Human Rights Violations Practice 1

The main idea of this cartoon has contributed most directly to which of the following?

• lasting peace in the Middle East

• rapid economic development in Gaza

• ongoing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis

• increased pollution from Gaza factories

The situation shown in this cartoon most directly resulted from which of the following?

• peace between Israel and Egypt created by the Camp David Accords

• formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• opening of a new factory in Gaza

• an Israeli-Palestinian agreement to transfer control of some territory to Palestinian authorities

Which later development transferred control of two locations on this graph to Palestinian authorities?

• Balfour Declarataion

• Oslo Accords

• Camp David Accords

• Six-Day War

A historian could best use this graph to study which topic?

• populations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• membership in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

• the Palestinian diaspora

• 
  border disputes in the Middle East

"His majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for the Jewish people...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the religious and civil rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine. "

— Lord Balfour, 1917

Which later development would Lord Balfour most likely support?

• deportation of Jewish people from Great Britain

• creation of Israel in 1948

• expulsion of Palestinians from Palestine

• territorial conflict between Arabs and Jews

"His majesty's government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for the Jewish people...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the religious and civil rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine. "

— Lord Balfour, 1917

Which claim is best supported by this passage?

• Great Britain encouraged Zionism during World War I.

• The nation of Palestine was created as a Jewish homeland in 1917.

• Lord Balfour was a resident of Palestine and ensured that the rights of all people living there were respected.

• The Balfour Declaration ended conflicts over land in Palestine.

"The time has come for you to go

Live where you like, but not among us. . . .

Get out of our soil, our sea, our wheat, our salt, our wounds.

[Get] out of the memory of our memories...."

— Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet

Based on this poem, Mahmoud Darwish would most likely support which of the following?

• increased Jewish immigration to Israel

• the partition of India

• building of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

• creation of an independent nation of Palestine

"The time has come for you to go

Live where you like, but not among us. . . .

Get out of our soil, our sea, our wheat, our salt, our wounds.

[Get] out of the memory of our memories...."

— Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet

The point of view in this poem most directly shows the influence of which of the following?

• British imperialism in India

• Camp David Accords

• membership of Palestine in the United Nations

• creation of the nation of Israel

"...The Nazi Holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the reestablishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations..."

The events described in this passage contributed most directly to which of the following?

• the Nuremberg Trials

• expulsion of Jews from Spain

• Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

"...The Nazi Holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of the reestablishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations..."

This passage is expressing support for which of the following?

• Zionism

• globalization

• theocracy

• self-determination