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CH6 L4
Question | Answer |
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Who defeated the Persians and brought Greek rule to Judah? | Alexander The Great |
Under Greek rule, few Jews migrated into other parts of the Greek empire. | False |
The Diaspora was a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible that helped spread Jewish ideas. | False |
The Seleucids required the Jews to do which of the following? | worship Greek gods and goddesses |
The annual festival of Hanukkah celebrates the Maccabees driving the Seleucids out of Judah. | True |
The Pharisees urged the Jews to respond to Roman rule by ______. | Practicing the Torah's teachings with greater devotion |
Which group was made up of wealthy noble families and included many priests and scribes in the Temple? | Sadducees |
The Dead Sea Scrolls might have been written by the _____________. | Essenes |
The Zealots were ultimately successful in retaking Jerusalem from the Romans. | False |
Yohanan ben Zaccai founded a school that helped preserve the Judaic spirit after the loss of Jerusalem. | True |
Diaspora | the spread of Jews and their customs and culture beyond the Jewish homeland and across the Mediterranean |
*Judas Maccabeus was Jewish priest that led the guerrilla fight against | Seleucid rule. |
Romans renamed Judaea | Palestine” as a kind of punishment after crushing a Jewish revolt. |
gained support of the *common people by teaching Jewish families to practice Torah’s teachings with greater devotion | Pharisees |
*Some Jewish people wanted to cooperate with the Romans, which others wanted to | rebel openly. |
*The Dead Sea Scrolls reveal a great deal about Judaism during | Roman times. |
The Zealots were the MOST AGGRESSIVE of the | Jewish groups |