem
C) Cairo
D) Babylon
- 2. What year marks the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem?
A) 63 BCE
B) 135 CE
C) 70 CE
D) 586 BCE
- 3. What term describes the dispersion of Jews outside of Israel?
A) Diaspora
B) Aliyah
C) Zionism
D) Ghetto
- 4. Which Middle Eastern country has one of the oldest continuous Jewish communities?
A) Iran
B) Iraq
C) Syria
D) Egypt
- 5. What was the purpose of the Balfour Declaration of 1917?
A) End Jewish migration to Europe
B) Create a Jewish army
C) Establish a Jewish government in Egypt
D) Support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- 6. What term is used to describe the anti-Jewish violence in Europe that began in the late 19th century?
A) Ghettos
B) Intifadas
C) Crusades
D) Pogroms
- 7. Which Jewish movement began in the late 19th century aiming to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
A) Socialism
B) Hasidism
C) Zionism
D) Reform Judaism
- 8. Which Middle Eastern city was the first to have a large-scale Jewish population starting in the Middle Ages?
A) Jerusalem
B) Algiers
C) Istanbul
D) Cairo
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