What does it mean to partition a country/territory?

• To be proud of where you come from as a citizen.

• To best follow the traditions/beliefs of your religion.

• To divide a country/territory into small parts.

• To unify a country after it has been broken into smaller parts.

Being on the losing side of World War I led to

• the collapse of the Roman Empire

• The beginning of the New Islamic Empire

• The creation of Saudi Arabia as a monarchy

• the collapse of the Ottoman Empire

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, this country was created and is most closely associated with the Ottoman Empire.

• Israel

• Turkey

• Iraq

• Palestine

What European countries partitioned the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• France and Great Britain

• Germany and Spain

• United States and Italy

• Egypt and Palestine

What European country ruled Palestine before partitioning?

• Israel

• France

• Great Britain

• Germany

Jews have faced discrimination in Europe for centuries. They were not allowed to worship, go to school, own property, or vote. What is this an example of?

• Holocaust

• Zionism

• Anti-Semitism

• Extermination

The desire/movement of Jews for their own homeland in what was Palestine.

• Holocaust

• Zionism

• Anti-Semitism

• World War II

Hitler and the Nazi party's plan to exterminate all Jews (and undesirables) in Europe through pogroms, ghettos, and concentration camps.

• Holocaust

• Zionism

• Anti-Semitism

• Fundamentalism

After the break up of the Ottoman Empire, why did partitioning lead to conflict?

• Artificial Political Boundaries forced people together without considering cultural differences.

• Artificial Political Boundaries were created by Arabs so there was no conflict.

• Jobs and healthcare were lacking in the region.

• Natural resources were only given to Europeans and Arabs.

What was the United Nations plan for Palestine after WWII?

• To keep it as an Arab State

• To only allow it to be a Jewish state.

• To divide Palestine into a separate Arab and Jewish State.

• To allow the Soviet Union to make it communist.