WorksheetsArab-Israeli Conflicts Quiz Review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 42mins
What is anti-semitism
Discrimination against Christians
Discrimination against Jews
Allowing Jews into your home
The movement of giving the Jews a homeland
Jews were often blamed for the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 1300s because ________.
a Jewish doctor aided in the spread of the Black Death
Christians spread the rumor that Jews had poisoned the European drinking wells
Jews brought the Black Death from India and China
Only Christians died from the Black Death
According to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ___________.
Jews are plotting to create a country of their own
Jews are conspiring to kill all Christians
Jews are conspiring to take over the world
Jews are responsible for 9/11
Why was it called the Yom Kippur War?
Because the Israelis were attacked on that holiday
Because the Egyptians were attacked on that holiday
Because it was named after the Egyptian President
Because it was named after the Israeli Prime Minister
What happened during the Yom Kippur War?
The Egyptians attacked Jordan
The Egyptians attacked Israel on one of Judaism's holiest holidays
The Israelis attacked Egypt on one of Islam's holiest holidays
The Germans attacked Israel
How did the Yom Kippur War end?
Jordan won the war
Egypt won the war
Israel won the war
A cease-fire was signed between Egypt and Israel
What document was released by the British Government, supporting the Jewish people receiving a homeland?
The Declaration of Independence
Rights of Man and the Citizen
Treaty of Versailles
The Balfour Declaration
(1967) Short conflict lasted six-days, between Egypt and her allies against Israel won by Israel; Israel took over the Golan Heights , The West Bank of the Jordan River; and the Sanai Peninsula.
Suez Crisis
Yom Kippur War
Six Day War
The First War
President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yasir Arafat
Menachem Begin
An agreement in 1993 in which Israeli prime minister Rabin granted Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, in exchange for the P.L.O to end its activity of ending Israel's existence.
Oslo Accords
Camp David Accords
Cease-Fire
Treaty of Versailles
In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat and Israel's Prime Minister Menachin Begin met at Camp David and a peace treaty was created between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel.
2010 Peace Negotiations
Cease-Fire
Oslo Accords
Camp David Accords
Egyptian leader who signed a peace agreement with Israel
Jimmy Carter
Anwar Sadat
Yasir Arafat
Golda Meir
July 26, 1956, Nasser (leader of Egypt) nationalized the Suez Canal, closed it to Israel. Egypt was invaded by Israel and lost. Egypt kept control of the Suez Canal.
Suez Crisis
Yom Kippur War
Six Day War
Intifada "Uprising"
U.S. President coordinated the Camp David Accords
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Golda Meir
Jimmy Carter
What are the two main Palestinian territories occupied by Israel?
The Dead Sea and the Gaza Strip
The Dead Sea and the West Bank
The West Bank and the Gaza Strip
The Dead Sea and the Red Sea
What was the most infamous act of terror attributed to the PLO?
Bombing the Western Wall
The 9/11 attacks
Munich Olympic terrorist attack
Bombing the US army barracks in Beirut
After the UN partition of Jerusalem the city would have been...
Given to Israel
Given to Palestine
Split between the Israelis and Palestinians
Put under UN control
The Middle East and other areas were held for about 700 years by this empire, which collapsed as a result of World War I.
German Empire
Ottoman Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Trade Organization (WTO)
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
International Petroleum Confederation
What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?
It's member nations declared war on the United States
It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN
It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.
It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran
How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?
The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo
Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened
The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down
It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.
antisemitism stems from...........
who is responsible for the death of Jesus
the Romans
the Orthodox Church
none of the above
religious or ethnic groups
the extermination of
all European Jews.
Treblinka are all examples of this.
Which of the following was NOT a consideration when the UN Partition Plan was made?
Equal Access to Water
Equal access to holy sites
Equal amount of population
Equal amount of land
What is an Intifada?
A reform in the Israeli government
Israeli retaliations
A mass Palestinian uprising
Arab-Israeli ceasefire
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.
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
Immediately after the end of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, European countries increased their involvement in Middle Eastern political and economic affairs. Which of these BEST explains how this change took place?
European people moved there to take advantage of the better climate.
European Jews were fleeing the expansion and oppression of the Germany government.
European governments were able to establish peace in the region for the first time in decades.
European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities.
Which of the following causes the MOST conflict in the Middle East?
water and gold
land and religion
immigration and currency
natural resources and capital
Why were Britain and France interested in the land in the Middle East?
Its abundance of oil
Its abundance of water
Its abundance of desert
Its religious and ethnic groups
Which of the following best describes the current state relationship between Israelis and Arabs?
Peace treaties have been signed, and all groups now live in harmony.
Though many peace efforts have been made, hatred between the two groups remains.
After defeating the Arabs in multiple wars, Israel is now the largest country in the Middle East.
Arabs have agreed to all of Israel's demands, but Israel refuses to give up any portion of Jerusalem to the Palestinians.
What was the Holocaust?
the mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi German concentration camps
the movement to create a Jewish country in the Middle East
a religious book that is important to many religions
a type of government that tries to distribute wealth and property evenly
What was the Jewish Diaspora?
the spreading out of Jewish people all of the world
a type of disease often transmitted in the Middle East
a religious book
a special Jewish holiday that happens in the winter
Which new project did Nasser hope would contribute to making Egypt a strong, independent, modern country?
Aswan Dam
Suez Canal
Pyramids of Giza
Fortification of the Gaza Strip
The Camp David agreement secured the Israeli departure from Sinai. Why were many Egyptians furious with Sadat for the agreement and led to his assassination?
The Sinai Desert was not imprtant to the Egyptian people
Egyptians were unhappy that he had gone to the Christian country of USA
The Egyptians thought he should have demanded land for Palestinian refugees
The Arab world was furious that he recognised Israel's right to exist.
Which country rushed military aid to Israeli after the initial Arab offensive of Yom Kippur?
USSR
Britain
USA
Czechoslovakia
Which country supplied Sadat with substantial military aid?
Saudi Arabia
USA
Iran
USSR
What was the consequence of the 6-Day War for Palestinian refugees, who had been driven from their homes in the 1948 war?
They were suddenly on land occupied by Israeli forces once more
They were driven from their refugee camps to other Arab states
The refugee camps were defended by UN troops
The Egyptian army prevented the Israeli army seizing these pieces of land
Which pieces of land did Israel seize during the 6 Day War?
Suez Canal, Straights of Tiran and South Lebannon
West Jerusalem, The Negev, Galilee
Sinai Desert, Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights
Eliat, Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jezreel Valley
What devastating tactic did the Israeli armed forces us to defeat the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan so quickly?
They used old Fedayeen tunnels to place their troops in postition, undetected by Egyptian forces
They used a fleet of Huey helicopters, provided by USA, to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines to disrupt supplies
The Israelis amassed a large tank army and used Blitzkreig tactics similar to those used by Germany in 1939
The Israeli air force destroyed the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian air forces in a surprise attack on the first day of the war.
Why did the British and French troops withdraw from the Suez Canal
The Egyptian army received Soviet military aid and pushed them out
International outrage meant that not even America would sell Britain and France oil
The Israelis warned the British and French that their presence would destabilise the area
There were public protests Paris and London against their government's actions
What military action did Britain, France and Israel take against Egypt in October 1956?
Israel captured Sinai, Britain and France bombed Egyptian air bases and seized the Suez Canal with paratroopers
British and French navies blockaded the entrance to the Nile and the Suez Canal whilst Israel seized the land around the canal
British,French and Israeli troops launched a joint attack on Egypt from Israel through the Sinai desert
The Israel navy attacked Egyptian forces on the Straights of Tiran whilst British and French amphibious units seized the Suez Canal
The Arab-Israeli conflict is essentially about...
Ethnicity
Historical perspectives
Land
Money
Between 1920s - 1940's majority of Jews immigrated to Palestine from ________.
Other Arab countries
Europe
United States of America
They had already been in Palestine for 3000 years
Following WWII, the newly formed United Nations proposed a partition plan where Palestine would be divided into a Jewish and Arab state. What is the percentage given for the Jewish State?
45%
30%
55%
10%
Approximately, how many Palestinians were expelled during the Nakba of 1948?
More than 1 million
Between 250,000 and 500,000
Less than 10,000
About 700,000
The Oslo Accords, signed in 1993 between the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, Yasser Arafat, and then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, has resulted in successful negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis and the creation of a Palestinian sovereign state.
True
False
In 2017 President Trump made an official recognition changing a long standing official US policy. Which one?
Trump recognised Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Trump recognised the existence of the Palestinian state
Trump recognised Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital
Trump recognised Jerusalem as a divided capital
What year did the Munich Massacre olympics occur
1972
1962
1947
1991
How many Israel Olympians died
32
5
11
1
What was the terrorist demands
That Israel give back the land to Palestine
That Israel release over 200 palestinian prisoners
That the United Nations recognize the Palestinian state
That President Richard Nixon make direct contact with the PLO
What was the name of the Palestinian group that launched the attack
Hammas
Jihadi red
Black September
June uprising
In response to German files following the Munich massacre:
Israel launched an attack against the Germans
Israeli opened lands to Palestine
Launched operation Wrath of God
Condemned Germany in the United Nations assembly
