Middle East-Why is conflict difficult to resolve?

British document (1917) supporting a homeland for Jews in Palestine

• Magna Carta

• Balfour Declaration

• Treaty of Versailles

• The Bill of Rights

Middle Eastern nation formed in 1948

• Iran

• Egypt

• Israel

• Syria

1967 War in which Israel gained territory

• Six Day

• Ten Day

• World War II

• World War I

At the beginning of World War I, the area now known

as the Middle East was part of

• Britain

• France

• the Ottoman Empire

• the Mughal Empire

Which group has considered themselves a stateless nation since Israel was established?

• Palestinians

• Kurds

• Israelis

• Syrians

At the end of World War I, the League of Nations authorized mandates that...

• gave Middle Eastern countries complete independence

• gave Britain and France some control over policy and trade in the Middle East

• dictated which ethnic and religious groups could live in which Middle Eastern country

• none of the above

The __________ is a saltwater lake that is located at the world’s farthest point below sea level.

• Black Sea

• Dead Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Red Sea

The __________ River flows into the Dead Sea and is an important source of irrigation water.

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Jordan

• Nile

After which event did Europe give the Jews the right to move back to the biblical land of Canaan?

• Word War 1

• World War II

• Cold War
• Vietnam War

What was the concept of Jewish nationalism called?

• Zionism

• Islam

• Secularism

• Nationalism