- 1. When do Georgian Jews trace their initial migration into Georgia?
A) 1801
B) 6th century BC
C) 1863
D) 1921
- 2. Which empire annexed Eastern Georgia in 1801?
A) Soviet Union
B) Russian Empire
C) Ottoman Empire
D) Persian Empire
- 3. Why were Ashkenazi Jews moved to Georgia in the 19th century?
A) Invited by the Georgian monarchy
B) Voluntary migration for trade
C) Forced by the Russian government
D) Seeking refuge from the Holocaust
- 4. What was a uniting cause for Ashkenazi and Georgian Jews?
A) Sovietization
B) The Russian Revolution
C) Zionism
D) Economic trade
- 5. How did Georgian Jews initially view Ashkenazi Jews?
A) Culturally similar
B) Godless and secular
C) Kind and welcoming
D) Wealthy and powerful
- 6. What event occurred in February 1921 in Georgia?
A) The Babi Yar Massacre
B) Red Army invasion
C) Independence from the Russian Empire
D) Establishment of the first ghetto
- 7. What is the estimated number of Ukrainian Jews killed during the Holocaust?
A) 33,000
B) 1 million
C) 1.5 million
D) 380,000
- 8. What was the Babi Yar Massacre?
A) The annexation of Western Ukraine
B) A mass murder of 33,000 Jews starting in 1941
C) A mass migration of Jews to Israel
D) A Sovietization policy implemented in 1921
- 9. How did Soviet media report the Jewish victims of massacres?
A) As Russian citizens
B) As Soviet martyrs
C) As Ukrainians
D) As Jews
- 10. What group was responsible for the mass murder of up to a million Ukrainian Jews?
A) Einsatzgruppen
B) The Red Army
C) The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
D) The Georgian government
- 11. According to the 2001 census, how many Jews left Ukraine since 1989?
A) 1.5 million
B) 40% of the population
C) 33,000
D) 380,000
- 12. What percentage of the Jewish population left Ukraine between 1989 and 2001?
A) 2/3
B) 1/2
C) 1/4
D) 3/4
- 13. What began in 1863 regarding the Georgian Jewish community?
A) The Sovietization period
B) Aliyah
C) The Russian annexation
D) The Babi Yar massacre
- 14. What happened to the Jewish population in Belarus during the Holocaust?
A) About 50% were killed
B) About 90% were killed
C) The population remained stable
D) About 25% were killed
- 15. What was the Jewish percentage of the population in cities like Minsk and Pinsk before WWII?
A) About 80%
B) More than 50%
C) Exactly 30%
D) Less than 10%
- 16. According to the 1897 census, what percentage of the Belarusian population was Jewish?
A) 25.5%
B) 40%
C) 5.2%
D) 13.6%
- 17. Which of these famous individuals was born in Belarus?
A) Leon Trotsky
B) Karl Marx
C) Marc Chagall
D) Albert Einstein
- 18. What was the estimated Jewish population in Belarus according to the 2009 census?
A) 12,926
B) 135,400
C) 29,000
D) 70,000
- 19. How many Jews were estimated to be in Belarus in 1979?
A) 29,000
B) 135,400
C) 112,000
D) 724,548
- 20. What percentage of the population in Belarusian cities and towns did Jews comprise before WWII?
A) Approximately 75%
B) Less than 10%
C) More than 40%
D) Exactly 20%
- 21. Where does about half of the current Jewish population in Belarus live?
A) Pinsk
B) Viciebsk
C) Homiel
D) Minsk
- 22. What organization estimates the Jewish community in Belarus at 70,000?
A) Red Cross
B) Jewish Agency
C) United Nations
D) Soviet Government
- 23. Which historical figure was born in Belarus?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Chaim Weizmann
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Joseph Stalin
- 24. During the first years of Soviet rule, what status did Jews have in the Belarusian government?
A) They held powerful positions
B) They were mostly in exile
C) They had no official rights
D) They were barred from government
- 25. What is the current estimated Jewish population in Armenia?
A) 1,000
B) 750
C) 5,000
D) 100
- 26. In which city do the majority of Jews in Armenia currently reside?
A) Yerevan
B) Tel Aviv
C) Baku
D) Moscow
- 27. In what year did the Jewish population in Azerbaijan reach its post-World War II demographic peak?
A) 1970
B) 1989
C) 1917
D) 1939
- 28. What was the population of Jews in Azerbaijan in 1970 according to the census?
A) 41,288
B) 100
C) 5,000
D) 750
- 29. Why did many Jews leave Armenia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
A) Inadequate services
B) Religious persecution
C) Lack of historical ties
D) Forced deportation
- 30. When did the first aliyah of Mountain Jews from Azerbaijan to Palestine occur in the Soviet era?
A) After World War II
B) 1989
C) Early 1920s
D) Late 1970s
- 31. In what period did Jewish immigration from Azerbaijan to Israel resume after the ban was lifted?
A) 1990s
B) 1970s
C) 1920s
D) 1940s
- 32. Which Russian Tsar granted Jews the official right to enter Estonia in 1865?
A) Alexander I
B) Nicholas I
C) Nicholas II
D) Alexander II
- 33. When was the Tallinn Jewish congregation founded?
A) 1830
B) 1883
C) 1866
D) 1901
- 34. When was the Tartu Jewish congregation established?
A) 1883
B) 1901
C) 1866
D) 1830
- 35. What happened to Jewish cultural autonomy in Estonia in July 1940?
A) It was moved to Tallinn
B) It was expanded
C) It was legalized
D) It was liquidated
- 36. Approximately what percentage of Estonia's Jewish population was deported to Russian prison camps on June 14, 1941?
A) 50%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 5%
- 37. In which year were the four Estonians responsible for the Kalevi-Liiva murders accused at war crimes trials?
A) 1940
B) 1945
C) 1961
D) 1988
- 38. When was the Jewish Cultural Society established in Tallinn?
A) July 1940
B) January 1990
C) March 1988
D) June 1941
- 39. What type of school was established by the Jewish community in 1989?
A) Vocational school
B) Sunday school
C) Religious seminary
D) Gymnasium
- 40. What type of institution was occupying the Tallinn Jewish Gymnasium on Karu Street before the Jewish School was re-established?
A) A vocational school
B) A military barracks
C) A government office
D) A local library
- 41. In what year was the large synagogue in Tartu constructed?
A) 1883
B) 1830
C) 1901
D) 1940
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