Question

Look at the timeline of important events in early Jewish history.

A timeline shows key events in Jewish history from 1200 B.C.E. to 400 B.C.E.

What date on the timeline marks the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora?

(1 point)
Responses

c. 1200 BCE

c. 1200 BCE

c. 900 BCE

c. 900 BCE

c. 722 BCE

c. 722 BCE

c. 587 BCE
Answer
Look at the map.

A map shows the various Phoenecian and Greek colonies.

What could best be inferred from the map?

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Responses

Phoenicia was frequently at war with other empires.

Phoenicia was frequently at war with other empires.

Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.

Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.

The population of Phoenicia and its colonies was larger than that of Greece and its colonies.

The population of Phoenicia and its colonies was larger than that of Greece and its colonies.

Greece and its colonies benefitted from a better climate for agriculture.

Greece and its colonies benefitted from a better climate for agriculture.
Answer
Which of the following texts contains commentaries on the teachings of Moses?

(1 point)
Responses

the Writings

the Writings

the Torah

the Torah

the Hebrew Bible

the Hebrew Bible

the Talmud
Answer
Look at the photograph.

A photograph of a form of Sumerian art is shown.

What Sumerian art form does the photograph show?

(1 point)
Responses

cylinder seals

cylinder seals

stone stelae

stone stelae

ivory netsuke

ivory netsuke

cuneiform printing
Answer
Use the drop-down menu to complete the sentence.(1 point)
Sumer is important in world history because it was
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Answer
When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?

(1 point)
Responses

Judaism had sacred texts.

Judaism had sacred texts.

Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.
Answer
Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code.

“If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.”

What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?

(1 point)
Responses

The law's punishments did not encourage social order.

The law's punishments did not encourage social order.

The law did not treat all members of society equally.

The law did not treat all members of society equally.

The law did not address any private matters.

The law did not address any private matters.

The law did not specify the crime.
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c. 587 BCE
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Phoenicians traded with peoples in Africa and Europe.
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the Talmud
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cylinder seals
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a) the birthplace of Hammurabi and his famous code.
b) the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
c) the center of the Egyptian civilization.
d) the first civilization to develop a system of writing.
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Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.
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The law did not treat all members of society equally.