History of the Jews in Europe

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/history-of-the-jews-in-europe

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the holocaust mortality?Approximately 6 million Jews were systematically murdered during the Holocaust
2. What is the contemporary european jewish population?As of 2010, Europe's Jewish population was estimated at 1.4 million
3. When did Jewish people first move to Europe?Jewish people began moving to Europe before the Roman Empire was fully formed. Early Jewish communities were already in Rome, likely through trade routes and local conversions.
4. Why were Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century?Spanish kings wanted everyone to follow one religion. They forced Jews to convert to Christianity or leave the country.

Judeans: Ancient inhabitants of Judea, the ancestral origin of the Jewish people.
Diaspora: The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
Roman Empire: A vast ancient state that significantly shaped European history, culture, and law.
Sephardic Jews: Jews whose ancestors originated in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).