History

Question 1

Who was the Greek Leader

Answer 1

Alexander the Great

Question 2

Greece conquered ______

Answer 2

Persia

Question 3

Name three Enpires at the time

Answer 3

Babylonia, Persia and Greece

Question 4

Did Alexander the Great like the Jews

Answer 4

Yes!!!

Question 5

Definition of Hellenism

Answer 5

Greek Culture

Question 6

When did Alexander march into Judea

Answer 6

332 BCE

Question 7

Did Jews assimilate to the Greek way of life

Answer 7

Yes!!!

Question 8

Did the Greeks care about inner beauty or outer beauty

Answer 8

Outer beauty

Question 9

Did Greeks believe in one god

Answer 9

No, they believed in many gods

Question 10

What is the Septuagint

Answer 10

It is the bible translated in Greek

Question 11

What did Hasidim believe in

Answer 11

The Hasidim believed that Greek paganism and social practices would lead to immortality

Question 12

Judea divided into how many fractions

And what were the fractions

Answer 12

2 fractions and they were Hellenism and Hasidim

Question 13

What did the Hasidim fell about the Hellenists

Answer 13

Not loyal to god and not loyal to the Jewish nation

Question 14

Who was the bad Greek king

Answer 14

Antiochus

Question 15

When did Antiochus rule

Answer 15

168 BCE

Question 16

Name five things that Antiochus outlawed

Answer 16

Five:

• prayer and temple sacrifices
• Torah
• kosher food
• following Shabbat
• Jewish Education

Question 17

Who fought back

A) Maccabees
B) All Jews
C) Greeks
D) Arabes

Answer 17

A) Maccabees

Question 18

Where did it start

Answer 18

Modiin

Question 19

Matityahoo wouldn’t bow down. He also had five sons

What were their names

Answer 19

Judah
Yonatan
Yochanan
Shimon
Elazar

Question 20

Were the Maccabees out numbered

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

When was the war

Answer 21

168-165 BCE

Question 22

What were the Jews fighting for

Answer 22

Their religion

Question 23

Where is the story of the Maccabees written

Answer 23

Apocrapha

Question 24

How did Judith save the city

Answer 24

She killed the general

she also scared the enemy

Question 25

What was the generals name

Answer 25

Holofernes

Question 26

Where did she save

Answer 26

Bethulia///Judea

Question 27

Why do we celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days

Answer 27

- the miracle of the oil | - the Greeks desecrated for 8 days, they made it unholy

Question 28

What is Sadducees named after

Answer 28

The high priest named Zadok

Question 29

We're most of the Sadducees religious or secular

Answer 29

Religious

Question 30

Name three things the Sadducees were

Answer 30

Rich Wealthy Educated Upper class

Question 31

Pharisees were more democratic, middle class and believed in ______ Torah

Answer 31

Oral

Question 32

How many mitzvohts r in the Torah

Answer 32

613

Question 33

What is the Mishnah

Answer 33

The Mishnah explains the laws of the Torah

Question 34

What does the talmud interpret

Answer 34

How to follow the 613 mitzvohts

Question 35

How did we get the Oral and Written Torah

Answer 35

``` On Sinai Moses got the written on Shavuot and he got the oral Torah Moses Joshua The elders Prophets Rabbis of the Great assembly ```

Question 36

Who was queen Salome

Answer 36

Jewish queen over Judea

Question 37

Who did she ask to get involved in Judean politics

Answer 37

Romans

Question 38

How did queen Salome die

Answer 38

She died among the Jews who will be the next leader

Question 39

Who was Julius Ceaser

Answer 39

He was the leader of Rome

Question 40

Who in his family converted to Judaism

Answer 40

His parents

Question 41

Who was Herod and when did he rule

Answer 41

He was the king of Jews and 37BCE-4BCE

Question 42

Did the Jews trust Herod

Answer 42

No!!!!!

Question 43

Who did Herod kill that was in his family

Answer 43

His wife and son

Question 44

Why did Herod rebuild the Temple

Answer 44

He wanted the Jews to like him

Question 45

Why did Herod put an eagle in the Temple

Answer 45

To make the Romans

Question 46

Herod built Massada for what reason

Answer 46

To store rain

Question 47

What was the Sanhedrin

Answer 47

It was a court of Jewish law

Question 48

How many rabbis interpreted the Talmud

Answer 48

71 rabbis

Question 49

Who was the famous pair

Answer 49

Hillel and shammai

Question 50

Was Hillel rich and could he pay for school

Answer 50

No

Question 51

Hillel thought the most important value of Judaism is:

Answer 51

treat other the way you want to be treated with kindness

Question 52

When did Herod die

Answer 52

He died in 4 BCE

Question 53

Who wanted to fight against Rome and who knew they were going to lose

Answer 53

The zealots wanted to fight and the Pharisees knew they were going to lose

Question 54

What did the Essenes believe in

Answer 54

A group of Jews who really wanted the messiah to come and save them from the Romans

Question 55

Name 3 things the Essenes did for the Messiah to come faster

Answer 55

``` Wore white Lived very modestly Fasted a lot Didn't marry Didn't listen to music ```

Question 56

What was St John Baptists real Jewish name and what did he do

Answer 56

His name was Yohanan and he was a Jewish preacher and a spiritual man