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