Module 16.03: Arab-Israeli Conflict

What term refers to regions ruled by Britain and France until they were ready to rule themselves after World War I?

• Colonies

• Mandates

• Protectorates

• Territories

What event interrupted Jewish immigration to Palestine for nearly six years after World War II?

• The Partition of Palestine

• The Arab-Israeli Wars

• World War II

• The Yom Kippur War

Who was the Jewish leader who declared the establishment of Israel in Palestine in 1948?

• Gamal Abdel Nasser

• Yasir Arafat

• David ben-Gurion

• Golda Meir

What was the goal of Israel's Arab neighbors in the Arab-Israeli Wars?

• To establish peace treaties with Israel

• To destroy the Israeli state and return control of the region to Palestinian Muslim Arabs

• To annex parts of Israel

• To establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel

Who became the first female prime minister of Israel in 1969?

• Yasir Arafat

• Golda Meir

• Golda Meir

• Yasir Arafat

Who was the nationalist leader of Egypt who nationalized the Suez Canal?

• David ben-Gurion

• Anwar Sadat

• Gamal Abdel Nasser

• Menachem Begin

What term refers to the Israeli parliament?

• Congress

• Knesset

• Senate

• Assembly

What agreement was negotiated between Egypt's President Anwar Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachem Begin, with guidance from President Jimmy Carter?

• Suez Canal Treaty

• Oslo Accords

Who became the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the late 1960s?

• Golda Meir

• Yasser Arafat

• Gamal Abdel Nasser

• Anwar Sadat

What major terrorist campaign in Israel was organized by the PLO in 1987?

• Six-Day War

• Camp David Intifada

• Yom Kippur War

• Intifada