- 1. When do Georgian Jews trace their initial migration into Georgia?
A) 1863
B) 6th century BC
C) 1921
D) 1801
- 2. Which empire annexed Eastern Georgia in 1801?
A) Persian Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) Russian Empire
D) Soviet Union
- 3. Why were Ashkenazi Jews moved to Georgia in the 19th century?
A) Forced by the Russian government
B) Seeking refuge from the Holocaust
C) Voluntary migration for trade
D) Invited by the Georgian monarchy
- 4. What was a uniting cause for Ashkenazi and Georgian Jews?
A) Sovietization
B) Zionism
C) Economic trade
D) The Russian Revolution
- 5. How did Georgian Jews initially view Ashkenazi Jews?
A) Kind and welcoming
B) Culturally similar
C) Wealthy and powerful
D) Godless and secular
- 6. What event occurred in February 1921 in Georgia?
A) Establishment of the first ghetto
B) Independence from the Russian Empire
C) The Babi Yar Massacre
D) Red Army invasion
- 7. What is the estimated number of Ukrainian Jews killed during the Holocaust?
A) 1 million
B) 380,000
C) 1.5 million
D) 33,000
- 8. What was the Babi Yar Massacre?
A) A Sovietization policy implemented in 1921
B) The annexation of Western Ukraine
C) A mass murder of 33,000 Jews starting in 1941
D) A mass migration of Jews to Israel
- 9. How did Soviet media report the Jewish victims of massacres?
A) As Jews
B) As Ukrainians
C) As Soviet martyrs
D) As Russian citizens
- 10. What group was responsible for the mass murder of up to a million Ukrainian Jews?
A) The Georgian government
B) The Red Army
C) Einsatzgruppen
D) The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews
- 11. According to the 2001 census, how many Jews left Ukraine since 1989?
A) 40% of the population
B) 1.5 million
C) 380,000
D) 33,000
- 12. What percentage of the Jewish population left Ukraine between 1989 and 2001?
A) 1/2
B) 1/4
C) 2/3
D) 3/4
- 13. What began in 1863 regarding the Georgian Jewish community?
A) The Russian annexation
B) Aliyah
C) The Babi Yar massacre
D) The Sovietization period
- 14. What happened to the Jewish population in Belarus during the Holocaust?
A) About 50% were killed
B) About 90% were killed
C) The population remained stable
D) About 25% were killed
- 15. What was the Jewish percentage of the population in cities like Minsk and Pinsk before WWII?
A) Exactly 30%
B) More than 50%
C) About 80%
D) Less than 10%
- 16. According to the 1897 census, what percentage of the Belarusian population was Jewish?
A) 13.6%
B) 5.2%
C) 25.5%
D) 40%
- 17. Which of these famous individuals was born in Belarus?
A) Marc Chagall
B) Leon Trotsky
C) Karl Marx
D) Albert Einstein
- 18. What was the estimated Jewish population in Belarus according to the 2009 census?
A) 29,000
B) 135,400
C) 70,000
D) 12,926
- 19. How many Jews were estimated to be in Belarus in 1979?
A) 724,548
B) 29,000
C) 112,000
D) 135,400
- 20. What percentage of the population in Belarusian cities and towns did Jews comprise before WWII?
A) Exactly 20%
B) More than 40%
C) Less than 10%
D) Approximately 75%
- 21. Where does about half of the current Jewish population in Belarus live?
A) Pinsk
B) Viciebsk
C) Minsk
D) Homiel
- 22. What organization estimates the Jewish community in Belarus at 70,000?
A) Red Cross
B) Jewish Agency
C) Soviet Government
D) United Nations
- 23. Which historical figure was born in Belarus?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Chaim Weizmann
- 24. During the first years of Soviet rule, what status did Jews have in the Belarusian government?
A) They held powerful positions
B) They had no official rights
C) They were barred from government
D) They were mostly in exile
- 25. What is the current estimated Jewish population in Armenia?
A) 5,000
B) 100
C) 750
D) 1,000
- 26. In which city do the majority of Jews in Armenia currently reside?
A) Baku
B) Yerevan
C) Tel Aviv
D) Moscow
- 27. In what year did the Jewish population in Azerbaijan reach its post-World War II demographic peak?
A) 1939
B) 1917
C) 1970
D) 1989
- 28. What was the population of Jews in Azerbaijan in 1970 according to the census?
A) 100
B) 5,000
C) 41,288
D) 750
- 29. Why did many Jews leave Armenia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union?
A) Lack of historical ties
B) Inadequate services
C) Forced deportation
D) Religious persecution
- 30. When did the first aliyah of Mountain Jews from Azerbaijan to Palestine occur in the Soviet era?
A) After World War II
B) 1989
C) Early 1920s
D) Late 1970s
- 31. In what period did Jewish immigration from Azerbaijan to Israel resume after the ban was lifted?
A) 1920s
B) 1970s
C) 1990s
D) 1940s
- 32. Which Russian Tsar granted Jews the official right to enter Estonia in 1865?
A) Alexander II
B) Nicholas II
C) Alexander I
D) Nicholas I
- 33. When was the Tallinn Jewish congregation founded?
A) 1830
B) 1883
C) 1866
D) 1901
- 34. When was the Tartu Jewish congregation established?
A) 1830
B) 1901
C) 1883
D) 1866
- 35. What happened to Jewish cultural autonomy in Estonia in July 1940?
A) It was expanded
B) It was legalized
C) It was moved to Tallinn
D) It was liquidated
- 36. Approximately what percentage of Estonia's Jewish population was deported to Russian prison camps on June 14, 1941?
A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 10%
D) 5%
- 37. In which year were the four Estonians responsible for the Kalevi-Liiva murders accused at war crimes trials?
A) 1961
B) 1988
C) 1945
D) 1940
- 38. When was the Jewish Cultural Society established in Tallinn?
A) January 1990
B) March 1988
C) June 1941
D) July 1940
- 39. What type of school was established by the Jewish community in 1989?
A) Religious seminary
B) Gymnasium
C) Vocational school
D) Sunday school
- 40. What type of institution was occupying the Tallinn Jewish Gymnasium on Karu Street before the Jewish School was re-established?
A) A military barracks
B) A local library
C) A government office
D) A vocational school
- 41. In what year was the large synagogue in Tartu constructed?
A) 1830
B) 1883
C) 1940
D) 1901
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