49b Establishment of Israel Remediation

Multiple Choice

After World War I, which European country took control of Palestine?

• Great Britain

• Italy

• Spain

• France

Multiple Choice

What was the goal of Zionism?

• To create a Jewish homeland in the Middle East

• To wipe out all Jewish people

• To protect the mostly Arab nation of Palestine

Multiple Choice

Out of all of the countries in the world, why did Jews want to settle in Palestine?

• They have a religious connection to this land that goes back thousands of years, all of their holy places are there

• This area has the most natural resources that they believed would help them build a strong economy

• There was no one living here so it was easy to take this land without angering anyone

Multiple Choice

What is anti-Semitism?

• Hatred of or discrimination against Jewish people

• Movement to create a Jewish country in the Middle East

• a religion with a belief in one god that started with Abraham and the Hebrew people

Multiple Choice

Anti-Semitism spread rapidly when which political party came to power in Germany?

• Nazi Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• National Rally Party

Multiple Choice

What was the Holocaust?

• the mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi German concentration camps

• the movement to create a Jewish country in the Middle East

• a religious book that is important to many religions

• a type of government that tries to distribute wealth and property evenly

Multiple Choice

Which international organization voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish country and an Arab country in 1948?

• the Red Cross

• the United Nations

• the World Bank

• the World Health Organization

Multiple Choice

The five surrounding Arab nations immediately attacked Israel

• the day the United Nations proposed it's creation.

• when they developed nuclear weapons.

• on the 1st anniversary of its creation.

• the day it was created in 1948.

Multiple Choice

Which of these was the biggest influence in the United Nations to recognize Israel as a nation-state in 1948?

• WWI

• the Holocaust

• discovery of oil

• the Middle East crisis

Multiple Choice

What do Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust have in common?

• They all led to the creation of Modern day Israel for the Jewish people.

• They all led to World War 2.

• They all happened prior to World War 1.

• They are all associated with the Arab ethnic group.

Multiple Choice

During and after World War II many surviving Jews were looking for somewhere to relocate and start a new life. Many decided to immigrate to Palestine and the land of their religious connection. Eventually, this immigration, along with Zionist conflicts with England led to which major world event?

• The beginning of the Holocaust.
• The creation of the State of Israel.
• The dropping of the atomic bomb
• The breakup of the Ottoman Empire