Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz

1. During the Holocaust, there was uncharted ___________ of Jewish people as the Nazis were to unjust and cruel to them.

• oppression
• executions
• imprisonment
• human rights

2. We have been learning about the beliefs, behaviors and practices of three _________ in the Middle East and North Africa region.

• ethnic groups
• government parties
• court systems
• religions

3. After the United Nations gave land in Palestine to Israel, many Palestinians became ____________ traveling to surrounding countries to live permanently since their land was no longer theirs.

• slaves
• immigrants
• gypsies
• homeless

4. In Iran and many other Middle East countries are ____________ where the government is led by an individual who is regarded as divine so their laws are guided by their religion.

• autocracy
• unlimited
• theocracy
• democracy

5. Fundamentalism is an attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles.

• True
• False

6. __________ is the religion where the person believes in Jesus Christ and the Bible is sacred scripture.

• Christianity
• Hinduism
• Judaism
• Islam

7. At one point the Jewish people went through the __________ where they scattered into other parts of the world, taking them away from their ancestral land of Israel.

• Holocaust
• zionism
• diaspora
• deportation

8. The Jewish people will not eat food unless it is __________, which means it has been deemed fit by Jewish law.

• cooked
• kosher
• dehydrated
• smoked

9. ___________ is the religion based on the ancient Hebrews and belief in one God who revealed himself to Abraham and Moses.

• Islam
• Christianity
• Muslim
• Judaism

10. Colonization is when another country sends its people to live and establish control over indigineous people in an area.

• True
• False