Tamuz 5781

June 2021

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge and Comprehension Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour

Please select and answer no more than 30 of the 33 multiple-choice questions below.

If you answer more than 30 questions, the first 30 answers will be taken into account.

Each question is focused on a certain subject and is comprised of two parts:

·         

First part A: knowledge question – a short statement which you have to complete. Write your answer on the same line, in continuation of the statement (half a point).

·         

Second part A: multiple-choice comprehension question, with four optional answers. Mark your answer on the answer sheet, by encircling the letter indicating the most correct answer (half a point).

1)    The ruler who built Acre (Akko) in the Ottoman period was ___________

The reason he chose specifically to restore Acre:

a)  Fear of an English and/or French invasion

b)  The need for a port

c)  To make an alliance with Muhammad Ali

d)  Due to the Crusader wall that still stood in place and served as a line of defense from a naval invasion

2) The first German Templer colony established in the Land of Israel in the modern era was in: ______

The contribution of the German Templers was manifested, among other things, by:

a)  The building of a renewed aqueduct in the area of Caesarea and Ma’agan Michael

b)  The building of churches

c)  Paving the road to Tzemah

d)  Transportation and agriculture

3) The name of the prayer written on ceramic tablets in the Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Jerusalem: ________

Its prefiguration: 

a)  Hannah’s prayer

b)  Elizabeth’s prayer

c)  The prayer of Moses on Mount Sinai

d)  The Priestly Blessing (Priestly Benediction) (birkat hakohanim),   

4) According to the resolution for the partition of the Land of Israel, Nahariya was to be in the territory of the _____ State.

The partition proposal was put to a vote at the UN following the recommendation of:

a)  The Jewish Agency (ha’sochnut ha’yehudit)

b)  The Arab Higher Committee

c)  UNSCOP

d)  Recommendation of the great powers - the Soviet Union and the USA  

5) One of the leading tourist bird centers in Israel has been recently renewed in: ________

The main reason for the migration of many birds through our country is:     

a)  Warm air currents (thermals)

b)  The limited number of hunters

c)  A change in the direction of the magnetic North Pole due to climatic changes

d)  The large number of nature reserves and national parks in Israel 

6) The Good Fence (ha’gader ha’tova) separated between _______ and _________.

The circumstances of its establishment were related to:

a)  Transfer of weapons to the Christian population in Lebanon

b)  A humanitarian gesture to refugees in the Syrian civil war

c)  A humanitarian gesture for the transfer of medicines to the Jordanian population in the wake of "Black September"

d)  A humanitarian gesture to the Christian population in Lebanon  

7) The stream that separates the Golan Heights from Mount Hermon is called:  ________

The reason why this stream forms a boundary between these two geographical areas is related to:

a)  Encounter between igneous rock (magmatic rock) (kirton) and chalk

b)  Encounter between igneous rock (magmatic rock) (kirton) and limestone

c)  Encounter between limestone and chalk (kirton)

d)  The snow line

8) The most distinct historian of the Great Revolt against the Romans is: ___________

His acquaintance with the preparations for the revolt stemmed from his being:

a)  One of the leaders of the Zealots in Jerusalem

b)  One of the commanders of the revolt in the North

c)  Commander of the revolt in the region of Qumran and the northern Dead Sea

d)  The commander of the revolt in Jerusalem

9) A deciduous tree in the region of Gvaot Alonim is: _________

The cause for the falling of the leaves phenomenon is related to:     

a)  Excess water

b)  Lack of water

c)  Seasons of the year and climate

d)  Parasites     

10)  Next to Beit Shearim stands a monument in memory of: __________

This character is associated with:

a)  Histadrut Poalei Eretz Israel

b)  Palmach

c)  Protection of the lands of this country

d)  Beitar 

11)  The Sapir site is related to the following projec: ________________

    The location of this site was determined, among other things, in consideration of the following reason:

a)  Topographical

b)  Economic

c)  Security

d)  Religious    

12)  A bridge in the North of Israel, over the Jordan or the Yarmuk River, which was exploded on "the Night of the Bridges": ______________.  Subsequent to this attack, the following historical event occurred:

a)  Operation Agatha (“Black Sabbath”) (ha’shabat ha’shechora)

b)  The Altalena Affair

c)  The "Unfortunate Affair" (parashat esek ha’bish).

d)  The Syrian armored attack on Degania

13)  The name "Mount of the Curse" (har ha’klala) was given to: __________.

A controversial discovery at the site was identified by the excavator as being:

a)  The Ark of the Covenant

b)  The site of Balaam’s curse

c)  Joshua’s altar

d)  The site where Jesus was betrayed

14)  The purple dye industry in the ancient world is mainly associated with which people? _________

It is accepted by most researchers that this color was extracted from:

a)  Lapis lazuli stones

b)  Red aphids

c)  Beets

d)  Snails 

15)  The "Broad Wall" (ha’choma ha’rechava) is related to which period? _______

The construction of the wall is related to:

a)  Preparations for the Assyrian siege

b)  Preparations for the Babylonian siege

c)  Fortifications of the "Second Wall"

d)  Fortifications of the "Third Wall" 

16)  The name of the fortress from the time of Herod, built north of the Temple Mount is: ________

The main reason for building it there was:

a)  Proximity to the Via Dolorosa

b)  Proximity to a spring

c)  Topography

d)  Fear of invasion by the Edomites  

17)  The inscription: "And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice ..." is found in: ____________

According to one of the suggestions, this inscription was engraved in connection with an attempt to build the Temple in the days of:

a)  Hadrian

b)  Constantine

c)  Julian

d)  Eudocia

18)  The "city line" (ha kav ha 'Ironi) served as a boundary between these countries: __________

This line was determined on the basis of:

a)  The United Nations 1947 Resolution

b)  A distinct topographic route

c)  The historical Ridge Route (derech gav ha’har)

d)  The line of posts held by each party 

19)  A site related to Jonah the Prophet: _________

The story of the Prophet's ingestion by a fish relates in Christianity to the story of:

a)  The resurrection

b)  Baptism

c)  The miracle of the five loaves and two fish

d)  The Sermon on the Mount

20)  A Shi’ite terrorist organization operating in our area: _________

A key figure in the Shi’ite religious conception is:    

a)  Omar

b)  Hussein

c)  Abu Bakr

d)  Uthman (Osman)   

21)  An inscription reminiscent of the priestly divisions (mishmarot ha’kehuna) was found in the synagogue at: _________

The settlement of the priestly divisions in the North of the Land of Israel is related to:

a)  The decrees of Antiochus

b)  The destruction of the First Temple

c)  The destruction of the Second Temple

d)  The Jewish rebellion against Gallus

22)  Unique ritual baths (mikvaot) can be seen in the Judean Desert at: _________

A religious/historical figure who may be associated with this site is:

a)  Moshe Rabbenu

b)  Elijah the Prophet

c)  Jeremiah the Prophet

d)  John the Baptist

23)  The Irgun (ETZEL) ship that sank off the coast of Tel Aviv was called: _________

The ship arrived at the coasts of Israel:

       a)  Following Operation Agatha (“Black Sabbath”) (ha’shabat ha’shechora)

b)  Around the Partition Resolution

c)  On the evening of the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel

d)  After the establishment of the State of Israel

24)  On the logo of which Israeli green organization does the ibex appear? _____________

The reason for that:

a)  It is the most common animal in the Judean Desert and in the Negev Plateau

b)  It is an animal with special characteristics such as the ability to survive and to sustain itself on a minimal amount of food

c)  It is an animal that was in danger of extinction in Israel and its population was rehabilitated

d)  It is an animal that appears in old texts and connects ancient times to the present day

25)  A Jewish leader who came to meet Emperor Wilhelm II in Jerusalem: _______

His journey expressed the worldview of:

a)  Religious Zionism

b)  Political Zionism

c)  Spiritual Zionism

d)  Practical Zionism   

26)  Machtesh Hatira is also known as: _________

It is widely believed that the craters in the Negev were formed as a result of:

a)  An asymmetrical anticline

b)  Hard and soft rock layers

c)  The erosional downcutting (hithatrut) of a stream

d)  All the answers are correct

27)  Two ancient settlement points on the Nabataean incense trade routes (darchei ha’besamim):__________

The Nabataean people belonged to which culture?

a)  Arabic

b)  Sassanid

c)  Edomite

d)  Philistine    

28)  A development town (ayarat pituach) in the Negev: __________

Among the main reasons for the establishment of development towns in Israel were:

a)  Protecting the borders

b)  Land acquisition

c)  Population distribution

d)  All the answers are correct

29)  A tourist site in the Jerusalem mountains where you can get acquainted with traditional agriculture in ancient times: ______

The following crop belongs to rainfed agriculture (haklaut ba’al):

a)  Lemon

b)  Persimmon

c)  Date palm

d)  Olive  

30)  The curtain covering the ark in synagogues is called in Hebrew: ___________

Using this element in a synagogue, expresses the concept that a synagogue is:

a)  A special place for the study of Torah

b)  A sanctuary (mikdash me’at)

c)  A place of prayer only

d)  The center for religious Jewish life

31) A holiday celebrated by Jews belonging to the Ethiopian community: _________

In the tradition of the Ethiopian Kingdom, the origin of their connection to Jewish culture and Jerusalem goes back to the days of:

a)  King Solomon

b)  The exile of the Ten Tribes

c)  King Herod

d)  Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie 

32)  “E’ale betamar” is a term that refers to: ____________

This term is related to:

a)  The days of the Second Temple

b)  The Samaritan Sukkot holiday

c)  An event that occurred in a particular year

d)  Palm Sunday

33)  The ceremony of the declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel  took place on (date): ____________

The  "Declaration of Independence" includes:

a)  The Partition Resolution

b)  The name of Jerusalem

c)  The borders of the State of Israel

d)  The construction of the Temple in the future

Good luck!

                                                                                                                                 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . .Tamuz 5781

                                                                                                                                 . . . . . . . . . . / / . . .  . . . June 2021

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotted for this section of the examination: two and a half hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

Tourists from Europe have requested a tour with an emphasis on Christianity. Departure from Jaffa at 08:00 and Ending in Ein Karem, Jerusalem, at 18:00.

Short guiding units:

1.       One unit relating to Nature or Agriculture in the region. - Sataf

2.       Two units relating to the tour theme: One in Jaffa and the other in Latrun St. Peter, Emaous

3.       One unit – guiding along the way between Latrun and Abu Gosh

4.       One unit in Abu Gosh Our lady of the ark of the covenant

5.       One unit relating to the Crusader period  Abu Gosh

Elaborated guiding unit: Ein Karem with an emphasis on Christianity Visitation, John Ba-harim

Group No. 2

A group of foreign students is interested in a tour about settlement in Israel throughout history. The tour Rift Valley, between Tzemah and Kalia. Departure from Tzemah at  8:00  and Ending in Kalia at 18:00.

Short guiding units:

1.       One unit guiding along the road from Tzemach to Beit She’an with emphasis on settlement:

Tzemach, Ashdot Ya'akov, Gesher, The island of peace, Naharayim

2.       One unit with an emphasis of historical and/or archeological highlights related to a settlement point

Beit Shean

3.       One unit on Jewish settlement in the area in modern times: Gesher

4.       One unit on the geology of the area: The Syrian African Rift

5.       One unit relating to Christianity – Qaser Al Yahood

6.       One unit relating to geopolitics in the area Attrition war – Habika monument

Elaborated guiding unit: A site along the itinerary relating to modern agriculture in the area –

Meshek Oren, Date palm trees

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from Europe arrived at the port of Haifa for a single day tour with an  emphasis on minorities in the Carmel and in Galilee. The tour must include at least four minority groups. The tour begins at Haifa at 8:00  and Ends at Haifa at 18:00.

Short guiding units:

1.       One unit about the vegetation of the Carmel – Mediterranean woodland

2.       Two units relating to different minorities – Kababir, Stella Maris

3.       One unit about a site sacred to the Druze – Nabi Shweib

4.       One unit – guiding along the road in any part of the way

5.       One unit –  a lookout point - Muchraka

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Elaborated guiding unit: A site in Haifa relating of the minority groups. Bahai gardens

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Heshvan 5780

November 2019

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet.

Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points

1) The rock at the tourist site in Rosh Hanikra is essentially:

a) Chalk (kirton)

b) Basalt

c) Calcareous sandstone (kurkar)

d) Dolomite

2) The ruler known as “Abu Nabut” is related to:

a) Acre

b) Hebron

c) Jaffa

d) Abu Gosh

3) A stream that flows into the Mediterranean Sea:

a) Betzet

b) Tirza

c) Amud

d) Dishon

4) The national drainage divide passes through Jerusalem in the area of:

a) UN headquarters (Armon Hanatziv)

b) Mount Herzl

c) Heichal Shlomo (the jewish Heritage Center)

d) Beit Hakerem

5) Gas drilling rigs are planned in the area of:

a) Ellah Valley

b) The sea, opposite the southern tip of the Carmel

c) The Dead Sea

d) The sea, opposite Nitzanim

6) A tribe that wandered northwards according to the Bible:

a) Naphtali

b) Benjamin (Binyamin)

c) Dan

d) Zebulun (Zevulun)

7) Global warming may cause:

a) A rise in sea level

b) A fall of sea level

c) Multiple earthquakes

d) Migration of the magnetic north

8) The geological phenomenon of “bulbous” (calcite concentrates) can be seen mainly in:

a) The Hula Valley

b) Lissan marl (Chavar Halashon)

c) David Stream (Nahal David)

d) Negev

9) The Keshet Cave is closest to:

a) Shavei Zion

b) Matat

c) Hanita

d) Yiftah

10)  According to the accepted Muslim tradition, Muhammad’s night-trip was to:

a) Medina

b) Mecca

c) Jerusalem

d) Karbala

11)  A mosaic from the Roman period is found in:

a) The synagogue in Sepphoris (Zippori)

b) Villa Dionysaic moscaic in Sepphoris (Zippori)

c) The synagogue in Hamat Gader

d) Theodosius Monastery in Ma’ale Adumim

12)  A relic from the Canaanite period can be seen in:

a) Hamat Tiberias

b) Ashkelon

c) Port of Acre

d) Caesarea

13)  Remnants of a Philistine temple can be seen in:

a) Khirbet Qeiyafa

b) Yavneh Yam

c) Tel Qasile

d) Gilboa

14)  A site recognized as a World Heritage Site:

a) Mount Tabor

b) Capernaum (Kefar Nahum)

c) Caesarea

d) Beit Shearim

15)  The earliest of the following periods is that of:

a) Alexander the Great

b) Alexander Jannaeus (Alexander Yanai)

c) Ptolemy II

d) Archelaus

16)  A site related to the lower aqueduct in Caesarea:

a) Mei Kedem

b) Nahal Taninim

c) Habiar spring

d) Beit Hanania

17)  Herod the Great built a fort in Jerusalem in honor  of:

a) Herod Agripa (Agripas)

b) Augustus

c) Pompey (Pompeius)

d) Mark Anthony (Marcus Antonius)

18)  “The Light Festival” has been held in recent years in:

a) Jaffa

b) Jerusalem

c) Wadi Nisnas in Haifa

d) Nazareth

19)  The month in which the “Ramadan Nights” tourist event takes place:

a) December

b) January

c) April

d) Not on a fixed date

20)  The Church of the Holy Sepulcher was extensively damaged by the:

a) Mamluks

b) Ayyubids

c) Ummayads

d) Fatimids

21)  A quarter that did not exist in Acre during the Crusader period:

a) Franciscan

b) Pisan

c) Hospitallers

d) Venetian

22)  A Christian entity whose emblem depicts two folded arms:

a) The Christian Embassy

b) The Franciscan Custody

c) The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate

d) The Armenian Patriarchate

23)  A distinctive architectural feature of the Crusader construction:

a) Triglyphs

b) Mukarnas

c) Elbow column

d) Corinthian capital

24)  A female poet whose figure appears on a contemporary Israeli money bill:

a) Zelda

b) Leah Goldberg

c) Tirza Atar

d) Shuli Natan

25)  A settlement that was destroyed in the War of Independence:

a) Nataf

b) Mishmar Hayarden

c) Efrat

d) Bnei Yehuda

26)  Remnants of a Roman triumphal arch in Jerusalem can be seen at:

a) Mount Zion

b) David Citadel

c) Davidson Center

d) Via Dolorosa

27)  The initials of the Irgun (Etzel) are:

a) Paramilitary Zionist Organization

b) Liberal Zionist Organization

c) National Military Organization

d) Military Organization for the Jews

28)  The term “taryag” in Judaism is related to:

a) Genesis

b) The year in which the disciples of the Gaon of Vilna made aliyah

c) Riots against the Jews in the Roman period

d) Mitzvot

29)  The UN vote on the “Partition Plan” took place on:

a) November 29th

b) 4th of Iyar

c) 5th of Iyar

d) May 15th

30)  The “Yad Labanim” house in memory of the fallen members of the Druze community is located in:

a) Isfiya (Ussefiya)

b) Daliyat Al-Carmel

c) Hurfeish

d) Nabi Shuʿayb

31)  The Byzantine emperor in whose time Christianity became the state religion:

a) Justinianus

b) Julianus

c) Constantinus

d) Theodosius

32)  The first among the following who was President of the State of Israel:

a) Chaim Herzog

b) Pinchas Sapir

c) Yitzhak Ben Zvi

d) Moshe Sharet

33)  The settlement of Be’erotayim is located in the area of:

a) Arava

b) Pitchat Shalom

c) Pitchat Nizana

d) Beer Sheba

34)  The “Rachel Passage” is located in:

a) In the Binyamin region near Rachel’s Tomb in Binyamin

b) Ein Keshatot (Umm el-Kanatir)

c) South of Jerusalem

d) At the entrance to the Jericho area

35)  The great earthquake in Safed (Zefat) was in the year:

a) 1799

b) 1837

c) 1869

d) 1882

36)  The discoverer of Herod’s was:

a) Yigael Yadin

b) Yigal Shilon

c) Ehud Netzer

d) Yizhar Hirschfeld

37)  The Arab village A-Shibli is located in the area of:

a) Mount Tabor

b) Givat Hamoreh

c) Tel Arad

d) Hula Valley

38)  According to the Bible, the king in whose time the United Kingdom of Israel was divided:

a) Salomon

b) Rehoboam (Rehav’am)

c) Ahab (Ah’av)

d) Hezekiah (Hezkiyahu)

39)  The term “lent” in Christianity is related to the:

a) Three special days before Christmas

b) Ascension of Jesus into heaven

c) Fast before Easter

d) Death of the first martyr

40)  The beginning of Torah reading every year is in:

a) Rosh Hashana

b) Yom Kippur

c) Simchat Torah

d) Celebration of giving of the Torah – Shavuot

41)  One of the regions where the “Jesus Trail” passes:

a) Mount of olives

b) Bethlehem

c) Mount Arbel

d) Kursi

42)  The feast of the prophet Elijah (“el-Khader”) belongs to the following community:

a) Druze

b) Ethiopian

c) Karaite

d) Samaritan

43)  The number of members of parliament in Israel is:

a) 18

b) 25

c) 120

d) Indeterminate

44)  The personality for whom the wall was breached near the Jaffa Gate:

a) Emperor Frederick II

b) Emperor Franz Joseph

c) Emperor Wilhelm II

d) General Edmund Allenby

45)  ANZAC soldiers fought in Israel at the:

a) End of the 17th century

b) End of the 18th century

c) End of the 19th century

d) Beginning of 20th century

46)  The Rehob inscription (Ktovet Rehov) deals with the:

a) Establishment of an ancient synagogue in the area of today’s Ein Hanatziv

b) Confines of the Land of Israel

c) Secret of the ancient town at Hamat Gader

d) Special structure of the street in Susita

47)  A temple of the Goddess Hat’hor was found at:

a) Mount Carcom

b) Ovda Valley

c) Timna Park

d) Tel Beit Shean

48)  A recommended area for star observation:

a) Mitzpe Ramon

b) Givatayim

c) The Galilee panhandle (Etzba Hagalil)

d) Eilat

49)  The Clandestine Immigration and Navy Museum is located in:

a) Nahariya

b) Atlit

c) Haifa

d) Ashdod

50)  The map drawn during Napoleon’s campaign to the Middle East:

a) Peutinger’s Table

b) Jacotin

c) Bünting

d) Wilson

 Good luck!

Heshvan 5780

November 2019

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotted for this section of the examination: three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

An Israeli group is interested in a tour in order to get acquainted with the Crusader  period. The tour will take place on Monday and Tuesday between 8:00  and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. The tour must include a variety of sites and subjects from at least three different geographical areas.

2. You must include at least six sites from the Crusader period.

3. The tour must include half a day in Jerusalem (no more and no less).

4. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme, and must not be in Jerusalem.

Group No. 2

A group of European hikers is interested in a tour in order to get acquainted with the area stretching from the Golan Heights to the eastern coast of  the Kinneret (Lake of Galilee) and Mount Hermon. The tour will take place on Monday and Tuesday between 8:00  and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. You must address geological, geomorphological and climatic aspects, as well as nature, history, archaeology, religions and human aspects.

2. A half-day hike (no more and no less) should be included in the course of these two days, with an emphasis on nature.

3. The elaborated point must be at a site related to one or more of the aforementioned aspects, but not of the following sites: Rehavam’s Arches (Umm el-Kanatir), Kazrin and the Biblical village, or Gamla.

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from abroad is interested in exploring the Judean planes, Beer Sheba and its surroundings, and the Negev plateau. The tour will take place on Monday and Tuesday between 8:00  and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. You must address history, archaeology, the human aspects, agriculture and produce.

2. You must include at least half a day in each of the above mentioned regions.

3. The elaborated point must be in the Judean planes and must concern at least two of the aspects mentioned in note no. 1.

Good luck!

June 2019

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotted for this section: 1 hour

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If

you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select

the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66

points.

1) Calcrete rock (nari) develops on one of the following rocks:

1. Chalk (kirton)

2. Basalt

3. Calcareous sandstone (kurkar)

4. Dolomite

2) A rabbi associated with the restoration of Tiberias:

1. Chaim Abulafia

2. Haim Farhi

3. Haim Ben Attar

4. Shimon ben Shetach

3) A stream that flows into the Jordan River:

1. Taninim

2. Tirza

3. HaBesor

4. Alexander

4) Zor and Ghor are terms connected with:

1. Yarkon

2. The reproductive organs of a flower

3. Mamluk architecture

4. Jordan

5) A natural resource found in large quantities in Israel:

1. Oil

2. Gas

3. Diamond

4. Iron

6) According to the Book of Joshua, Jerusalem was within the tribal territory of:

1. Reuben

2. Benjamin (Binyamin)

3. Dan

4. None of the tribes

7) Anemones in a variety of colors can be found mainly in:

1. The Gaza Envelope

2. The Judean Mountains

3. The valleys

4. The Negev

8) A bird invading the country in recent years:

1. Cinereous vulture (black vulture)

2. Jay (orvani)

3. Parakeet (drara)

4. Stork

9) The Og stream (nahal Og) is located in:

1. Carmel

2. The Judean Desert

3. Galilee

4. Aravah

10) The Jindas bridge crosses the following river:

1. Ayalon

2. Alexander

3. Sorek

4. Lachish

11) The term ‘bad’ in ‘beit ha’bad’, an olive oil press facility, refers to:

1. The crushing stone

2. The base stone

3. The weights

4. The wooden lever

12) A remnant from the Biblical period was found in excavations in:

1. Nebi Samuel

2. Magdala

3. Tel Beer Sheva National Park

4. Hippos (Sussita)

13) Burial of dogs in the country on a relatively large scale was exposed in:

1. Caesarea

2. Yaffo

3. Tel Qasile

4. Ashkelon

14) A site not recognized as a World Heritage Site:

1. Megiddo

2. Beit Jimal

3. Masada

4. Hazor

15) The ancient name of Caesarea:

1. Stratonos Tower (Migdal Sharshon)

2. Dio Caesarea

3. Diospolis

4. Decapolis

16) An Ottoman aqueduct is found in:

1. Avdat

2. Zedekiah’s Cave

3. Kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta’ot

4. The ‘aqueduct beach’

17) Which was the latest revolt among the following:

1. The Great Revolt

2. The Kitos War (mered ha’tfutzot)

3. The revolt against Constantius Gallus

4. The Bar Kochba rebellion

18) The destruction of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period was completed in the

month of:

1. Tishrei

2. Av

3. Tamuz

4. Elul

19) A city established at the end of the Second Temple period:

1. Tiberias

2. Lod

3. Zipori

4. Acre (Acco)

20) The Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim is connected with:

1. Bahá’í

2. Ahmadi

3. Druze

4. Seljuq

21) A German Crusader compound in Jerusalem can be found in:

1. Damascus Gate

2. Viri Galilaei Church

3. The Jewish Quarter

4. The Armenian Quarter

22) The Karaite movement began in:

1. 7th century

2. 8th century

3. 9th century

4. 10th century

23) A distinct architectural feature of Mamluk construction:

1. Triglyphs

2. Muqarnas

3. Elbow column

4. Corinthian capital

24) The founder of Havat HaAlamot (“the maidens’ farm”) was:

1. Rachel the poetess (Rachel ha’meshoreret)

2. Golda Meirson

3. Manya Shochat

4. Hana Meisel

25) One of the first settlements established in Gush Etzion prior to the establishment of the

State of Israel:

1. Alon Shvut

2. Rehelim

3. Efrat

4. Kibbutz Revadim

26) A Roman triumphal arch can be seen in:

1. Caesarea

2. Yodfat

3. Jerusalem

4. Beit Guvrin

27) Palyam is:

1. The military sea force of the Palmach

2. The Jerusalem companies (plugot) of the Irgun (Etzel)

3. The name of an illegal immigrant ship

4. Lehi (F.F.I.) companies involved in bringing illegal immigrants to Israel

28) The menorah in the Emblem of Israel is taken from:

1. Matityahu Antigonus coin

2. The menorah on the Arch of Titus

3. The menorah in Magdala

4. The menorah in the Herodian Quarter

29) The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel was proclaimed on:

1. November 29th

2. 4 Iyar

3. 5 Iyar

4. May 15th

30) British military cemeteries can be found in:

1. Be’er Sheba and Ramle

2. Jerusalem and Ashdod

3. Haifa and Katzrin

4. Gaza and Nitzana

31) In the Madaba map, we won’t find in Jerusalem:

1. The Eastern Cardo

2. The Hagia Sion Church

3. The city walls

4. The Temple of Jupiter on the Temple Mount

32) The assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was in the year:

1. 1993

2. 1994

3. 1995

4. 1996

33) Shtula and Zar’it were established as:

1. Tower and Stockade (homa u’migdal) settlements

2. “Mitzpeh” settlements in the North

3. “Moshavim” in Galilee

4. IDF military outposts

34) For which of the following sites is a security clearance and coordination required?

1. Alexandrion fortress (Sartaba)

2. The Temple Mount

3. Shiloh

4. Ein Keshatot (Umm el-Qanatir)

35) 19th century explorer of the Land of Israel:

1. Richard Kauffmann

2. Conrad Schick

3. Erich Mendelsohn

4. Yigael Yadin

36) The inhabitants of Tuba-Zangariyye are:

1. Bedouin

2. Circassian

3. Druze

4. Shi’ite

37) The last King of Judah was:

1. Ahaziah (Ahazyahu)

2. Josiah (Yoshiyahu)

3. Zedekiah (Tzidkiyahu)

4. Jeconiah (Jehoiachin)

38) A special tax imposed on Jews under the rule of Islam:

1. Jizya

2. Tabu

3. Dhimmi

4. Jiftlik

39) A shtreimel is:

1. Piyyut (musical poetry) for Shabbat

2. Hasidic hat

3. Torah case

4. A belt for a Hasid’s coat

40) Flamingos can be watched and observed at:

1. Ein Tamir

2. Solomon’s pools

3. Rosh Hanikra

4. Salt ponds North to Eilat

41) The Jesus Trail and the Gospel Trail pass through:

1. Mount of Olives

2. Mount Zion

3. Kinarot Valley

4. The Banias

42) The “Sigd” holiday belongs to the following community:

1. Yemenite

2. Ethiopian

3. Karaite

4. Samaritan

43) The number of Knesset members in the Israeli Knesset is:

1. 70

2. 71

3. 100

4. 120

44) Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) is celebrated in:

1. Summer

2. Winter

3. Spring

4. Not in a fixed season

45) Napoleon’s campaign in the Land of Israel took place at:

1. End of the 17th century

2. End of the 18th century

3. End of the 19th century

4. Beginning of the 20th century

46) The Emperor Franz Joseph visited our region on occasion of:

1. The inauguration of the Suez Canal

2. Breaching of the New Gate

3. Inauguration of the Hejaz railway

4. Breaching of the Jaffa Gate

47) HaMizgaga Museum (Glass Factory Museum) is located in:

1. Yeruham

2. Haifa

3. Kibbutz Nahsholim

4. Zichron Yaakov

48) The “Israel Aquarium” is in:

1. Haifa

2. Eilat

3. Jerusalem

4. Tel-Aviv

49) A Museum of Prehistory is located in Kibbutz:

1. Dafna

2. Ma’ayan Baruch

3. Ginosar

4. Yir’on

50) The train station in Jerusalem is named after:

1. Haim Weizman

2. Yitzhak Ben-Zvi

3. Zalman Shazar

4. Yitzhak Navon

Good luck!

June 2019

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotted for this section of the examination: three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

A group of Israeli hikers is interested in a tour in order to get acquainted with the RomanByzantine period (70-638 CE). The tour will take place on the days Monday and Tuesday

between 8:00 and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. The tour must include a variety of sites and subjects from three different geographical

areas.

2. You must include at least three sites from the Roman period and at least three sites from

the Byzantine period.

3. The tour must include half a day in Jerusalem (no less and no more).

4. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme, and must not be in Jerusalem.

.

Group No. 2

A group of tourists from the United States, aged between 20-40, is interested in a tour

introducing them to the desert in the Land of Israel. The tour will take place on the days

Monday and Tuesday between 8:00 and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. You must address geological, geomorphological, and climatic aspects, as well as

addressing nature, history, religions, and man in the desert.

2. A half-day hike (no more and no less) should be included in the course of these two days,

with emphasis on nature.

3. You can tour the Judean Desert, or the Negev Desert, or both.

4. The elaborated point must concern a site related to one or two of the aforementioned

aspects.

.

Group No. 3

A group of students from Europe is interested in a tour along the coastal plain of Israel. The

tour will take place on the days Monday and Tuesday between 8:00 and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. The tour area is West to Road no. 4, between Rosh HaNikra (included) and the Gaza

Strip.

2. You must include in the itinerary at least one site related to Judaism, one site related to

Christianity and one site related to Islam.

3. The elaborated point must be related to a Christian site.

Good luck!

/ Kislev 5779

/ November 2018

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If

you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select

the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66

points.

1) Basalt rock can be found in:

a) The Jerusalem Mountains

b) The Judean Lowlands (shfelat Yehuda)

c) The Coastal Plain (mishor ha’hof)

d) The Golan Heights

2) The stream of Dishon is found in the:

a) Carmel

b) Judean Desert

c) Galilee

d) Arava

3) The northernmost among the following rivers is:

a) Nahal Taninim

b) Nahal Betzet

c) Nahal Kishon

d) Nahal Alexander

4) A contact spring (ma’ayan shikhva) can be found in the area of the following rock:

a) Limestone

b) Granite

c) Kurkar (calcareous sandstone)

d) Chalk (kirton)

5) The Dead Sea is approximately:

a) 300 m below sea level

b) 400 m below sea level

c) 500 m below sea level

d) 600 m below sea level

6) The “Turtle Bridge” is found in:

a) The Hulah Lake Park (Agmon HaHula)

b) Nahal Alexander

c) Yarkon Park

d) Nahal Kishon

7) A tree which is not characteristic of the Mediterranean woodland:

a) Arbutus (ktalav)

b) Terebinth (ela erets-israelit)

c) Palestine oak (alon matsuy)

d) Golden wreath wattle (Acacia saligna) (shita makhila)

8) Ben-Zion Israeli is connected with:

a) Purchase of land

b) Bringing of date palms to Eretz Israel

c) The National Water Carrier (ha’movil ha’artzi)

d) Beginning of settlement in Rosh Pina

9) Safed was hit by a severe earthquake in the year:

a) 1099

b) 1261

c) 1799

d) 1837

10) The tribe of Asher was assigned the following area:

a) Western Galilee

b) Golan Heights

c) Negev

d) Samaria

11) Places where Tyrian purple (argaman) dye was extracted in ancient times:

a) Jerusalem and Safed

b) Hatsor and Megiddo

c) Dor and Apolonia

d) Caesarea and Dan

12) The burial of babies in jars was customary during the period:

a) Chalcolithic

b) Iron II

c) Hellenistic

d) Mamluk

13) A desecrated altar was found in the excavations of the city gate of:

a) Dan

b) Gezer

c) Lachish

d) Bethsaida

14) In Judaism, burial in ossuaries (gluskemaot) first appeared in the:

a) First century B.C.E

b) Eighth century B.C.E

c) First century C.E

d) Fourth century C.E

15) Waterworks from the Second Temple period:

a) Tunnel wells (fugarot)

b) Nahal Taninim dam

c) The aqueduct in kibbutz Lochamei Hagetaot

d) The Pool of Bethesda

16) Judah the Maccabee won a great victory in:

a) Battle of Hattin (Karnei Hittin)

b) Emmaus

c) Akra (Hakra)

d) Ebenezer (Even HaEzer)

17) The earliest among the following figures is:

a) Rabbi Akiva

b) Hillel the Elder

c) Ezra the Scribe

d) Gemaryahu Ben Shafan

18) Remnants of a Roman Legion camp can be found:

a) At the foot of Masada

b) At Qumran

c) In Caesarea

d) In Ramat Rachel

19) Ruins of an Umayyad palace were found:

a) In Belvoir Fortress (Kochav Hayarden)

b) On the Shores of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret)

c) In Ramla

d) In Acre

20) The Knights’ Halls in Acre are remnants of:

a) A Hospitallerian compound

b) A Templars compound

c) A Genoese compound

d) A Venetian compound

21) A distinct architectural feature of Crusader construction:

a) Ablaq

b) Muqarnas

c) Elbow columns

d) Corinthian capital

22) Name of the Crusader king at the Battle of Hattin:

a) Raynald of Châtillon

b) Richard the Lionheart

c) Baldwin V

d) Guy de Lusignan

23) Part of the Mamluks’ policy was:

a) Development of the coastal cities

b) Destruction of the coastal cities

c) Construction of fortresses in the Negev

d) Destruction of roads in the Land of Israel

24) A large part of the treasures of the Jezreel Valley were purchased from the family:

a) Al-Husseini

b) Salama

c) Nuseibeh

d) Sursock

25) The commander of the “Convoy of 35” (shayeret ha’lamed he) was:

a) Yigal Allon

b) Yitzhak Rabin

c) Dani Mass

d) Tuvia Kushnir

26) The Peutinger Map describes the roads in our region in the following period:

a) Hellenistic

b) Roman

c) Muslim

d) Crusader

27) A concentration of milestones is found near:

a) Givat Yesh’ayahu

b) Damascus Gate in Jerusalem

c) The Muristan square in Jerusalem

d) Nitzana

28) Richard Kauffmann was:

a) Mayor of Jerusalem

b) Founder of the Electric Company in Eretz Israel

c) Chairman of the Palestine Bureau (Eretz Yisrael Office)

d) An architect during the British mandate period

29) The first Templer colony in the Land of Israel was established in:

a) Haifa

b) Sarona

c) Jerusalem

d) Alonei Abba (Waldheim)

30) The first railway line that operated in the Land of Israel was:

a) The Valley Train (rakevet ha’emek)

b) The Hejaz Train

c) Haifa – Beirut train

d) Jaffa – Jerusalem train

31) In which aliyah came the largest number of immigrants to the Land of Israel?

a) First aliyah

b) Second aliyah

c) Fourth aliyah

d) Fifth aliyah

32) The number of residents in Tel Aviv-Yafo in 2018 is approximately:

a) 250,000

b) 400,000

c) 600,000

d) 800,000

33) A site that requires security coordination and permission by the armed forces to visit it:

a) Mount Karkom

b) The Temple Mount

c) Nebi Samuel

d) Mount Bental

34) Mass is a term connected with the following denomination:

a) Russian Orthodox

b) Syriac Orthodox

c) Evangelistic

d) Catholic

35) A biblical story which would interest a Christian tourist in Jaffa, is connected with:

a) Spies

b) David and Goliath

c) Jonah the prophet

d) Job (Iyyov)

36) In a unique column capital in the Room of the Last Supper, one can identify the figure of:

a) A stork

b) A female pelican

c) A winged angel

d) An eagle

37) On Lag BaOmer, a celebration is held near the tomb of:

a) Rabbi Akiva

b) Bar Kochba

c) “Ribaz”

d) “Rashbi”

38) The King David Hotel bombing took place in:

a) 1939

b) 1946

c) 1947

d) 1948

39) Vessels that do not get impure,(are not contaminated). according to Jewish Halacha are

those made of:

a) Wood

b) Stone

c) Clay

d) Iron

40) The inhabitants of Zarzir are:

a) Druze

b) Bedouin

c) Circassian

d) Christian

41) The Yodfat ridge is located in:

a) Lower Galilee

b) Upper Galilee

c) Golan Heights

d) Ramat Yissachar

42) Closest to the Gaza Strip is:

a) Rahat

b) Lahav

c) Beersheba

d) Nir Am

43) The site referred to as “The Tigers Temple” is located in:

a) Nimrod’s Fortress (qal’at namrud)

b) Uvda Valley

c) Kedesh

d) Kibbutz Samar

44) The Ramadan fast occurs:

a) In the summer

b) In the winter

c) In the spring

d) Not in a fixed season

45) Jerusalem was declared the capital of the State of Israel in:

a) 1947

b) 1948

c) 1949

d) 1967

46) The Three Pilgrimage Festivals (shloshet haregalim) are:

a) Pesach, Sukkot, Rosh HaShana

b) Pesach, Shavuot, Yom haKipurim

c) Sukkot, Pesach, Shavuot

d) Hanukah, Pesach, Shavuot

47) A city that was established for the Bedouin population:

a) Rawabi

b) Susya

c) Drijat

d) Rahat

48) A Samaritan community is settled in:

a) Mount Ebal (Har Eival)

b) Tel Asur (Har Baal-Hatzor)

c) Mount Gerizim

d) Shiloh Valley

49) Remnants of the lower aqueduct to Jerusalem can be seen at:

a) Hezekiah’s Pool

b) The “Government House” Ridge (armon ha’natziv) (Talpiot East)

c) Independence Park (gan ha’atsma’ut)

d) Pool of Siloam (brechat ha’shiloah)

50) Habima Theater was established in:

a) Moscow

b) Tel-Aviv

c) Jerusalem

d) Berlin

Good luck!

Kislev 5779

November 2018

TOUR GUIDE LICENSE EXAMINATION

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

A group of Israeli travelers is interested in a tour on the subject of Islam in the Land of Israel.

The tour will take place on the days Monday and Tuesday between 8:00 and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. The tour must include a variety of sites and subjects from at least three periods.

2. The tour should include half a day in Jerusalem (no less and no more).

3. The tour areas are of your choice.

4. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme.

Group No. 2

A group of tourists is interested in a tour on the subject of the First Temple period in the Land

of Israel. The tour will take place on the days Monday and Tuesday between 8:00 and 19:00

each day.

Please note:

1. The tour must include at least three different geographical areas.

2. The municipal boundaries of Jerusalem are excluded. 

3. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme.

Group No. 3

A group of students from Europe is interested in a tour of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv – Jaffa.

The tour will take place on the days Monday and Tuesday between 8:00 and 19:00 each day.

Please note:

1. In each city you must include a variety of sites, such as: a historical non-religious site, a

religious site, a recreation site and a museum.

2. The elaborated point must be related to the British Mandate period in Jerusalem or in

Tel-Aviv – Jaffa.

Good luck!

Kislev 5778

November 2017

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Examinee number:________________ ID number:____________________

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points.

1) Wadi Og is located in:

a) The Golan Heights

b) Lower Galilee

c) The Negev Mountains (Har HaNegev)

d) The Judean Desert

2) Ancient synagogues in the Valley of Kinnarot (Bik’at Kinnarot):

a) Hippos (Sussita) and Sussia

b) Ein Nashut and Deir Aziz

c) Khirbet Wadi Hamam (Hurvat Vradim) and Magdala

d) Gamla and Magdala

3) One of the following roads was not an international road:

a) King’s Highway (Derekh HaMelekh)

b) Route of the Patriarchs (Derekh HaAvot)

c) The Coastal Route (Derekh HaYam)

d) The Mail Route (Darb-el-Barid/Derekh HaDoar)

4) A Prime Minister buried on the Mount of Olives (Har HaZeitim):

a) Menachem Begin

b) Golda Meir

c) Moshe Sharet

d) Yitzhak Shamir

5) The name for Damascus Gate in Arabic is:

a) Bab al-Amud

b) Bab al-Khalil

c) Bab al-Asbat

d) Bab Jaffa

6) Yosef Haim Brenner was:

a) Chairman of the Poalei Tziyon workers movement

b) Buried in the Kinneret Cemetery

c) One of the founders of Rosh Pina

d) A writer murdered in Jaffa during the 1921 riots

7) Petah Tikva was founded in the year:

a) 1882

b) 1878

c) 1914

d) 1860

8) Operation “Ezra and Nehemiah” is the name given to the Aliyah of Jews from:

a) Ethiopia

b) Morocco

c) Iraq

d) Yemen

9) The tomb of Maimonides (Rambam) is found in:

a) Mount of Olives

b) Safed

c) Tiberias

d) Cordoba in Spain

10) Name of a Nabataean God:

a) Asherah

b) Dushara

c) Jupiter

d) Mithras

11) Which of the following is a seabird?

a) Common blackbird (Shachrur)

b) Merops (Shrakrak)

c) Hoopoe (Duchifat)

d) Pelican (Saknay)

12) The Karaite World Center is located in:

a) The Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem

b) Mount of Olives

c) Ramla

d) Moshav Matzliah

13) According to tradition, one of the sites where Satan tried to tempt Jesus was:

a) Bethsaida

b) Chorazin (Korazim)

c) Nazareth

d) Jerusalem

14) The tuff on Mount Carmel is:

a) A type of volcanic rock

b) Ritual site

c) Endemic plant

d) A type of sedimentary rock

15) The Islamic calendar is:

a) Solar and lunar

b) Solar

c) Lunar

d) Contains 11 months

16) A church on the name of Santa Anna is found in:

a) Magdala, Jerusalem

b) Tabgha (Ein Sheva), Zippori

c) Zippori, Jerusalem

d) Jish (Gush Halav), Nazareth

17) “Ahl al-Kitab” refers to:

a) Jews and Christians

b) Druze and Jews

c) Bedouins and Zoroastrians

d) Christians and Buddhists

18) The accepted etiquette in many churches is:

a) Not to enter with sandals

b) To remove head covers (hats)

c) Not to cross your legs when seated

d) Answers b. and c. are correct

19) “Mobileye” is the name of:

a) An Israeli technology company

b) The unit of convoy leaders in 1948

c) A Crusader princess

d) The inspection unit of the National Water Carrier of Israel (HaMovil HaArtzi)

20) A monument for Alexander Zaid is found in:

a) Mount Tabor

b) Beit She’arim

c) Kfar Giladi

d) Degania

21) The City Line (HaKav HaIroni) in Jerusalem was established following the:

a) Dayan – Abdullah al-Tall agreements

b) “Partition Resolution”

c) Rogers Plan

d) Six-Day War

22) A memorial site for an American president is found in:

a) Tel Aviv

b) Kiryat Malakhi

c) Ben Gurion Airport

d) The Jerusalem mountains

23) The Acre (Acco) prison break took place in:

a) 1938

b) 1943

c) 1947

d) 1948

24) A settlement established after the establishment of the State of Israel:

a) Sde Boker

b) Nir Am

c) Holon

d) Ma’ale Hahamisha

25) The 1st Maccabiah was held in:

a) Jerusalem

b) Ramat Gan

c) Tel Aviv

d) Modi’in

26) The former name of Ilaniya:

a) Mass’ha

b) Ja’uni

c) Sejera

d) Um-Juni

27) The Nili underground organization operated in:

a) The Warsaw Ghetto uprising

b) Jerusalem

c) During the British Mandate

d) The First World War

28) A settlement that was destroyed and rebuilt under the same name:

a) Kabri

b) Beit HaArava

c) Kfar Masaryk

d) Nir Etzion

29) Pistil (amud haeli) is:

a) The peak of the mound (tel) in Shilo

b) The part that connects the flower to the stem

c) The organ that produces pollen in a flower

d) The female reproductive part of a flower

30) Ibex (Yael) can be sighted in Israel mainly in:

a) The Hula Lake Park (Agmon HaHula)

b) Carmel Hai-Bar

c) The Judean Desert

d) Ein Yael

31) The national watershed in the Jerusalem area passes through:

a) Mount Herzl – Mount Ora

b) Mount Zion – The Temple Mount

c) Mount Scopus (Har HaTsofim) – Mount of Olives

d) The train station – Hechal Shlomo

32) The new train station in Jerusalem will be:

a) Adjacent to the International Convention Center (Binyanei Ha’Uma)

b) In the area of Malha

c) At the Khan Theater

d) On Mount Herzl

33) A site of wind turbines for the production of electricity is found in:

a) Gilboa

b) Jerusalem Mountains

c) Tabor

d) Hermon

34) Soft-shell turtles can sometimes be seen in:

a) Dishon Stream

b) Yarmuk River

c) Nahal Alexander

d) Saar Stream

35) An artifact that distinctly characterizes the Chalcolithic culture:

a) Collared-rim jar (kankan sfat zavaron)

b) Butter churn

c) Axe for torturing

d) Sarcophagus

36) A burial site for dogs was discovered in:

a) Gaza and Ashkelon

b) Gath (Gat) and Jaffa

c) Acre (Acco) and Haifa

d) Ashkelon and Jerusalem

37) Samson’s stories are found in the book of:

a) Joshua

b) Judges

c) Samuel 1

d) Samuel 2

38) A prophet who does not make part of the Twelve Minor Prophets (Trei Asar)

a) Amos

b) Micah

c) Zechariah

d) Isaiah

39) The “Theodotus inscription” is related to:

a) Prohibition to enter the Temple Mount

b) A synagogue from the Second Temple period

c) Robinson’s Arch

d) The New Church of the Theotokos (The Nea)

40) An inscription mentioning a list of the “priestly divisions”( Mishmarot haKehuna) was found in:

a) Safed (Tsfat)

b) Rehov

c) Caesarea

d) Jerusalem

41) In order for a mikveh to be valid (kosher), it must have:

a) A volume of over 40 seah and pumped water

b) A volume of over 40 seah and un-pumped water

c) A volume of over 40 seah and seven stairs

d) A volume of over 40 seah and plaster preventing seepage

42) Most of the ruins in the Carmel are attributed to the period:

a) Herodian

b) Byzantine

c) Umayyad

d) Crusader

43) The wall in the mosque facing Mecca is called:

a) Minbar

b) Mihrab

c) Minaret

d) Qibla

44) The earliest figure among the following:

a) Rabbi Yohanan Ben Zakkai

b) HaGaon Rabbenu Eliyahu (HaGra)

c) Morenu HaGadol Rabbi Loew (Maharal)

d) Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi

45) A Site dating from the Umayyad period:

a) Hurvat Minim (Khirbet al-Minya)

b) The Pool of Arches (Brechat Ha’Kshatot) in Ramla

c) Horns of Hattin (Karnei Hittin)

d) Lod

46) The last British High Commissioner left the country on:

a) November 1947

b) April 1948

c) May 1948

d) July 1949

47) A day that is not a fast day in Judaism:

a) The 9th of Av (Tishah be-Av)

b) The 11th of Adar (Yod Alef be Adar)

c) The 17th of Tammuz (Shiv’ah Asar be Tammuz)

d) The 3rd of Tishrei (Gimmel be Tishrei)

48) At Horns of Hattin (Karnei Hittin) there is:

a) A Canaanite and Israeli settlement

b) A Byzantine and Abbasid settlement

c) A Byzantine and Ottoman settlement

d) A Crusader fortress and a modern Jewish settlement

49) A city which Suleiman the Magnificent surrounded by a wall:

a) Jaffa

b) Tiberias (Tveria)

c) Safed (Tsfat)

d) Haifa

50) The earliest arches in Eretz Israel date back to the period:

a) Chalcolithic

b) Canaanite

c) Roman

d) Abbasid

Good luck!

Kislev 5778

November 2017

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

A group of Israeli travelers is interested in an in-depth tour of the new Jewish settlement (from the 19th century to the present) in preparation for Israel’s 70th anniversary. The tour departs from Tel Aviv on Monday at 8:00 and ends in Rosh Pina on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour must include a half day in Tel Aviv, a half day in the Jezreel Valley and one day in the Galilee.

2. You should include at least two sites related to the pre-state era and two sites related to the period after the establishment of the State of Israel.

3. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme, but not in Tel Aviv.

.

Group No. 2

A group of students from abroad is interested in a tour following the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The tour departs from Nazareth on Monday at 8:00 and ends in Jerusalem on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour must include: half a day in Nazareth, half a day in the Valley of Kinnarot (Bik’at Kinnarot) and one day covering the Jordan Valley area and Jerusalem.

2. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme, but not in the Church of the Annunciation, not in the region of the Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) and not in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

.

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from England is interested in Eretz-Israel during the British Mandate period. The tour departs from Rosh HaNikra on Monday at 08:00 and ends in Tel Aviv on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The first day should be in the Western Galilee, the Northern Coastal Plain up to Haifa, including Haifa.

2. The second day must include at least a half-day tour in Tel Aviv.

3. The elaborated point must be related to the tour theme, from the first day itinerary only!

 Good luck!

Heshvan 5778

June 2017

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Examinee number: _________________           Identity Card number: ______________

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour.

Auxiliary material: non-electronic dictionary only.

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points.

.

1. The Tzalmon River is in:

a. The Golan Heights

b. Lower Galile

c. The Judean Mountains

d. The Mountains of Samaria

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2. Synagogues in The Golan Heights are found in:

a. Sussiya and Susita

b. Ein Nashut and Deir Aziz

c. Deir Aziz and Magdala

d. Gamla and Chorazim

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3. “The Post Office Route” dates to which period?

a. Roman

b. Byzantine

c. Crusader

d. Mamluk

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5. A prime minister who is NOT buried in Har Herzl (Herzl Mount) is:

a. Levi Eshkol

b. Golda Meir

c. Moshe Sharet

d. Yitzhak Shamir

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5. The name for Jaffa Gate in Arabic is:

a. Bab al Amoud

b. Bab al Khalil

c. Bab al Asbat

d. Bab al Yafa

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6. The buildings at the Suzanne Dellal Center were once used as:

a. Schools

b. Electric power facilities

c. Houses belonging to Aharon Shalush

d. The Saraya

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7. The year in which Tel Aviv was established:

a. 1906

c. 1907

c. 1908

d. 1909

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8. “Magic Carpet” is a name given to the Aliyah of Jews from:

a. Ethiopia

b. Morocco

c. Bulgaria

d. Yemen

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9. The gravesite of Baba Sali is found in:

a. The town of Sali

b. Sderot

c. Netivot

d. Amuka

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10. A mosque attached to a baptistery were found in:

a.  Shivta

b.   Mamshit

c. Nitzana

d.   Avdat

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12. The southernmost bird sanctuary in Israel is found in:

a. The Hai Bar in Yotvata

b. Yoash Mountain

c. Timna Mountain

d. Eilat

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12. The Samaritans do not observe:

a. Rosh haShana (New Year)

b. Yom haKipurim (Day of Atonement)

c. Hanukah

d. Sukkot (Succoth; Feast of Tabernacles)

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13. According to tradition, one of the sites where Satan tried to tempt Jesus was at:

a. The Mount of Olives

b. The Quarantal

c. Mount Zion

d. Kathisma

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14. The Mesubim junction is named after a site mentioned in:

a. Megillat Ta’anit (The Scroll of Fasting)

b. Serekh haYahad (the community rule scroll)

c. The Passover Haggadah

d. Megillat Eikha (Lamentation)

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15. The Jewish calendar year is based on:

a. The sun and the moon

b. The sun

c. The moon

d. None of the above is true

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16. The “Duc in Altum” church is found in:

a. Magdala

b. Tabha

c. Capernaum (Kfar Naum)

d. The Mount of Olives

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17. The term “Dhimmi” in Islam means:

a. Dancing/whirling dervish

b. People of the Jahiliyya period

c. Heretics

d. Non Muslim citizens of an Islamic state

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18. The accepted etiquette in a church is:

a. Not to enter with sandals

b. To remove head covers (hats)

c. Not to cross your legs

d. Answers b. and c. are correct

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19. The following were the first to break into the old city of Jerusalem in the Six Day War:

a. The Har’el and the Jerusalem Brigade

b. The Paratroopers and the Jerusalem Brigade

c. The tank reconnaissance and the Har’el Brigade

d. The Paratroopers and Golani Brigade

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20. The term “the eyes of the State of Israel” refers to:

a. Mount Tabor

b. The Mitzpeh haYamim Mountain

c. The Hermon Mount

d. Mount Meron

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21. The “security fence”(security barrier) was constructed following:

a. The Dayan – Abdalla a-Tel agreement

b. The Yom haKippurim War (War of Atonement)

c. The 2nd Intifada

d. The Tzuk Eitan (Strong Cliff) Operation

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22. A commemorative site for female combat troops is found in:

a. “The joined control position”

b. Palmahim

c. Akhziv

d. Nitzanim

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23. From where did the “Etzel” fighters depart before they stormed the Acre prison?

a. Shuni

b. Hanita

c. Atlit

d. Ramat Raziel

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24. A settlement founded after the creation of the state:

a. Arad

b. Nir Am

c. Holon

d. Nahariya

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25. Places where the poetess Rachel lived:

a. Degania and Motza

b. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

c. Kinneret and Yavne’el

d. Alumot and Kfar Tavor

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26. The previous name of Kfar Tavor:

a. Mess’ha

b. Ja’uni

c. Sejera

d. Umm-Juni

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27. Palmach is an acronym (short) for:

a. Military forces of overseas volunteers (plugot mitnadvey hutz la’arets)

b. Special forces (Plugot meyuhadot)

c. Units of special operation tasks (plugot messima ve’habala)

d. Strike forces (plugot maִִhatz)

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28. The united underground movement was active in the years:

a. 1917 to 1920

b. 1939 to 1945

c. 1945 to 1946

d. 1948 to 1949

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29. A stamen is:

a. The organ of the flower that produces the pollen

b. The name of an insect that helps pollination

c. The part that connects the flower to the stem

d. The pollen

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30. It is possible to watch eagles in Israel primarily in:

a. The Hula Agamon

b. The Carmel hai bar

c. The bird sanctuary in Eilat

d. Wadi Kelt

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31. The national watershed passes in Jerusalem at:

a. Mount Herzl – Mount Ora

b. Armon haNatziv – Temple Mount

c. Mount Scopus – Mount of Olives

d. Ketef Hinom – Romema

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32. A road that was paved by the Gdud haAvoda:

a. Ramat Rachel – Bethlehem

b. Tiberias – Tzemaִh

c. Amiad – Farod

d. Ashdod – Be’er Sheba

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33. A desert region is where the annual precipitation is:

a. Above 500 mm

b. 300-400 mm

c. 200-300 mm

d. Up to or less than 200 mm

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34. A river which was נוקה and became a tour site:

a. Nahal Alexander

b. Nahal Yagur

c. Nahal Kidron

d. Nahal David

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35. A period named after the use of metal:

a. Paleolithic

b. Neolithic

c. Chalcolithic

d. Holocene

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36. A Philistine burial site was recently discovered in:

a. Gaza

b. Gat

c. Revadim

d. Ashkelon

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37. Alters abolished during the 1st Temple period:

a. Ramat Rachel and Lachish

b. Tel Arad and Tzuba

c. Lachish and Tel Be’er Sheva

d. Tel Be’er Sheva and Tsfat (Safed)

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38. According to the Biblical text, Channa prayed in:

a. Mitzpah

b. Shiloh

c. Rama

d. Bethel

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39. The stepped stone building in G area in the City of David is dated to the:

a. Late bronze – Iron age I

b. Early bronze age

c. Persian period

d. The Hasmonean period

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40. According to tradition. Alexander the Great met Simon the Righteous (Shim’on

haTsadik, the high priest) in:

a. Jericho

b. Sartaba

c. Gaza

d. Antipatris

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41. Ritual baths with 3 partitions on the stairs were found in:

a. Ramat Rachel

b. The Ophel

c. Masada

d. Qumran

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42. A street dating to the 2nd Temple period, that ascends from the Shiloh pool to

Robinson’s Arch was built:

a. By Herod the Great

b. By Simon the Hasmonean

c. After the days of Pontius Pilate

d. By Nehemiah

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43. Remains of churches from the Byzantine period are found in the north mainly in:

a. The Golan Heights

b. Eastern Galilee

c. The Meiron area

d. Western Galilee

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44. The earliest figure among the following:

a. Ramban (Maimonides)

b. Ramban (Nachmanides)

c. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

d. Raban Yochanan ben Zakai

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45. A site dating to the Abbasid period:

a. The arches pool in Ramla

b. Karnei Hittin (Horns of Hittin)

c. Lod

d. Arsuf

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46. The remains of a sugar production plant from the Crusader period can be seen in:

a. Acre (Akko)

b. Kochav haYarden (Belvoir)

c. Khirbet Manot

d. Ma’iliya

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47. The Crusaders entered Jerusalem in 1099:

a. At the Tancred tower

b. Near the Flower Gate

c. Through Lions Gate

d. Through Zion Gate

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48. A ruler who destroyed fortresses from the 5th Crusade:

a. Baibars

b. al Hakim bi Amar Allah

c. Dar el Omar

d. al Malik al Mu’azzam Isa

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49. A kibbutz in the region of Judea and Samaria:

a. Ofra

b. Kfar Etzion

c. Tirzah

d. Tapuach

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50. The “Great Schism” in Christianity was in:

a. 451 CE

b. 325 CE

c. 1054 CE

d. 1095 CE

.

GOOD LUCK!

Heshvan 5777

June 2017

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: Three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

An Israeli group is interested in a tour along the Syrian African Rift Valley from north to south. The tour begins on Monday at 08:00 at the Hula Agamon, and ends in Moshav Tsofar on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The boundaries of the tour are: In the north – the Hula Agamon. In the south – Moshav Tsofar. In the east and west – up to 3 km off Road no. 90, within the borders of the country.

2. The tour must include at least 3 sites north of Beth She’an and 3 sites south of Beth She’an.

3. The tour must include the following subjects: Geology, flora and fauna, archaeology, history, settlements and achievements of the State of Israel.

4. The elaborated point – of your own choice, but must NOT be Masada or Qumran.

.

Group No. 2

A “Taglit” group from the United States is interested in a tour of Jerusalem, entitled: Jerusalem as a Capital City – from a divided to a united city (from 1949 to 2017). The tour will start on Monday at 08:00 at Binyanei Ha’uma (ICC), and will end on Tuesday at 19:00 at the Western Wall.

Please note:

1. The boundaries of the tour: The municipal boundaries of Jerusalem in 2017.

2. The tour must include the following subjects: The Municipal Line, the Six Day War, government institutions, neighbourhoods built after 1967, commemorative institutions and museums.

3. The elaborated point must relate to the municipal line or the Six Day War.

.

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from Turkey are interested in Israel under the Ottoman Rule, in the years 1516 till 1918. The tour will depart from Acre on Monday at 08:00 and will end in Be’er Sheva on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. Do NOT include topics relating to Zionist settlement enterprise, western influences or Christian missionaries.

2. The elaborated point must relate to an Ottoman development enterprise.

.

GOOD LUCK!

Heshvan 5777

November 2016

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour.

Auxiliary material: non-electronic dictionary only.

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points.

1.   The following site has the highest altitude:

a.Khirbet Qeiyafa

b.The Temple Mount – Jerusalem

c.Halhul

d.Nebi Samuel

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2.   Which is not a bird of prey?

a.Raven

b.Aya (Pernis)

c.Prize (vulture)

d.Kestrel

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3.   The Big Machtesh is located on the following ridge:

a.Hadera

b.Hatira

c.Yerucham

d.Mahmal

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4.   Measures taken to prevent fires in forests and woods in Israel:

a.Increased grazing and the creation of fire-breaks

b.The planting of Jerusalem pine and utilizing planes for fire-fighting

c.The creation of fire-breaks and the prevention of grazing

d.The planting of oaks and the reduction of access roads for vehicles

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5.   An “Abrasion Table” is a term related to:

a.Date harvesting

b.A type of Roman inscription

c.Geomorphology

d.Mikvaot (Jewish ritual baths)

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6.   In the blooming season in Israel the flower that blooms first:

a.Anemone

b.Buttercup

c.Colorful Hermon (tulip)

d.Poppy

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7.   Carbon 14 dating can be implemented on:

a.Ceramics

b.Metals

c.Organic materials

d.Igneous (Magmatic) rocks

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8.   The Rule of Narmer was discovered in the area of:

a.Tel Arad

b.Maresha

c.Jerusalem

d.Na’aran

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9.   The House of David inscription from Tel Dan is from which century?

a.11th century BCE

b.10th century BCE

c.9th century BCE

d.8th century BCE

.

10.  The Biblical expression: “Would you murder and take possession?” is connected to:

a.The City of David

b.Gibeah

c.Tel Yizrael (Jezreel)

d.Muchraka

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11.  The following prophets lived during the Second Temple period:

a.Haggai and Amos

b.Zachariah and Malachi

c.Isaiah and Amos

d.Jeremiah and Ezekiel

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12.  “Volutes” are found in:

a.Elbow capitals

b.Corinthian capitals

c.Doric capitals

d.Ionic capitals

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13.  The area of the Temple Mount in Herod’s days was approximately:

a.15 dunams

b.150 dunams

c.250 dunams

d.500 dunams

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14.  A hippodrome that was converted into an amphitheater was discovered in:

a.Beit Guvrin

b.Beit Shean

c.Jericho

d.Masada

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15.  Archaeologists identified Herod’s throne room in:

a.Herodion

b.Machaerus

c.Caesarea

d.Masada

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16.  A synagogue from the period of the Mishna and the Talmud containing a mosaic depicting an image identified as Samson was found in:

a.Magdala

b.Khirbet Vradim (Wadi Hammam)

c.Umm el-Kanatir

d.Tel Ashqelon

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17.  Sites where the Sanhedrin was located:

a.Yoqneam and Usha

b.Susita and Beit Shearim

c.Shfaram and Safed

d.Usha and Tiberias

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18.  The Caliph al-Hakim is connected to:

a.The Druze

b.The Circassians

c.Bahai

d.Ahmadians

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19.  The decisive battle for the conquest of the Land of Israel by the early Muslims was in:

a.Ein Jalut

b.Yarmouk

c.The Horns of Hattin

d.Ramle

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20.  Remains of Tancred’s tower can be found in:

a.Ramle

b.Acre

c.Jerusalem

d.Belvoir (Kochav Hayarden)

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21.  Queen Melisende was from what ethnic origin?

a.French (from Anjou)

b.Syrian

c.Coptic

d.Armenian

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22.  What can be found in Nebi Samuel?

a.A Crusader farmstead

b.A royal fortress

c.A Crusader fortress, a mosque and a synagogue

d.A Crusader sugar production facility

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23.  An important historical source for the study of the Mamluk period is:

a.Mujir al-Din

b.Hassan al-Banna

c.Al-Muqaddasi

d.The Traveler from Bordeaux

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24.  The following ruled the Land of Israel when the Spanish Expulsion took place:

a.The Crusaders

b.The Mamluks

c.The Ayyubids

d.The Ottomans

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25.  The re-establishment of the Jewish community in Tiberias in the 16th century is connected to:

a.Dona Gracia

b.Rabbi Haim Abulafia

c.Daher el-Omar

d.Queen Berenice

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26.  The smallest number of immigrants that remained in the Land of Israel from among all the waves of aliyah (immigration) before the establishment of the State were from the:

a.First Aliyah

b.Second Aliyah

c.Third Aliyah

d.Fourth Aliyah

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27.  Jerusalem was declared the capital of the State of Israel in:

a.November 1947

b.May 1948

c.December 1949

d.June 1967

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28.  A role (position) that David Ben-Gurion did not fill:

a.Minister of Defense

b.Speaker of the Knesset

c.Chairman of the Histadrut

d.Prime Minister

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29.  Ze’ev Jabotinsky is connected to:

a.The First Aliyah

b.The Revisionist Movement

c.The founding of Lehi (F.F.I.)

d.The founding of the Palmach

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30.  An Arab community in Wadi Ara:

a.Sahnin

b.Baka al-Gharbiye

c.Umm el-Fahem

d.Beit Zarzir

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31.  A city founded during Muslim rule:

a.Tiberias

b.Gaza

c.Lod

d.Ramle

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32.  The period of “austerity” relates to:

a.The end of the First World War

b.The period of the siege on Jerusalem during the War of Independence

c.The first decade of statehood

d.The eve of the six Day War

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33.  The “Moses” and “Solomon” operations are related to:

a.The Sinai Campaign

b.The Six Day War and the capture of the Bay of Solomon

c.The Ethiopian Aliyah/immigration

d.The Yemenite Aliyah/immigration

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34.  Jericho is located in area:

a.A

b.B

c.C

d.G

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35.  Primary Jewish texts from the Roman and Byzantine periods include:

a.The Torah and Midrash (Midrashim, pl.)

b.The Kuzari and the Guide for the Perplexed

c.The Mishna, the Torah and the Shulchan Arukh

d.The Mishna and the Talmud

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36.  The number of work prohibitions on the Sabbath:

a.613

b.36

c.39

d.365

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37.  The reading of the “weekly portion” is taken from:

a.The Torah

b.The Mishna

c.The Talmud

d.The Book of Zohar

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38.  The two “CREDO” in Christianity are of:

a.Paul and Chalcedon

b.Ephesus and Vatican II

c.Jerusalem and Constantinople

d.The Apostles and Nicaea

.

39.  In Christianity a “relic” is:

a.A wall bearing icons

b.A sacred remnant

c.An apse

d.A podium for liturgical hymns

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40.  An octagonal church from  the Byzantine period is located at:

a.Abu Ghosh

b.Korazim

c.Mt. Beatitudes

d.Caesarea

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41.  Rak’ah in Islam is:

a.The name of Mohammad’s Jewish wife

b.The organization of the verses in the Koran

c.The name of the cycle of movements during prayer

d.The Prophet’s marvelous horse

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42.  Mt. Tabor is:

a.A graben

b.A horst

c.A volcano

d.An igneous intrusion

.

43.  Golan Druze are located in:

a.Buq’ata and Ein Kiniya

b.Reichaniya and Majdal Shamms

c.Mas’ade and Hurfeish

d.Beith Jann and Samiya

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44.  The percentage of salt (salinity) in the Dead Sea is around:

a.10%

b.30%

c.45%

d.70%

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45.  A Philistine cemetery was recently discovered in:

a.Tel Gat (Tel Tzafit)

b.Ashdod

c.Tel Ashqelon

d.Tel Qasile

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46.  The Center for Art and Culture in Tel-Aviv:

a.The Agnon home

b.The Hecht museum

c.Suzanne Dellal

d.The Paratrooper’s house

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47.  The Dead Sea Scrolls include:

a.Only texts that belong to the Essene sect

b.A variety of texts that reflect different perspectives from the Second Temple period

c.Texts that are only known from Qumran

d.The Aleppo Codex (Keter Aram Tzuva)

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48.   The future train station in Jerusalem will be:

a.At Ammunition Hill

b.In the area of Malha

c.Adjacent to the International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma)

d.In the First Station complex

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49.  A tourist site closest to Efrat:

a.Rachel’s Tomb

b.Solomon’s Pools

c.Ein Eitam

d.The Biyar Aqueduct

.

50.  The first desalination plant was erected in the following city:

a.Ashdod

b.Eilat

c.Ashqelon

d.Rishon Le’Tzion

GOOD LUCK!

Heshvan 5777

November 2016

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: Three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

A group of Israeli students is interested in the history of the Land of Israel from the 19th century till today. The tour departs from Tel-Aviv on Monday at 8:00 AM and ends in the Kibbutz Ein Gedi Guest House on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour will focus on: Tel-Aviv, the route you choose to travel to Jerusalem, Jerusalem and the Northern part of the Judean Desert till Ein Gedi (inclusive).

2. The tour must include a half day in Tel-Aviv and a half day in Jerusalem (no more and no less).

3. The tour must include at least one site from the following periods: the 19th century, the British Mandate, the War of Independence and a site from the period after the establishment of the State of Israel.

4. The elaborated point must take place at a site connected to the historical periods that the tour deals with. Do not choose an elaborated point in Jerusalem or Tel-Aviv.

Group No. 2

A group of students from abroad is interested in a tour in the North of the country visiting sites from the Second Temple, Roman and Byzantine periods. The tour will start in Haifa on Monday at 08:00 and end in Katzrin on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The area of the tour and its geographical limits/boundaries: North of the Haifa–Beit Shean line.

2. The tour must include at least two sites from the Second Temple period and two sites from the Byzantine period.

3. The tour must include at least one site from each of the following geographic areas: The Kinnarot Valley, the Beit-Shean Valley, the Lower Galilee, the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights.

4. The elaborated point must be related to the subject of the tour.

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from the United States wishes to tour in the South of the country.  The tour will depart from Beersheba on Monday at 08:00 and end in the airport at Uvda on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The area of the tour and its geographical limits/boundaries: South of the Kerem Shalom–Beersheba–Arava Junction line (includes Kerem Shalom and Beersheba). Eilat should not be included in the itinerary.

2. The tour must include a half day tour in Beersheba, two archaeological sites from different periods, two sites related to accomplishments of the State of Israel and two nature sites.

3. The elaborated point must be related to the subject of the tour.

GOOD LUCK!

Kislev 5776

December 2015

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Examinee number: _________________ Identity Card number: ______________

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour.

Auxiliary material: non-electronic dictionary only.

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 answers will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points.

1. The paleo-magnetism site in Israel is in the following rock:

a. Chalk

b. Nari (Calcrete)

c. Basalt

d. Kurkar (Calcareous sandstone)

2. Cumulonimbus is a term connected to:

a. Geology

b. Botany

c. Anthropology

d. Climatology

3. An oak that is not indigenous (native) to Israel:

a. Cork oak

b. Boissier oak

c. Mount Thabor’s oak

d. Palestine oak

4. The Seven Species that the Land of Israel was blessed with: “a land of wheat and barley, vines, figs and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and…”:

a. Myrtle leaves

b. Honey

c. High quality oil

d. Almonds

5. Sycamore trees can be seen primarily in:

a. The Lowlands (shephela) and Coastal Plain

b. Upper Galilee

c. Arava

d. Golan

6. Which among the following is not a bird of prey?

a. Eagle

b. Vulture

c. Owl

d. Tristram’s Starling (Grackle)

7. An architrave is:

a. The beam on top of the pillars

b. The pediment in the façade of a temple

c. The room where the statue of the God is positioned

d. The upper part of an aqueduct

8. It is accepted that the first agricultural revolution occurred in the:

a. Iron Age

b. Chalcolithic period

c. Neolithic period

d. Early Bronze Age

9. Biblical sites in the Judean Lowlands (Shephela):

a. Ebenezer and Azeka

b. Tel Gezer and Tel Beit Shemesh

c. Kiryat Yearim and Tel Socoh

d. Tel Qasile and Tel Lachish

10. The verse: “and you counted the houses of Jerusalem and you pulled houses down to fortify the wall” is usually read to tourists:

a. At the house of Ahiel

b. Near the Broad Wall

c. At the Burnt House

d. In the Davidson Center

11. An amphitheater was discovered in:

a. Caesarea

b. Jerusalem

c. Tsippori

d. Beit Shearim

12. According to Josephus Flavius during the Great Revolt a massacre did not occur in:

a. Tiberias

b. Migdal

c. Yodefat

d. Jerusalem

13. One of the leaders who led the Return to Zion immediately following Cyrus’ Declaration was:

a. Ezra

b. Nehemiah

c. Gedaliahu Ben Ahikam

d. Zerubbabel

14. Alexander the Great arrived in the Land of Israel as a result of his wars with:

a. The Romans

b. The Persians

c. The Carthaginians

d. The Babylonians

15. One of the ancient aqueducts to Jerusalem originated from:

a. Solomon’s pools

b. Wadi El Qelt

c. Rosh Ha’ayin

d. Mei Naftoah

16. The burial place of two women whose names are “Etio” is located in:

a. The Beit Jamal Monastery

b. The Protestant cemetery on Mt. Zion

c. The Tombs of the Kings

d. Beit Shearim

17. Rabbi Akiva is connected to:

a. The War of Varus

b. The Kitos War

c. The Bar Kochba Rebellion

d. The Great Revolt

18. It is possible to view remains of Eudocia’s Wall in Jerusalem:

a. At Ketef Hinnom

b. At the Ophel

c. Next to the Mamilla Pool

d. On Mt. of Olives

19. The Abbasid Dynasty ruled the Land of Israel during the following centuries:

a. 8th-10th

b. 7th-11th

c. 9th-13th

d. 13th-14th

20. The largest Crusader fortress in Israel was in:

a. Montfort

b. Atlit

c. Safed

d. Kochav Hayarden (Belvoir)

21. Ablaq is:

a. Muhammad’s winged horse

b. A guilloche pattern made up of different colored stone masonry

c. Drop-like (stalactite) ornamentations

d. Shell-like ornamentation

22. The Empress Theodora was the wife of Emperor:

a. Justinian

b. Hadrian

c. Theodosius

d. Augustus

23. An agricultural settlement established by members of the Old Yishuv is:

a. Motza

b. Zichron Ya’acov

c. Ruhama

d. Rishon Le’Tzion

24. The remains of a 19th century winery were discovered in Tel-Aviv in:

a. The Tel-Aviv Port

b. Neve Tzedek

c. The Train Station Compound

d. Sarona

25. A settlement associated with Yitzhak Ben-Tzvi is:

a. Beit Keshet

b. Kefar Hanasi

c. Mesuot Yitzhak

d. Be’erot Yitzhak

26. Settlements in the Binyamin Region:

a. Elazar and Itamar

b. Efrat and Kedummim

c. Shiloh and Psagot

d. Ariel and Shoresh

27. The Eleventh (yod alef) of Adar is:

a. The date of Moses’ death

b. The date marking the events of Tel-Hai

c. General Kaddish

d. Holocaust Martyr’s and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

28. A Nobel Prize Laureate:

a. Dr. Chaim Weizmann

b. Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz

c. Prof. Ada Yonath

d. Prof. Yuval Ne’eman

29. The Sinai Campaign (war) took place in:

a. 1953

b. 1954

c. 1955

d. 1956

30. A site where a boat stands commemorating the ships of the clandestine immigration (“haapala”):

a. Atlit

b. The Caesarea Beach

c. The Kefar Vitkin Beach

d. The Palmachim Beach

31. The Prime Minister of Israel during the Six Days War:

a. Levi Eshkol

b. Menachem Begin

c. Yitzhak Rabin

d. David Ben-Gurion

32. The Piyyutim (musical poetry) for Selichot (penitential prayers) among the Sephardic Jews start:

a. At the beginning of the month of Tishrei

b. At the beginning of the month of Elul

c. On the Ninth of Av

d. On the seventeenth of Tammuz

33. Shabbetai Tzvi was active during the following century:

a. 14th

b. 15th

c. 16th

d. 17th

34. A festival not emanating from the Torah is:

a. Tu Be’shvat

b. Shavuot

c. Shemini Atzeret

d. Passover

35. Jewish burial in Kokhim (loculi) was practiced:

a. During the period of the Judges

b. In the days of the Return to Zion

c. From the Hellenistic Period

d. During Iron Age II

36. “Stand up, take your mat and walk. At once the man was made well…” is connected to:

a. The Siloam Pool

b. The Pools of Bethesda

c. El-Azariya

d. Bethsaida

37. The inter-twined (inter-woven) Greek letters X and P represent:

a. Messiah

b. Prophet

c. God

d. Messenger

38. The 19th century Templers originated from:

a. Alsace

b. Russia

c. Wurttemberg

d. Austro-Hungary

39. The Circassians originate from:

a. Mongolia

b. The Caucasus

c. Lebanon

d. Crete

40. A time of day that a Muslim does not pray:

a. Dawn

b. Mid-day

c. Sunrise

d. All of the above

41. Nebi Musa is located in:

a. The Golan Heights

b. The Judean Desert

c. Samaria

d. The Negev

42. The Sakhnin Valley is located:

a. Between the Nazareth and Tur’an ridges

b. Between the Tur’an and Yodefat ridges

c. Between the Shaghur ridge and the Tsurim escarpment (slopes)

d. Between the Yodefat and Shaghur ridges

43. An altar in the shape of a boat is located in:

a. Kursi

b. Sussita

c. Magdala

d. Ginossar

44. The rout of the “Land of Pursuit” is located (“eretz hamirdafim”):

a. East of Jerusalem, in the Jordan Valley area

b. East of the Gaza Strip

c. Adjacent to the Northern border

d. Between the volcanoes in the Golan Heights

45. A hanging (suspended) tree sculpture designed by the sculptor Ran Morin is located in:

a. Sejera

b. Haifa

c. Nazareth

d. Jaffa

46. A site where “Free Masons” have been known to convene (gather):

a. The Hulda stairs

b. The Nicanor cave

c. Zedekiah’s cave

d. The Tombs of the Kings

47. Sites identified with Emmaus of the New Testament:

a. Qubeibeh and Abu Ghosh

b. Colonia (“motsa”) and Tsuba

c. Hamat Gader and Hamat Tiberias

d. Latrun and Kathisma

48. A site where a locomotive is stationed as an exhibit for visitors:

a. Oron

b. Nitsana

c. Dimona

d. Beersheba

49. The inspiration for the design of the dome on the Shrine of the Book was:

a. The Dome of the Rock

b. The lid of an urn

c. A dome that was located in the Temple

d. A man’s head covering (“kippa”)

50. Kibbutz Kerem Shalom is located in the sand dunes of:

a. Shunra

b. Kisui

c. Khalutza

d. Nitsana

GOOD LUCK!

Sivan 5776

December 2015

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: Three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

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Group No. 1

A group of Israeli tourists interested in touring in the North-West of the country. The tour departs from Nachsholim on Monday at 8:00 and ends in Gesher Ha-Ziv on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour should not extend east or south of Road no. 70, and no further north than the Northern Road (Kvish Hatzafon). Hanita and Rosh Hanikr may be inciuded.

2. It is possible to include up to four hours of touring in Haifa and up to four hours of touring in Acre.

3. The tour must include at least 4 sites each day outside of Haifa and Acre.

4. The elaborated point must be outside of Haifa and Acre.

Group No. 2

A group of students from abroad interested in a tour focusing on various traditions relating to Christian sites in the Holy Land. The tour will start in Jaffa on Monday at 08:00 and end in Kalia on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. Do not deviate north of the Jaffa-Modiin-Allenby Bridge line. Do not deviate south of the Ashdod-Jerusalem-Qumran line.

2. The tour must include two sites from each of the following areas: the coastal plain, the Judean Lowlands (Shephela), the Jerusalem Hills and the Judean Desert

3. The tour must include half a day in Jerusalem – no more and no less.

4. The elaborated point must be at a site relating to the subject of the tour and not in Jerusalem.

Group No. 3

A group of tourists from northern Europe have chosen to tour Eilat and its surrounding area. The tour will depart from Eilat on Monday at 08:00 and end in Eilat on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. Do not deviate north of a line from Sayarim junction (on Roud 12) to Kibbutz Yotvata, or West, East and South of the political borders of Israel.

2. The tour must include four attractions in Eilat.

3. The tour must include half a day in the southern Arava and half a day in the Eilat Mountains

4. Overnight accommodation has to be in a hotel in Eilat.

5. The elaborated point must be connected to the region being toured.

GOOD LUCK!

Kislev 5775

June 2015

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part A: Knowledge Questions – Total of 30 Points

Time allotment for this section: 1 hour.

Auxiliary material: non-electronic dictionary only.

Please select and answer no more than 45 of the 50 multiple-choice questions below. If you answer more than 45 questions, the first 45 questions answered will be taken into account. Select the most correct answer and mark it on the answer sheet. Each correct answer is worth 0.66 points.

1.    Terra Rossa soil is formed out of:

1.    Sand stone

2.    Granite

3.    Lime stone

4.    Chalk (Kirton).

2.    Graben is the opposite of:

1.    An endemic animal

2.    A horst

3.    Low barometric pressure

4.    A Tel

3.    In afforestation in Israel Pine trees are often used because they are:

1.    Fire resistant

2.    Resistant to diseases and pests

3.    Suitable to the local climate and fast growing

4.    Used for industrial purposes

4.    The Short-toed Eagle’s (Hivyai) main sources of food are:

1.    Insects

2.    Snakes

3.    Plants

4.    Fish

5.    Which of the following is not one of the “seven species”? (Shiv’at haMinim)

1.    Olive

2.    Barley

3.    Citron (Etrog)

4.    Date

6.    The Gihon (inverted syphon) in the Amud stream is associated with:

1.    The national water carrier

2.    Electricity in Naharayim

3.    Water to Magdala

4.    The early aqueduct to Tiberias

7.    The term “headers and stretchers” indicates:

1.    Lichen appearing on a rock

2.    A method of stone laying in the building of walls

3.    Arrow heads from the Roman period

4.    The name given to the Pharisees in the New Testament

8.    Burial in ossuaries appears in Israel for the first time during:

1.    The Chalcolithic period

2.    The First Temple period

3.    The Second Temple period

4.    The Mishna and Talmudic period

9.    An archaeological finding from the Second Temple period in the Israel Museum is:

1.    The Shiloah Inscription

2.    Anthropoid

3.    The Theodotos Inscription

4.    The Wadi Mishmar (Nahal Mishmar) treasure

10.  Standing stones in a cultic context from the First Temple period were found in:

1.    Tel Arad

2.    Hanemerim shrine

3.    Timna

4.    Tel Be’er Sheva

11.  The relative advantage of agriculture in Israel is mainly the:

1.    Westerly and easterly winds

2.    Variety of soil types

3.    High rainfall

4.    Flexibility and professionalism of Israeli farmers.

12.  Hannah’s prayer is associated with:

1.    Shiloh

2.    Bethel (Beit El)

3.    Cave of the Patriarchs (Me’arat Hamahpela)

4.    Givah

13.  Ezra and Nehemiah lived in the:

1.    Seventh century BCE

2.    Sixth century BCE

3.    Fifth century BCE

4.    Fourth century BCE

14.  One of the reasons that led to the Great Revolt was:

1.    Hadrian’s decrees

2.    The establishment of Aelia Capitolina

3.    A dispute between Jews and Gentiles at the Hakra fortress

4.    A dispute between Jews and Gentiles in Caesarea

15.  “Give me Yavenh and its sages” was said by:

1.    Hillel the Elder

2.    Rabban Gamliel of Yavneh

3.    Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai

4.    Josephus

16.  Names of “Azarot”(sections/courts) in the Second Temple were:

1.    Ezrat Nashim and Ezrat Gvarim (women’s court and men’s court)

2.    Ezrat Nashim and Ezrat Yisrael

3.    Ezrat Cohanim and Ezrat Leviyim (the priestly court and the Levites court)

4.    Ezrat Hagazit and Ezrat Haetsim

17.  Synagogues from the Byzantine period were found in:

1.    Modi’in and Sephoris (Tsipori)

2.    En Gedi and Magdala

3.    Bet Alpha and Bar’am

4.    Capernaum (Kfar Nahum) and Gamla

18.  Harun al-Rashid belongs to the dynasty of:

1.    Umayya

2.    Abbas

3.    Fatimids

4.    Ayyubids

19.  A site from the Early Muslim period is:

1.    Horvat Minim (Hirbet Minya)

2.    Horvat Qeiyafa

3.    Horvat Midras

4.    Han el Sultan

20.  The second crusade was intended to:

1.    Liberate Acre

2.    Liberate the Holy Sepulcher

3.    Liberate Edessa

4.    Fight against Saladin

21.  Ruins of a Crusader church can be seen in:

1.    Sephoris (Tsipori)

2.    Capernaum

3.    Mount of Beatitude

4.    Kursi

22.  The origin of the term “Postal Route” is from the:

Roman and Byzantine period

b.  Crusader period

c.  Mamluk period

d.  Ottoman period (19th century)

23.  A Crusader church that was converted into a mosque can be seen in:

1.    Ramleh

2.    Jaffa

3.    Be’er Sheva

4.    Haifa

24.  The first Jewish neighbourhood outside Jaffa was:

1.    Ahuzat Bayit

2.    Neve Shalom

3.    Neve Tzedek

4.    Kerem haTeimanim

25.  A Moshava established by Romanian Jews was:

1.    Motza

2.    Gedera

3.    Petah Tikva

4.    Rosh Pina

26.  A settlement established after 1948 is:

Afula

b. Ma’aleh haHamisha

c. Nahariya

d. Arad

27.  Tegart police stations are found in:

1.    Ya’ara and Safed (Tzfat)

2.    Nebi Yusha and Jerusalem

3.    Abu Gosh and Hanita

4.    Caesarea and Latrun

28.  “Mivtza Kadesh” (Kadesh Operation) took place in:

1948

b. 1956

c. 1967

d. 1970

29.  The aim of “Mivtza Yiftach” (Operation Yiftach) was to free the:

Gilad

b. Eastern Upper Galilee

c. Eastern shores of Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)

d. Western Lower Galilee

30.  The characteristic features of a Mediterranean climate in Israel are:

1.    Four distinct seasons a year

2.    Relatively constant temperatures throughout the year

3.    A mild, wet winter and a long, dry summer

4.    A long winter with a constant temperature and a short, dry summer

31.  In the peace accords with Jordan it was agreed, inter alia, that:

1.    Jordan will provide Israel with water

2.    Israel will provide Jordan with water

3.    Israelis will be allowed to cross into Jordan on the Allenby Bridge

4.    Two more crossings will be opened between the Arava crossing and the Allenby Bridge

32.  For which of the following is a security clearance and co-ordination required?

1.    Har Karkom

2.    The Temple Mount

3.    Tell Shiloh

4.    Har Tzfachot

33.  In which area is the settlement of Ofra located?

1.    A

2.    B

3.    C

4.    E

34.  The meaning of “Kiddush levana” is:

1.    Kiddush (blessing) of white wine

2.    A blessing for a new month

3.    A blessing for the returning of spring

4.    A blessing for the full moon

35.  A Shmita year is observed on the:

1.    5th year

2.    7th year

3.    10th year

4.    50th year

36.  In the past, the Jews of Acre were buried in:

1.    Kfar Yassif

2.    Yarka

3.    Jadide

4.    Tel Regev

37.  An active monastery in the Judean Desert is:

1.    Martyrius, in Ma’ale Adumim

2.    Euthymius, in Mishor Adumim

3.    George, in Wadi Qelt

4.    Haritun, in the Tekoa area

38.  In Christian iconography the dove is usually a symbol of:

1.    Mercy

2.    The holy spirit

3.    John the Baptist

4.    Eternal life

39.  An octagonal Byzantine church is found:

1.    On Mount Gerizim

2.    In Jaffa

3.    In Arsuf

4.    On Mount Beatitude

40.  Umra is:

1.    The Muslim festival of the Omer

2.    The day the Qur’an was first discovered

3.    The prophet’s night journey

4.    Going on a pilgrimage to Mecca not during the Hajj

41.  A settlement with a Shi’ite population is:

1.    Gush Halav

2.    Rehaniya

3.    Daburiyya

4.    Ghajar

42.  The Druze house of prayer is called:

1.    Diwan

2.    Zawiya

3.    Madrasa

4.    Hilweh

43.  One of the early names of the settlement at the tip of the Eilat bay is:

Timna

b. Uvda

c. Etzion Gaver

d. Kadesh Barne’a

44.  The term “Ror” applies to:

1.    The Jordan River’s lower floodplain terrace (Geon haYarden)

2.    The Jordan Canal

3.    The Jordan River’s upper floodplain terrace (Kikar haYarden)

4.    Transjordan

45.  A tourist site with a restoration of a Talmudic Village can be seen at:

1.    Tel Dan

2.    Neot Kedumim

3.    En Yael

4.    Katzrin

46.  A museum that documents the history of the Valley Train is found in:

1.    Kfar Yehoshuah

2.    Afula

3.    The old Gesher

4.    Beit She’an

47.  Ruins of a Bosnian settlement are found in:

1.    Apollonia

2.    Caesarea

3.    Be’er Sheva

4.    Ashkelon

48.  Beit Jamal Monastery is associated with:

1.    Stephen and Rabban Gamliel

2.    Peter and St. Francis

3.    Paul and Elisha ben Abuyah

4.    John the Baptist and Yohanan ben Zavdi

49.  The town of the “Bahadim” (army training camps) is being built in:

1.    The Judean Desert

2.    The Negev Heights (Ramat haNegev)

3.    The Arad desert

4.    Mitzpe Ramon

50.  Wool industry from the Ottoman period was located in:

1.    Meshushim stream

2.    Betzet stream

3.    Amud stream

4.    Dalton stream

GOOD LUCK!

Sivan 5775

June 2015

LICENSING EXAMINATION – TOUR GUIDE COURSE

Part B – Total of 70 Points

Time allotment for this section of the examination: three hours.

Choose one of the following three groups and plan a tour for it.

Group No. 1

A group of students from abroad, interested in UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The tour departs from Tel Aviv on Monday at 8:00 and ends in Mitzpe Ramon on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour should not extend north of Tel Aviv or south of the Dead Sea, and no further south than the Ramon Carter.

2. The route must exclude Jerusalem.

3. At least five World Heritage sites must be included.

4. The elaborated point must be related to one of these sites and must include the criteria for selecting it as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Group No. 2

A group of Jewish families from the United States (belonging to various streams of Judaism), want to have a Bar/Bat Mitzvah tour with an emphasis on Judaism and Zionism in the north of Israel. The tour will start in Acre on Monday at 08:00 and end in Tiberius on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. Do not deviate south of the Tzemach-Haifa line.

2. The tour must include half a day in the Golan Heights and half a day in Safed (Tzfat) – no more and no less.

3. The elaborated point must be at a site relating to the subject of Judaism or Zionism.

Group No. 3

A group of Israelis request a two day tour in Jerusalem on the topic “Jerusalem Through the Ages”. The tour will depart on Monday at 08:00 and end on Tuesday at 19:00.

Please note:

1. The tour will include the Old as well as the New city of Jerusalem.

2. The tour must include at least seven different historical periods.

3. The elaborated point must be in the New City.

GOOD LUCK!