Middle Eastern History and Conflicts

What groups of people lived in Palestine after the Ottoman Empire ended?

• Christians

• Muslims

• Jews

• All of the above

Which two countries secretly planned to divide the Ottoman lands after World War I?

• France and Germany

• Great Britain and Russia

• France and Great Britain

• United States and Great Britain

What did the Zionist leaders propose at the Paris Peace Conference?

• To create a new Arab nation

• To establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

• To make Palestine a British colony

• To divide Palestine between France and Great Britain

What was the name of the declaration from the British government that supported a Jewish homeland in Palestine?

• The Sykes-Picot Agreement

• The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Paris Peace Treaty

What did the United Nations suggest for the land after the Holocaust in 1947?

• A single large Arab state.

• A single large Jewish state.

• Separate Jewish and Arab states with Jerusalem as an international city.

• To keep the land under British rule.

What happened after Jewish leaders declared independence in 1948?

• All neighboring countries immediately recognized the new state.

• Neighboring Arab states invaded, leading to a war.

• The United Nations took over control of the entire region.

• A peaceful agreement was signed by all sides.

What was the "Nakba" (catastrophe) that happened after the 1948 war?

• The creation of a new international city.

• The displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians from their homes.

• A new peace treaty signed by all countries.

• The establishment of the Green Line border.

Which areas did Israel capture during the Six-Day War in 1967?

• Only the Sinai Peninsula.

• Only the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

• The Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Golan Heights.

• Only East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Who signed the peace agreements at Camp David in 1978?

• Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon

• Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin

• Bill Clinton and Yitzhak Rabin

• Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin Netanyahu

What organization did the Arab League say was the only true voice for the Palestinian people in 1974?

• Hamas

• Hezbollah

• Palestinian Authority

• Palestine Liberation Organization