CONFLICT IN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: CRASH COURSE WORLD HISTORY #22

In what year was the Balfour Declaration issued?

• 1917

• 1948

• 1939

• 1905

What is a common misconception about the conflict in Israel and Palestine?

• It is rooted in a clash between religions

• It started in the 21st century

• It is a recent conflict

• It involves only two parties

Who is the leader of the British Jewish community mentioned in the Balfour Declaration?

• Joseph Stalin

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Baron Rothschild

What type of document is the Balfour Declaration?

• A manifesto

• A novel

• A treaty

• A letter

Who was upset with with the Balfour Declaration and increased momentum of the Zionist movement?

• Shia Muslims

• Israeli Jews

• Palestinian Arabs

• Kurds

declaration that confirmed Britain's support for the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine (1917)

• Treaty of Versailles

• Balfour Declaration

• Nuremberg Law

• Axis Power Declaration

How did Arabs feel about the creation of Israel? 

• they supported it because of the horrors of the Holocaust
• they thought it was unfair to the Palestinians to punish them for what the Nazis did
• they believed splitting up the land was a fair compromise
• they were unhappy about it, but tried to work it out anyway

Diaspora ----> Zionism ----> ____________ ----> Establishment of Israel

Which event is missing from the timeline above?

• Six Day War

• Kurdish Nationalism

• WWI

• Holocaust

___________: Arab ; Israeli: Jew

• Palestinian

• Shia

• Iraqi

• Kurd

In the Arab-Israeli conflict, which group of people are losing the most land?

• The Israelis

• The Palestinians

• The Egyptians

• The Syrians