Arab-Israeli Conflict Flashcard

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What is the main cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

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Territorial disputes

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In 70 CE, Jews were kicked out of the Eastern Mediterranean by the _____ Empire.

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Roman

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The scattering of Jews in 70 CE is called the

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Diaspora

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The political movement to reunite Jews in their ancestral homeland is ______ and was led in the 1890s by ______.

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Zionism; Theodor Herzl

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This "Sick Man of Europe" crumbled after it joined the losing side of World War I.

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Ottoman Empire

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In which document, written in 1915, did Britain favor giving the Eastern Mediterranean to the Arabs? Options: Sykes-Picot Agreement, Hussein-McMahon Correspondence, The Balfour Declaration, The Peel Commission Plan

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Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

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In which document, written in 1917, did Britain favor giving the Eastern Mediterranean to the Jews?

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The Balfour Declaration

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In which secret agreement, made in 1916, did Britain and France conspire to control the Eastern Mediterranean after the fall of the Ottoman Empire?

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Sykes-Picot Agreement

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What policy or system was used by Britain and France to ostensibly help residents of the defunct Ottoman Empire prepare for self government but actually transferred wealth to the mother countries?

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Mandate System

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During the first half of the 20th century, the population of Jews in Palestine _____?

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increased sharply.