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Introduction to Judaism

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  • What are monotheistic religions, like Judaism?
    religions that only believe in one god
  • What are the most important laws for Jewish people known as?
    The Ten Commandments
  • What is Hiram Rhodes Revels best known for?
    Serving as the first African American congressman beginning in 1870.
  • What was Garrett Augustus Morgan best known for?
    Inventor; the street light and gas mask, giving money back to his community
  • What is the name of the part of the Christian bible that is mostly the same as the Hebrew (Jewish) bible?
    The old testement
  • Who was the founder of Christianity?
    Jesus
  • What are the most sacred text of Judaism called?
    Torah
  • How did the Roman's treat early Christian believers?
    Bad, they persecuted and killed many.
  • What is the name of the modern Jewish nation formed in 1948 with the help of the United Nations?
    Israel
  • What is the Jewish holiday in December that celebrates a victory that convinced their rulers to let them keep their religion?
    Hanukkah
  • What are religious teachers of Judaism known as?
    rabbis
  • What type of traditional flat bread is eaten by Jews during Passover?
    matza
  • Which Roman emperor lifted the ban on Christianity and not only converted to Christianity but also help spread it to most of the Roman world?
    Constantine
  • Where did the Jewish people move to after a drought, where they become enslaved by the pharaohs.
    Egypt
  • How many parts is the Christian Bible broken into?
    two
  • What is the traditional Jewish game played around Hanukkah?
    The Dreidel game
  • Who was the leader of the Jewish people who led them from Mesopotamia to Canaan?.
    Abraham
  • Which Apostle was the most important person involved in spreading Christianity?
    Paul
  • What great empire took over Judea/Canaan, defeating the Jewish people and forcing them into exile in other countries?
    Roman Empire