History of Southwest Asia (Part I) DT #2 Re-Performance Lesson

History of Southwest Asia (Part I)
DT #2 Re-Performance Lesson 2024

Multiple Choice

The modern nation of Israel was established in 1948 as a homeland for Jewish people. Why was this country established?

• To settle lands in Palestine that

  had been abandoned

• To provide a home for Jews who had survived the Holocaust

• To provide labor for the oil

  fields of Palestine

• To establish a border between the Nile and Jordan Rivers

Multiple Choice

When the majority of Jews were forced from Palestine and scattered throughout Southwest Asia and Europe, this was known as ___________________________.

• Anti-Semitism

• San Remo Agreement

• Refugee

• Diaspora

Multiple Choice

What was the Palestinian Arab response to the UN proposal to partition Palestine between the Arabs and the Jews?

• The Arabs were unaffected by the new state.

• The Arabs supported it fully.

• The Arabs rejected it and thought that it was unfair to them.

• The Arabs were unhappy but agreed to work it out.

Multiple Choice

The _________________________ Movement, created by Jewish refugees, and the Law of Return allowed Jews to return to Israel as citizens from anywhere in the world.

• Refugee

• Ottoman

• Zionist

• Palestinian

Multiple Choice

What term is used to refer to the hatred of Jewish people?

• Refugees

• Secular

• Zionist

• Anti-Semitism

Multiple Select

What two connections do both the Palestinians and the Israelis have to the land in present-day Israel? Select two answers.

• Both ethnic groups have resided in the area since 70 CE

• Both ethnic groups believe that the land was given to them in a covenant between God and Abraham

• Both ethnic groups recognize Jerusalem as a holy city

• Both ethnic groups were expelled from the region by the Romans