Creation of Israel

Which ethnic group forms the Majority around the borders of Israel?

• Kurds

• Persians

• Arabs

What was the purpose of the PLO? 

• to form a military alliance 
• to form a trading partnership
• to promote terrorism
• to Liberate Palestine land from Jews

What has been a common goal of the Jews & Muslims?

• to unite all Middle Eastern nations as one
• to have their own independent countries
• to become leaders in the world economy
• to impose their religion on others

Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?

• the land was unoccupied at the time
• the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
• Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
• all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN

How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?

• they rejected it & attacked Israel
• they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
• they accepted it
• they ignored it

What does PLO stand for?

• Palestine Lives On
• Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Protest Liberty Organization
• Prosperity Livelihood Oneness

Israel declared independence in what year?

• 1946
• 1947
• 1948
• 1949

In what year was the 6 Day War?

• 1948

• 1959

• 1967

• 1976

How did Palestine’s Arab neighbors feel about Israel?

• They helped build walls around Israel
• They immediately began trading with Israel
• They refused to recognize Israel as a nation

The Arab-Israeli conflict is essentially about...

• Ethnicity

• Historical perspectives

• Land

• Money