Jesus Quiz

What religion did Jesus follow?

• Islam

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Catholic

Where in the world did Jesus live?

• England

• Egypt

• Iran

• Palestine

Palestine was only a ___________ country it was important in terms of strategic position.

Label the Map of Palestine at the time of Jesus

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

River Jordan

Judea

Dead Sea

Samaria

Nazareth

Sea of Galilee

Galilee

Mediterranean Sea

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Pharisees

,

(b) Sadducees

,

(c) Zealots

,

(d) Herodians

• Revolutionary Nationalists

• Co operated with Romans so Religion could still be practiced

• Jewish leaders that controlled the Synagogues.

• Supported King Herod and his reign

• Unpopular with other Jewish groups, especially the Pharisees and Zealots.

• Fought against Roman rule

• Jewish Leaders who controlled the Temple in Jerusalem.

• They had little to do with Roman - Rome did not obey God’s law.

He would have been a ​ (a)   with brown to black hair, dark brown eyes. ​ (b)   hair and a rough beard was common at the time.

• Shortish
• man
• Tall woman
• Child with blonde hair
• Elderly person with white hair

The first Christian writings to talk about Jesus are the letters of ​ (a)   , and scholars agree that the earliest of these letters were written within 25 years of Jesus’s death at the very latest

• St Paul
• St Peter
• St John
• St Matthew

A historian called Josephus wrote ​ “At this time there appeared Jesus, a ​ (a)   man. For he was a doer of startling deeds, a ​ (b)   of people who received the truth with pleasure. And he gained a following of both among many Jews and among many of ​ (c)   origin”

• wise
• teacher
• Greek
• foolish
• student
• Roman

We know ​ (a)   about the life of Jesus through out his life

• very little
• a lot
• everything
• some details

What key words could describe the Messiah for the Jewish people?