ASSESSMENT - Israel-Palestine Timeline, WWI to 1948

Which agreement during World War I involved Britain promising Arabs living in Palestine self-rule if they rose up against the Ottoman Turks?

• Sykes-Picot Agreement

• The Balfour Declaration

• McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

• The Palestinian Mandate

What was the main purpose of the Sykes-Picot Agreement between France and Britain during World War I?

• To grant independence to the Jewish people

• To divide the territory of the Ottoman Empire between them

• To establish a national home for Arabs

• To end the war with the Ottoman Turks

According to the Balfour Declaration, what did the British government support?

• The creation of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine

• The independence of Iraq and Syria

• The division of the Ottoman Empire among European powers

• The immediate independence of Palestine

What was one major factor contributing to the high rate of Jewish immigration to British-controlled Palestine in the 1930s?

• Anti-Semitic policies of the Nazis in Europe

• Economic opportunities in Palestine

• British encouragement of Arab immigration

• Discovery of oil in Palestine

What was a major consequence of the Arab Revolt (1936–1939)?

• Arabs succeeded in driving the British out

• Britain granted full independence to Palestine

• Arabs faced harsh suppression, imprisonment, and exile

• Britain withdrew all support for Jewish immigration

What did the 1937 Peel Commission propose?

• Full Arab independence

• A binational state shared equally by Arabs and Jews

• Partition of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, and a British-governed Jerusalem

• A Jewish state and British exile of Arabs

What event caused any attempt at developing a solution for Palestine to be shelved?

• The outbreak of WWII

• The end of the British Mandate

• The creation of the United Nations

• The discovery of oil in the region

During WWII, why did tensions rise between Jews and Arabs in Palestine?

• Jewish immigration increased while Arabs were promised more delays

• Jews supported the Allies; some Arabs sided with the Axis

• The Holocaust highlighted the urgent need for a Jewish refuge

• Tensions eased on account of WWII

Which side did the Jews/Zionists quickly take during World War II, and why?

• They sided with Nazi Germany because of shared interests.

• They remained neutral to avoid conflict.

• They took sides with Great Britain, realizing Nazi Germany posed a threat to Jews everywhere.

• They supported Fascist Italy for military aid.

What role did Jews in the region play in the Allied war effort in North Africa?

• They became Axis spies.

• They became integral to defensive operations against advancing Axis forces, gaining military and combat experience.

• They refused to participate in the war.

• They supported the Mufti’s plans.