History Alive! Chapter 12 Quiz

What is the collection of ancient Jewish writings, or commentaries, that interpret the laws and teachings of the Hebrew Bible, the Tamakh, called?

• Talmud

• Torah

• ethics

• polytheism

A set of moral principles or values is called ______

• polytheism

• monotheism

• ethics

• religion

Which of the following events weakened the land of the Israelites after the death of Solomon?

• it fell to attacks by the Egyptians

• it stopped trading with its neighbors

• it suffered from a famine

• it split into two smaller kingdoms

The belief that there are many gods is called ______.

• monotheism

• polytheism

• Talmud

• religion

Which of the following was NOT a common feature of the Jewish faith?

• ritual

• morality

• polytheism

• tradition

Why did many Jews move to Babylon?

• they were fleeing from attacks by the Assyrians

• they were taken there as captives by Nebuchadnezzar

• they were fleeing from the plague

• all of the above

The belief that there is only one God is called ______

• monotheism

• polytheism

• Talmud

• religion

To banish or expel from one's own country or home is called ______

• travel

• disperse

• relocate

• exile

The Western Wall in Jerusalem was once a part of the network of walls that surrounded the Second Temple. This temple was destroyed by the ______

• Assyrians

• Greeks

• Persians

• Romans

The scattering of the Jewish people outside their homeland beginning about 586 B.C.E. was called ______

• Jewish Diaspora

• Talmud

• Torah

• exile