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1. The Roman period in the Land of Israël starts at the year :
60 BC
64 BC
63 BC
54 BC
2. The roman general who arrived to the land of Israël that year was :
Pompeus
Titus
Anthonious
Octevianus
3. The Byzantine period end because of :
The peace-accord between the Romans and the Jews
The conquest of the Christians
The conquest of the Muslims
The return of the jews to their land
4. The end of the Byzantine period was at the year :
564 CE
1063 CE
638 CE
235 CE
5. King Herod built a large and magnificent port city in :
Caesarea
Alexandria
Jaffa
Haifa
6. He built the port using a special material brought from Rome, which is :
Iron
Wooden barrels
Oceanic dust that hardens upon contact with water
Volcanic ash that hardens upon contact with water
7. Rabbi Judah the Prince (Yehuda Hanassi) is called so because he was the president of the jewish council of sages known as the :
The Great Council
Beth Din
Sanhedrin
Beth 'ha'hamin
8. Rabbi Judah the Prince was buried in :
Jerusalem
Bet She'arim
Tzipori
Usha
9. The most important achievement of Rabbi Judah the Prince was the organization and canonization of the Oral Torah. This is called the completion of the :
Bible
Talmud
Mishna
Guemara
10. This completion happened in the year :
63 CE
200 CE
72 CE
138 BC
11. The name of the Emperor who divided the Roman Empire into two parts (East & West) is :
Claudius
Augustus
Diocletianus
Gaius Galigula
12. This emperor's reforms were :
No correct answers
failed due to power struggles among various rulers
did not affect the existing situation in any way
a resounding success and led to great prosperity
13. The name of the emperor who declared Christianity as a permitted and preferred religion is :
Titus
Tiberius
Constantine
Diocletianus
14. The declaration of Christianity as the preferred (not official yet, just preferred) religion in the Roman Empire was in the year :
134 CE
71 CE
324 CE
301 CE
15. The name of the Byzantine Empire is derived from a city called Byzantium, which the Emperor Constantine named :
Constantinus
Byzantine
Constantinople
Byzantinus
16. Today, the city that was called Byzantium is called :
Athens
Istanbul
Rome
Milan
17. The name of Constantine's mother was :
Octavia
Rowena
Amelia
Minerva
Helena
Aurelia
18. Constantine's mother came to the land of Israël and built the Church of :
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
All answers are correct
The "Eleona" Church
The Church of the Nativity
19. The Phoenician name of Ceasarea is :
All answers are correct
Tyre's Tower (Migdal Tyre)
Byblos Tower (Migdal Torah)
Straton's Tower (Migdal Shlomo)
20. The Madaba Map is a map of which countries ?
From Egypt to Syria, including Jerusalem
From France to Syria, including Egypt
From Italy to Russia, including Jerusalem
From Russia to Iran, including Ukraine
21. The creation of the Madaba Map is dated to which century ?
The Sixth
The Nineteenth
The Fourth
The First
22. Hadrian rebuilt Jerusalem and named it :
Hadriana Capitolina
No answer is correct
Aelia Capitolina
Falestina
23. The remains of the Hadrianic gate of the city can currently be seen in the area of :
Jaffa Gate
Jerusalem Gate
The Jewish Quarter
Damascus Gate
24. The name "Bab al-Amud" is called that in Arabic because :
Because there is a pillar in front of Zion Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Damascus Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Dung Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
Because there is a pillar in front of Jaffa Gate, and "Amud" is pillar in Arabic
25. How is the mentioned pillar found ?
( A ) Found in archaeological excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem
( C ) It was never found, but appears on the Madaba Map
( B ) Found in the Southern excavation area : the Davidson Center