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Jerusalem – 1

1. What are the names of the gates to the Old City?
2. How many campuses are there at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem?
3. What roads meet at Zion Square?
4. What is the area to the north-east of the Old City called?
5. What is the area to the south of the Old City called?
6. What is the neighborhood to the west of the Old City called?
7. Name two museums in Jerusalem.

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Geography - 2

Draw a map of the Israeli coastline, the Dead Sea and the Kinneret.

Fill in the following places: Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Beer Sheva; and label the following areas: Galilee, Judea and Samaria, Negev, Arava.

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Communities & Settlements - 3

Name ten places called "House of ..." (House of = Bet).

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Scramble - 4

TCSRISFTUUI (One of Israel’s major exports)
ENRMOHA (Symbol of the State of Israel)
HIRSETU (Type of communal taxi)
OAVSMH (An agricultural settlement)
MS AERILA (The people of Israel)
EECMIHMNAEGBN (Former Prime Minister of Israel)
HHMRGOAEZIC (Former President of Israel)
TORHRLHDEEOZ (The founder of Zionism)
HAAHHDOAST (The news)
OHYASATMAMTU (Independence Day)

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Routes - 5

If you made a circular tour starting and ending in Jerusalem, what order would you take to visit the following places?

Akko, Tel Aviv, Nahariya, Beit Shean, Netania, Arad, Kiryat Schmonah, Tiberias, Haifa, Beer Sheva, Aschkelon, Safed, Eilat, Ein Gedi, Sde Boker, Afula

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Distance - 6

1. Which is nearer to Jerusalem: Ramallah or Ramle?
2. Which is nearer to Massada: Jerusalem or Beer Sheva?
3. Which is nearer to Tel-Aviv: Rishon-le-Zion or Rehovot?
4. Which is nearer to Ben-Gurion Airport: Tel-Aviv or Jerusalem?
5. Which is higher above sea-level: Safed or Tel-Aviv?
6. Which is further north: Kiryat Shmona or Metulla?
7. Which is higher above sea-level: Afula or Nazareth?
8. Which is nearer the Mediterranean Sea: Beer Sheva or Eilat?
9. Which is nearer to the Jordan River: the State of Jordan, Jerusalem or Eilat?
10. Which is nearer to Lebanon: Nahariya or Maalot?

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The Negev and the South - 7

1. Name three towns south of Beer Sheva.
2. How many of the settlements between Sodom and Eilat are not near the road?
3. Between which places is there a greater distance: Beer Sheva to Eilat, or Beer Sheva to Metulla?
4. Yad sometimes means a memorial. Find two kibbutzim in the south named as memorials for recent heroes.
5. Nahal means a stream. Find two kibbutzim and a river bearing this name in the Gaza area.

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Development Towns - 8

   K I R Y A T S H M O N A
   G P    D    D    A    F A   
   Q O K I R Y A T G A  T    
   C A    M    E    Z    K S   
   A P S O N R O O E I R   
  R E    N    O    R    M A   
   M J H A E H I C M F T   
   I R    P    A    I    S E   
B E T S H E M E S H N L   
   L K    L    A    U    T I   
   I A N B O M A A L O T   

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Hebrew Words - 9

Match these words:

1. road/street

a hadar ochel
2. where?

b. erev tov
3. good evening

c. rehov
4. which?

d. madrich/a
5. goodbye

e. aifoh?
6. how much?

f. mispar
7. dining room

g. boker tov
8. leader/counselor

h. aizeh?
9. number

i. kama?
10. good morning

j. lehitraot

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Tel Aviv - 10

1. Name five townships/suburbs of Tel-Aviv on the map
2. Name two roads named after the place in Israel that they lead to
3. Name three theaters or places of entertainment

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