Arab-Israeli Conflict Quiz

What is the main cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict?

• Territorial disputes

• Economic competition

• Religious differences

• Cultural exchange

In 70 CE, Jews were kicked out of the Eastern Mediterranean by the _____ Empire.

• Roman

• Byzantine

• Mongol

• Ottoman

The scattering of Jews in 70 CE is called the

• Maafa

• Diaspora

• Diffusion

• Nakba

The political movement to reunite Jews in their ancestral homeland is ______ and was led in the 1890s by ______.

• Zionism;

  Theodor Herzl

• Zionism;

  Ariel Sharon

• Nationalism;

  Theodor Herzl

• Nationalism;

  Ariel Sharon

This "Sick Man of Europe" crumbled after it joined the losing side of World War I.

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Mongol Empire

• Ottoman Empire

In which document, written in 1915, did Britain favor giving the Eastern Mediterranean to the Arabs?

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Peel Commission Plan

In which document, written in 1917, did Britain favor giving the Eastern Mediterranean to the Jews?

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Peel Commission Plan

In which secret agreement, made in 1916, did Britain and France conspire to control the Eastern Mediterranean after the fall of the Ottoman Empire?

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

• Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Peel Commission Plan

What policy or system was used by Britain and France to ostensibly help residents of the defunct Ottoman Empire prepare for self government but actually transferred wealth to the mother countries?

• Sykes-Picot System

• Mandate System

• Colonial System

• Imperial System

During the first half of the 20th century, the population of Jews in Palestine _____.

• stayed the same.

• decreased.

• increased sharply.

• increased slightly.