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