Study Guide for RS10C Unit Test #1
The first unit test will be 50 multiple choice questions, focusing on three areas.
1. General history
sequence of world powers; state defeated by Alexander; effects of Alexander’s conquest
name / location of empires following Alexander; empire & its leader who outlawed Judaism
dates / leaders / causes of Maccabean revolt
Herod the Great’s ancestry, building program
date of Temple’s destruction
Roman emperors; emperor at time temple was destroyed
local rulers at Jesus’ birth, public ministry
2. Judaism: Land, Culture
three main festivals; location of regions (Galilee, Samaria, Judea)
Qumran settlement; Essenes; Nag Hammadi
meaning of god-fearer, proselyte, zealot, heretic, judaizer
sects: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots; Herodians
synagogue services & education
various forms of Jewish literature
schools of rabbinic interpretation
2nd Jewish revolt & leader
3. Greco-Roman Society: philosophy, religion, punishment
nature / distinctives of various philosophies: Gnosticism, Stoicism, Epicureanism
typical lifespan
patronage system