Grade 6, Class S.S., Chapter 3.3 Flashcards
In the 500s BC, what great empire defeated the Chaldeans?
The Persians defeated the chaldeans and took over Babylon.
Who was the king in 538 BC that allowed the Jews to return home from the Babylonian Captivity?
In 538 BC the Persian King, Cyrus allowed the Jews to come back home from Babylonian Captivty
Explain the importance of the scribe Ezra to the Jewish religion?
Under the scribe named Ezra, the Jews wrote the five books of the Torah on pieces of parchment and also sewed the pieces together to make long scrolls then added to the Hebrew Bible
Who is Antiochus? What did he make the Jews do?
In 168 BC Antiochus is a greek ruler.Controlled Judah. He decided to make the Jews of Judah worship greek gods and goddess
Who were the Maccabees? How did they respond to the Antiochus’ demands?
The Maccabees is a priest and his followers rebelled. They destoyed all traces of Greek gods and goddesses in their temple and changed the dedction of God.
Brefly summarrize the story of Ruth and Naomi. What is their realtionship with the future king of Israel, David/
Naomi and her husband and sons moved to / Ruth’s husband died, Ruth took care of Naomi and followed her back to Bethluham, Ruth was considered as an outsider but still worked hard on Boaz Farm. Later Boaz and Ruth married and had a son which is David’s grandfather
Who is the Jewish king, King Herod? What is he known for?
King Herod is a ruler of Judah, known for additions he made to the Jewish Temple in Jeruslem. Also he was the king when Jesus was born
What did Johanan ben Zakkai do to preserve the Jewish religion under Roman control?
Johanan ben Zakkai helped the Judasim survive because he made a school keep teaching the Jews
How did the Romans try to control the Jews? How do you think this led to more hatred between the Philistines and the Jews?
The Romans controlled the Jews by rebelling and called the respond Judah which refers to the who the israelites had conquared years before.
In 331 BC, this Macedonian king defeated the Persians, so Judah came under his rule __________
Alexder the Great
________________is a Greek word that means “Scattered” and is used to describe the displacement of Jews from their kingdom of Judah
Dispora
In AD 66, three years after the Romans initially conquered Judah, the ________ rebelled against the Romans and drove them out of Jerusalm. Four years later, lost it again to the Romans
Zealots
Then in AD 132, a military leader named __________________- led a revolt against the Romans. Three years later, they were again crushed by the Romans
Simon Bar Kochbar
