Israeli Palestinian History Review

Place these events in the correct order, from earliest to most recent

• Six Days' War

• Nakba/War of Independence

• Oslo Accords

• UN Resolution 181

• Balfour Declaration

Match the event to the correct year

• First Intifada

• 1987 - 93

• Balfour Declaration

• 1973

• Six Days' War

• 1967

• Nakba

• 1917

• Yom Kippur War

• 1948

After the Six Days' War, Israel seized the ​ (a)   from Jordan, the ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   Peninsula from Egypt, and the ​ (d)   from Syria

• West Bank
• Gaza Strip
• Sinai
• Golan Heights

Which leaders signed the Oslo Accords?

• Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat

• Jimmy Carter and Anwar al-Sadat

• Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar

• Bashar al-Assad

Which Arab country was the first to formally recognize Israel?

• Saudi Arabia

• Lebanon

• Egypt

• Syria

Why is the West Bank referred to as "occupied territory"?

• It has been occupied by Jordan since 1948

• Israeli settlers and military still maintain massive control over the area

• The Palestinian Authority rules over the area, but has never won an election

• Britain still holds the West Bank as a colony

During World War I, Britain made separate promises to Jewish ​ (a)   to support a Jewish state in ​ (b)   , and ​ (c)   leaders, to support ​​ (d)   , including in Palestine.

• Zionists
• Palestine
• Arab
• independent states
• Balfour
• Ottoman

Match the Holy Site in Jerusalem to the religion

• Islam

• The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque

• Christianity

• The Western Wall

• Judaism

• The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The ___________________ is the site of the first and second Jewish temples, and today holds religious sites that are holy to multiple religions.

• Temple Mount

• Holy Rock

• Mount of Olives

• Jerusalem

How do Israelis and Palestinians make claims to the "Holy Land"? Sort the arguments into the correct category.

Groups:

(a) Palestinian claims

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(b) Israeli claims

• Jewish people need a national homeland to be safe from Antisemitism

• Arab Palestinians are the majority

• Jerusalem holds the holiest site in Judaism

• Jerusalem holds holy sites for Muslims and Christians, not just Jews

• Returning to their ancient homeland after being forced out by the Romans

• Have been living continuously on the land for centuries

• Belief that God gave the land to Jewish people as the "Promised Land"