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WorksheetsArab Israeli Conflict
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What country created the Palestinian Mandate at the end of WWI?
a)
France
b)
Great Britain
c)
United States
d)
Germany
2.
Who is Israel's current Prime Minister?
a)
Menachem Begin
b)
David Ben-Gurion
c)
Benjamin Netanyahu
d)
Golda Meir
3.
What was the purpose of the PLO?
a)
to form a military alliance
b)
to form a trading partnership
c)
to promote terrorism
d)
to Liberate Palestine land from Jews
4.
Why was there international support to create the state of Israel in 1948?
a)
the land was unoccupied at the time
b)
the Holocaust opened peoples' eyes to the persecution of the Jews
c)
Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a Jewish homeland
d)
all national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were promised homelands by the UN
5.
What has been a common goal of the Jews & Muslims?
a)
to unite all Middle Eastern nations as one
b)
to have their own independent countries
c)
to become leaders in the world economy
d)
to impose their religion on others
6.
How did the Arab community respond to the UN Partition Plan?
a)
they rejected it & attacked Israel
b)
they rejected it & attacked Palestinians
c)
they accepted it
d)
they ignored it
7.
What does PLO stand for?
a)
Palestine Lives On
b)
Palestinian Liberation Organization
c)
Protest Liberty Organization
d)
Prosperity Livelihood Oneness
8.
Israel claims what location as its capital?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Tel Aviv
c)
East Jerusalem
d)
West Bank
9.
Israel declared independence in what year?
a)
1946
b)
1947
c)
1948
d)
1949
10.
When was the Ottoman Empire defeated?
a)
WWII
b)
Persian Gulf War
c)
during the takeover of Constantinople
d)
The end of WWI
11.
A major argument between the Israelis and the Palestinians is that each side
a)
wants to control oil resources in the area
b)
claims Israel as their homeland
c)
believes in different interpretations of the same religion
d)
has close military alliances with neighboring countries
12.
Which document is most closely associated with the Arab-Israeli conflict?
a)
Kyoto Protocol
b)
Communist Manifesto
c)
Balfour Declaration
d)
Treaty of Nanjing
13.
Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict refers to what ethnic group?
a)
Jews
b)
Christians
c)
Arab-Muslims
d)
Muslims
14.
Israeli refers to which ethnic group in the Arab-Israeli conflict?
a)
Muslims
b)
Judas
c)
Jews
d)
Jordanians
15.
Who was the longtime leader of the PLO?
a)
Yassir Arafat
b)
Mahmoud Abbas
c)
Osama Bin-Laden
d)
Anwar Sadat
16.
Who was the most important leader in the Ottoman Empire?
a)
Alexander
b)
Suleyman
c)
Genghis Kahn
d)
Ptoleman
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