Balfour Declaration

___________________________ – Great Britain promises the Jews a 

homeland in Palestine (ancient Israel).

• Balfour Declaration

• Mobilization

•  Armistice

• Treaty of Versailles

"Israel will be a home for all Jewish people"

• Benito Mussolini

• Chang Kai-Shek

• Blackshirts

• Balfour Declaration

• Japan

What was the purpose of the Balfour Declaration?

• To force Ukraine to collectivize and feed the USSR

• To recognize the mass starvation in Ukraine as a genocide

• To call for the establishment of a national home for Jewish people in Palestine

• To accelerate Jewish migration from India and Egypt to Palestine

What did the Balfour Declaration lead to?

• A) The recognition of the Holodomor as a genocide

• B) The establishment of the state of Israel in 1948

• C) The mass starvation of Ukrainians

• D) The collectivization of farms in Ukraine

What year was the Balfour Declaration issued?

• 1917

• 1920

• 1939

• 1945

Who was the British Foreign Secretary who issued the Balfour Declaration?

• Arthur Balfour

• David Lloyd George

• Winston Churchill

• Neville Chamberlain

Which country was primarily affected by the Balfour Declaration?

• Palestine

• Egypt

• Jordan

• Lebanon

The Balfour Declaration was a letter addressed to which individual?

• Lord Rothschild

• Chaim Weizmann

• Theodor Herzl

• David Ben-Gurion

What was the main promise of the Balfour Declaration?

• A national home for the Jewish people in Palestine

• Independence for India

• Support for the Ottoman Empire

• A new constitution for Egypt

Which empire controlled Palestine at the time of the Balfour Declaration?

• Ottoman Empire

• British Empire

• French Empire

• Russian Empire