Partitioning in SW Asia

A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922. It's lands were partitioned after WWI to form the modern Middle East

• Palestine

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionism

• Ottoman Empire

to divide

• Ottoman Empire

• partition

• Israelis

• primary source

A displaced group of Arabs who lived or still live in the area formerly called Palestine and now called Israel

• Palestinians

• partition

• Israelis

• primary source

Mostly Jewish people who live in the area known as Palestine and named their country Israel

• Palestine

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionism

• Israelis

The largest ethnic group in the Middle East

• Palestinians

• Arabs

• Israelis

• San Remo Agreement

a strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's homeland and people

• Zionism

• Arabs

• nationalism

• San Remo Agreement

Canaan(Palestine), the land promised to the Hebrews by God

• Promised Land

• partition

• Israelis

• secondary source

British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews in exchange for Jews help in WWI.

• McMahon Letter

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionism

• San Remo Agreement

British correspondence in 1916 that promised support for the creation of an Arab state in the Middle East in exchange for an Arab alliance in overthrowing the Ottomans in WWI.

• McMahon Letter

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionism

• San Remo Agreement

A movement founded in the 1890s to promote the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

• McMahon Letter

• Balfour Declaration

• Zionism

• Israelis