TCI Chapter 29

What European country had control of Palestine after World War I?

• French

• Italians

• Americans

• British

What is zionism?

• Movement for Jewish homeland
• Movement for Arab homeland
• Movement for oil
• dislike of zionists

Which has been a major goal of both the Zionists and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East

• to unite all Middle Eastern nations as one
• to have their own independent countries
• to become leaders in the world economy
• to improve their relations with the USSR

Which U.S. President is credited with securing peace between Egypt and Israel at Camp David?

• Carter

• Clinton

• Eisenhower

• Bush

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

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

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 document first established British support for the creation of Israel in 1917?

• UN Resolution 242

• Balfour Declaration/ Letter

• Declaration of Peace

• Oslo Peace Accords

Why was the nation of Israel created in 1947 as Jewish homeland in Palestine?

• it was the only territory the British would give up

• the Arab Palestinians wanted to help Jewish refugees

• UN voted to recognize land as a Jewish state

• French needed a place to send communist sympathisers

What did the signing of the Camp David Accords with Egypt and Israel indicate?

• Egypt no longer supported the interests of Palestine

• the war between Muslims & Jews in holy land was over for good

• both nations would ask the US for permission to speak

• An Arab nation could make peace with Israel

What did the assassination of Anwar Sadat after the Camp David Accords of 1978 demonstrate?

• Egyptian government wanted revenge for 1967

• some Muslim Extremists were unwilling to compromise with Israel

• Palestinians had taken over the Egyptian government & were starting a war

• all of the above