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