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WorksheetsEnd of the Cold War and Conflicts in the Middle East
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
The 1947 United Nations plan for the former British Mandate in Palestine called for
international control of Palestine
Jewish control of Palestine.
separate Arab and Jewish states.
a single state shared by Jews and Arabs.
The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish homeland is known as what?
anti-Semitism
Holocaust
Diaspora
Zionism
What is the United States' main economic interest in SW Asia?
Oil
Trade routes
Mineral resources
Agricultural products
Iraq invaded Kuwait and international forces joined to help Kuwait in this war:
Persian Gulf War
Vietnam War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Kuwait War
In the 1978 Camp David Accords, what concession did Egypt make to Israel?
Egypt condemned anti-Semitism.
Egypt evacuated its troops from Jerusalem.
Egypt returned the Golan Heights to Israel.
Egypt recognized Israel's right to exist.
Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?
Mikhail Gorbechev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Which new Soviet policy granted the people of the USSR more decision making power and greater access to private ownership of businesses?
perestroika
glasnost
democratization
shock therapy
Which of Gorbachev's programs created more openness, more public participation in government, and greater individual rights were given to Soviet citizens?
glasnost
perestroika
democratizatsiya
shock therapy
The Six-Day War in 1967 between Israel and nearby Arab states resulted in
the expansion of Palestinian territory
an Arab defeat.
an Arab victory.
a stalemate.
The Intifada uprising that began in 1987 was motivated by opposition to
Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal.
Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza.
Palestinian participation in peace negotiations.
the establishment of a theocracy in Israel.
This is the name given to a 1917 letter from a British foreign secretary who seemed to make promises to both Zionists and Palestinians.
Zimmerman Note
Balfour Declaration
Sykes-Pico Agreement
Huessian McMahon Letters
In the 1970s and 1980s, this groupís military wing conducted a violent campaign against Israel, which, in turn, bombed Palestinian towns thought to be the groupís strongholds.
ISIS
Taliban
PLO
Hezbollah
An international incident in 1956 involving Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal an invasions of Egypt by Israel, Britain, and France
Yom Kippur War
SIx Day War
Panama Crisis
Suez Crisis
What did Israel do after the Second Intifada to increase security? (Hint: Think about what Trump wanted to do at the Mexican Border).
They began peace negotiations with Hamas.
They built a barrier wall across the West Bank
They greatly increased the size of the Israeli military
They stopped building settlements in the Gaza Strip.
Which of the following was a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War?
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis became refugees.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians became refugees.
An independent Palestinian state no longer existed.
all of the above
