Conflict in Israel and Palestine: Crash Course World History 223

Where does Crash Course begin its look the origin of the Israeli Palestinian conflict?

• The late 17th century

• The late 18th century

• The late 19th century

• The late 20th century

How does Crash Course look at the conflict?

• Competing religions

• Competing nationalisms

• Competing ethnicities

• Competing ways of life

What were the demographics of Palestine according to the 1878 Ottoman records?

• 87% Muslim, 10% Christian, 3% Jewish

• 3% Muslim, 10% Christian, 87% Jewish

• 10% Muslim, 87% Christian, 3% Jewish

• 100% Jewish

Who is Theodor Herzl, what idea did he have?

• Antisemitism, anti-jewish thinking and actions against Jews.

• Judaism, a way of life founded on the convenient between the God of the Bible & Abraham's decedents.

• Founder of Israel, a location in the area previously known as Palestine

• Founder of Zionism, an idea that the Jewish people needed a home land of their own.

What was the Balfour Declaration?

• A promise for "the removal of the jewish people from Palestine."

• A promise for "the establishment in Palestine of a nation home for the Jewish people."

• A promise between the British and French to split up the middle east.

• A promise between God and Abraham.

What strategy did the British use in ruling the Palestinian territories?

• Unconditional love

• Unity and fairness

• Divide and rule

• Divide and conquer

What issues heightened Jewish, Palestinian tensions?

• A growing Jewish population.

• A growing since of nationalism amongst Palestinians.

• A series of conflicts and foreign interventions.

• The partition of Israel and Palestine by the United Nations.

Who became responsible for the Palestinian territory after the British?

• The United States

• The United Nations

• The United Arab Emirates

• NATO

What was the United Nations solution to the Jewish, Palestinian issue?

• The creation of one state Israel.

• The creation of one state Palestine.

• The partition of Palestine into two states Israel and Palestine.

• The destruction of both groups.

What were two wars fought between Israelis and Palestinians?

• World War II

• The 1948 Arab Israeli War

• The Six Day War in 1967

• The Soviet Afghan War