Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Who created the state of Israel in 1948?

• The British
• United States
• Arabs
• United Nations

After which war did Israel gain the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza from Egypt?

• Ramadan
• 4 Days war
• Arab-Israeli war
• Six Days War

Jerusalem is a holy place of pilgrimage for which group of people? 

• Christians
• Jews
• Muslims
• all of these people

What was the purpose of the PLO? 

• to form a military alliance 
• to form a trading partnership
• to promote terrorism
• to create a Palestinian state

Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?

• the land was unoccupied at the time
• the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
• Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
• all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN

How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?

• they rejected it & attacked Israel
• they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
• they accepted it
• they ignored it

What was the 1st Arab country to officially recognize the state of Israel?

• Egypt
• Jordan
• Syria
• Lebanon

What does PLO stand for?

• Palestine Lives On
• Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Protest Liberty Organization
• Prosperity Livelihood Oneness

Israel declared independence in what year?

• 1946
• 1947
• 1948
• 1949

When was the Ottoman Empire defeated?

• WWII
• Persian Gulf War
• during the takeover of Constantinople
• The end of WWI