SWA Creation of Israel

Which describes the Holocaust?

• murder of millions of European Jews during World War II

• destruction of all European governments during World War II

• bombing of towns and villages in England and Germany during World War II

• the Russian policy of burning ground behind them as they retreated to stop the German invasion

What is Zionism?

• the idea that all religious groups should have their own states

• the plan to let Arabs and Jews share the land in Palestine equally

• the hope that all governments will be based on religious principles

• the belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times

Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in 1948

• there was no one else living on the land at the time

• many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust

• Arab countries in the area support the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine

• All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time

What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?

• the United Nations

• the European Union

• the League of Nations

• the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

How did Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 fell about the creation of the new state of Israel?

• they supported it fully

• they rejected it as unfair to them

• the Arab population in Palestine was largely unaffected by the new state

• they agreed to try to work it out although they were unhappy about the decision

When war broke out in Palestine, what countries joined with the Palestinian Arabs to try to stop the creation of the new state of Israel?

• the United States

• neighboring Arab countries

• the major nations of Europe

• the countries belonging to the United Nations

What has become of many of the Palestinians who became refugees in 1948?

• Many still in refugee camps

• Most have become Israeli citizens

• They have been given a state of their own in which to live

• the have given up any claim to return to the the land they lost in 1948

Which describes "anti-Semitism" ?

• denying women the right to vote

• refusal to allow immigrants into your country

• hatred of Jews simply because they practice Judaism

• refusal to allow the practice of religion of any kind

What was the outcome of the 1948 War between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?

• The conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens in the new State of Israel

• Israel won the war and the new State of Israel was even larger than originally planned

• Almost no Jewish people were willing to go to Israel because of the country's Arab neighbors

• The United Nations decided to withdraw the proposal to create a State of Israel because of all the problems it caused in the area

The scattering of Jewish people throughout the world was called ________________.

• The Holocaust

• Kristallnacht

• Apartheid

• Diaspora