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WorksheetsCreation of Israel
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is Zionism?
The idea that all religious groups should have their own states
The plan to let Arabs and Jews share the land in Palestine equally
The hope that all Governments will be based on religious principles
The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times
Which world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?
The United Nations
The European Nation
The league of Nations
The organization of Petroleum export countries
How did Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of the new state of Israel?
They supported it fully
They rejected it as unfair to them
The Arab population in Palestine were largely unaffected by the new state
They agreed to try to work it out although they were unhappy about the decision
What was the name of the political movement dedicated to establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine?
Operation Israeli
Holocaust
Antisemitism
Zionism
Which of these was the biggest influence in the United Nations to recognize Israel as a nation-state in 1948?
WWI
the Holocaust
discovery of oil
the Middle East crisis
Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948?
After the Ottoman empire was dismantled after World War I a new Jewish nation-state was created.
The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
Palestine was divided into two nation-states to be occupied by the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II.
Fears that Palestine was becoming a communist state led the United States into creating Israel as a democratic country in the Middle East.
The creation of a Jewish nation in the Middle East in 1917 was supported by Great Britain in
The Balfour Declaration
The Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The Holocaust
The five surrounding Arab nations immediately attacked Israel
the day the United Nations proposed it's creation.
when they developed nuclear weapons.
on the 1st anniversary of its creation.
the day it was created in 1948.
Why was the decision to form the nation of Israel made by the United Nations (UN)?
The UN had divided the land after WWI and had control over the territory of Palestine.
France had promised the land to the Jews, but Great Britain had promised it to the Arabs.
Great Britain had promised the same land to both Jews and Arabs and needed the UN to fix the issue.
The Jews didn't want a homeland, but the UN insisted that they leave Europe.
A major conflict in the Middle East is between Arab states and ______.
Iraq
Iran
Israel
Turkey
Which of the following are reasons the Jews believed they had a historical and religious connection to the land of Palestine?
Jews had lived on the land over 4,000 years.
Jews left the land only after being forced out by the Romans.
Jerusalem and other holy sites for Judaism are located there.
All are correct.
As Jewish Immigration continued, what happened?
The Ottoman Empire came back
A new ethnic group was formed
A new religion was formed
Tension grew between Jews and Arabs
