Israel/Palestine Vox

What empire ruled this region for centuries?

• The Mughal Empire

• The Mongol Empire

• The Hanseatic Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

Zionism supported the idea of Jewish

• nationalism

• selective breeding

• eugenics

• militarism

After WWI which European country took control of Palestine?

• France

• The United States

• Britain

• Germany

After the Holocaust many European Jews left Europe and emigrated to the new Jewish state known as

• Palestine

• Israel

• Jerusalem

• Bethlehem

Arabs throughout the region protested the new plan of dividing up Palestine between Jews and Arabs and declared war on Israel. What was the result of the war in 1948-1949?

• Israel lost land from the Arabs

• Israel gained more land from the Arabs

• The UN ended the state of Israel

• ISIS formed as an international terrorist group

The PLO supported

• A free state of Palestine and the end of Israel

• The end of Palestine and growth of the Israeli state

The goal of HAMAS is to

• Destroy Palestine

• Destroy Israel

Intifada is the Arabic word for

• Peace

• Stalemate

• Uprising

• Agreement

Israel withdrew its troops from what region in 2005 and who gained power in the region?

• Gaza; Hamas

• The West Bank; The Palestinian Authority

• The Golan Heights; Hezbollah

• The Northern Strip; Al Qaeda