Two Claims to Palestine

What was the name of the land that was in dispute?

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Palestine (Present day Israel)

What were the names of the two groups that claimed the land?

• Jews and Palestinians

• Arabs and Palestinians

• Egyptians and Jews

Why did the Jews believe that the land was special?

• They lived there during B.C. times.

• The land was given to them by God.

• There was gold in the land.

The diaspora was the_____.

• traveling to another country.

• scattering of the Palestinians throughout the world.

• scattering of the Jews throughout the world.

Violent attacks against the Jews by racist in eastern Europe was called _______.

• pogroms

• pilgrims

• programs

What two countries made a secret agreement to split the land of the Ottoman empire?

• France and Germany

• Britain and Spain

• France and Britain

Which group made up 10% of the population in Palestine by 1914

• Jews

• Palestinians

• Christians

Why were the Arabs upset with Britain?

• They attacked them.

• They did not include them in the division of the land at first.

• They had too many people.

What did the Jewish people do to encourage Britain to give them a homeland in Palestine?

• They protested at the British Consulate in 1946.

• They declared war on Europe.

• They attacked the Palestinians.

Why was the United Nations part of the decision to divide the land of Palestine?

• They were better at solving problems.

• They fought for the land.

• The land was given to them by Britain, who was tired of policing the two groups in dispute.