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Arab-Israeli Conflicts Quiz Review

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 42mins

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.
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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
What does PLO stand for?
a)
Palestine Lives On
b)
Palestinian Liberation Organization
c)
Protest Liberty Organization
d)
Prosperity Livelihood Oneness
6.
Israel declared independence in what year?
a)
1946
b)
1947
c)
1948
d)
1949
7.
Who was the longtime leader of the PLO?
a)
Yassir Arafat
b)
Mahmoud Abbas
c)
Osama Bin-Laden
d)
Anwar Sadat
8.

What is anti-semitism

a)

Discrimination against Christians

b)

Discrimination against Jews

c)

Allowing Jews into your home

d)

The movement of giving the Jews a homeland

9.
The Jews were expelled from all of these countries in the Middle Ages EXCEPT
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Germany
d)
Spain
10.

Jews were often blamed for the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 1300s because ________.

a)

a Jewish doctor aided in the spread of the Black Death

b)

Christians spread the rumor that Jews had poisoned the European drinking wells

c)

Jews brought the Black Death from India and China

d)

Only Christians died from the Black Death

11.

According to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, ___________.

a)

Jews are plotting to create a country of their own

b)

Jews are conspiring to kill all Christians

c)

Jews are conspiring to take over the world

d)

Jews are responsible for 9/11

12.

Why was it called the Yom Kippur War?

a)

Because the Israelis were attacked on that holiday

b)

Because the Egyptians were attacked on that holiday

c)

Because it was named after the Egyptian President

d)

Because it was named after the Israeli Prime Minister

13.

What happened during the Yom Kippur War?

a)

The Egyptians attacked Jordan

b)

The Egyptians attacked Israel on one of Judaism's holiest holidays

c)

The Israelis attacked Egypt on one of Islam's holiest holidays

d)

The Germans attacked Israel

14.

How did the Yom Kippur War end?

a)

Jordan won the war

b)

Egypt won the war

c)

Israel won the war

d)

A cease-fire was signed between Egypt and Israel

15.

What document was released by the British Government, supporting the Jewish people receiving a homeland?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

Rights of Man and the Citizen

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Balfour Declaration

16.

(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.

a)

Suez Crisis

b)

Yom Kippur War

c)

Six Day War

d)

The First War

17.

President of Egypt during the Suez Crisis

a)

Anwar Sadat

b)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

c)

Yasir Arafat

d)

Menachem Begin

18.

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.

a)

Oslo Accords

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

Cease-Fire

d)

Treaty of Versailles

19.

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.

a)

2010 Peace Negotiations

b)

Cease-Fire

c)

Oslo Accords

d)

Camp David Accords

20.

Egyptian leader who signed a peace agreement with Israel

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Anwar Sadat

c)

Yasir Arafat

d)

Golda Meir

21.

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.

a)

Suez Crisis

b)

Yom Kippur War

c)

Six Day War

d)

Intifada "Uprising"

22.

U.S. President coordinated the Camp David Accords

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Golda Meir

d)

Jimmy Carter

23.
Who was assassinated after the Camp David Accords?
a)
JFK
b)
Rabin
c)
Sadat
d)
Arafat
24.
Who is in control of the Gaza Strip?
a)
Hamas
b)
Abbas
c)
PLO
d)
ISIS
25.
Palestinian uprising
a)
Indafata
b)
Intfarda
c)
Intifada
26.

What are the two main Palestinian territories occupied by Israel?

a)

The Dead Sea and the Gaza Strip

b)

The Dead Sea and the West Bank

c)

The West Bank and the Gaza Strip

d)

The Dead Sea and the Red Sea

27.

What was the most infamous act of terror attributed to the PLO?

a)

Bombing the Western Wall

b)

The 9/11 attacks

c)

Munich Olympic terrorist attack

d)

Bombing the US army barracks in Beirut

28.

After the UN partition of Jerusalem the city would have been...

a)

Given to Israel

b)

Given to Palestine

c)

Split between the Israelis and Palestinians

d)

Put under UN control

29.

The Middle East and other areas were held for about 700 years by this empire, which collapsed as a result of World War I.

a)

German Empire

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

d)

Russian Empire

30.

This international organization took control of oil prices and oil supply in the 1970s

a)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

b)

World Trade Organization (WTO)

c)

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

d)

International Petroleum Confederation

31.

What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?

a)

It's member nations declared war on the United States

b)

It imposed economic sanction on the US through the UN

c)

It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.

d)

It increased the sales of oil to enemies of the US like Iran

32.

How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?

a)

The U.S. used its own energy reserves to fight the embargo

b)

Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened

c)

The U.S. was forced to abandon Israel as prices went down

d)

It caused the stagflation outbreak in the U.S.

33.
What charge did the fourth century A.D. Christians level against the Jews?
a)
the were Christ killers
b)
they were money grubbers
c)
he held no allegiance to a nation
d)
they killed Christian children
34.

antisemitism stems from...........

a)

who is responsible for the death of Jesus

b)

the Romans

c)

the Orthodox Church

d)

none of the above

35.
Violent riot aimed at the persecution of
religious or ethnic groups
a)
Pogroms
b)
Genocide
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Deportation
36.
The official policy of
the extermination of
all European Jews.
a)
Deportation
b)
Final Solution
c)
Cremation
d)
Auschwitz
37.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor, and
Treblinka are all examples of this.
a)
Cattle Cars
b)
Ghettos
c)
Deportation
d)
Death Camps
38.

Which of the following was NOT a consideration when the UN Partition Plan was made?

a)

Equal Access to Water

b)

Equal access to holy sites

c)

Equal amount of population

d)

Equal amount of land

39.

What is an Intifada?

a)

A reform in the Israeli government

b)

Israeli retaliations

c)

A mass Palestinian uprising

d)

Arab-Israeli ceasefire

40.

The five surrounding Arab nations immediately attacked Israel

a)

the day the United Nations proposed it's creation.

b)

when they developed nuclear weapons.

c)

on the 1st anniversary of its creation.

d)

the day it was created in 1948.

41.

Which of these was the biggest influence in the United Nations to recognize Israel as a nation-state in 1948?

a)

WWI

b)

the Holocaust

c)

discovery of oil

d)

the Middle East crisis

42.

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?

a)

European people moved there to take advantage of the better climate.

b)

European Jews were fleeing the expansion and oppression of the Germany government.

c)

European governments were able to establish peace in the region for the first time in decades.

d)

European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities.

43.

Which of the following causes the MOST conflict in the Middle East?

a)

water and gold

b)

land and religion

c)

immigration and currency

d)

natural resources and capital

44.

Why were Britain and France interested in the land in the Middle East?

a)

Its abundance of oil

b)

Its abundance of water

c)

Its abundance of desert

d)

Its religious and ethnic groups

45.

Which of the following best describes the current state relationship between Israelis and Arabs?

a)

Peace treaties have been signed, and all groups now live in harmony.

b)

Though many peace efforts have been made, hatred between the two groups remains.

c)

After defeating the Arabs in multiple wars, Israel is now the largest country in the Middle East.

d)

Arabs have agreed to all of Israel's demands, but Israel refuses to give up any portion of Jerusalem to the Palestinians.

46.

What was the Holocaust?

a)

the mass murder of 6 million Jews and others in Nazi German concentration camps

b)

the movement to create a Jewish country in the Middle East

c)

a religious book that is important to many religions

d)

a type of government that tries to distribute wealth and property evenly

47.

What was the Jewish Diaspora?

a)

the spreading out of Jewish people all of the world

b)

a type of disease often transmitted in the Middle East

c)

a religious book

d)

a special Jewish holiday that happens in the winter

48.

Which new project did Nasser hope would contribute to making Egypt a strong, independent, modern country?

a)

Aswan Dam

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Pyramids of Giza

d)

Fortification of the Gaza Strip

49.

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?

a)

The Sinai Desert was not imprtant to the Egyptian people

b)

Egyptians were unhappy that he had gone to the Christian country of USA

c)

The Egyptians thought he should have demanded land for Palestinian refugees

d)

The Arab world was furious that he recognised Israel's right to exist.

50.

Which country rushed military aid to Israeli after the initial Arab offensive of Yom Kippur?

a)

USSR

b)

Britain

c)

USA

d)

Czechoslovakia

51.

Which country supplied Sadat with substantial military aid?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

USA

c)

Iran

d)

USSR

52.

What was the consequence of the 6-Day War for Palestinian refugees, who had been driven from their homes in the 1948 war?

a)

They were suddenly on land occupied by Israeli forces once more

b)

They were driven from their refugee camps to other Arab states

c)

The refugee camps were defended by UN troops

d)

The Egyptian army prevented the Israeli army seizing these pieces of land

53.

Which pieces of land did Israel seize during the 6 Day War?

a)

Suez Canal, Straights of Tiran and South Lebannon

b)

West Jerusalem, The Negev, Galilee

c)

Sinai Desert, Gaza, West Bank, Golan Heights

d)

Eliat, Haifa, Tel Aviv and Jezreel Valley

54.

What devastating tactic did the Israeli armed forces us to defeat the combined forces of Egypt, Syria and Jordan so quickly?

a)

They used old Fedayeen tunnels to place their troops in postition, undetected by Egyptian forces

b)

They used a fleet of Huey helicopters, provided by USA, to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines to disrupt supplies

c)

The Israelis amassed a large tank army and used Blitzkreig tactics similar to those used by Germany in 1939

d)

The Israeli air force destroyed the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian air forces in a surprise attack on the first day of the war.

55.

Why did the British and French troops withdraw from the Suez Canal

a)

The Egyptian army received Soviet military aid and pushed them out

b)

International outrage meant that not even America would sell Britain and France oil

c)

The Israelis warned the British and French that their presence would destabilise the area

d)

There were public protests Paris and London against their government's actions

56.

What military action did Britain, France and Israel take against Egypt in October 1956?

a)

Israel captured Sinai, Britain and France bombed Egyptian air bases and seized the Suez Canal with paratroopers

b)

British and French navies blockaded the entrance to the Nile and the Suez Canal whilst Israel seized the land around the canal

c)

British,French and Israeli troops launched a joint attack on Egypt from Israel through the Sinai desert

d)

The Israel navy attacked Egyptian forces on the Straights of Tiran whilst British and French amphibious units seized the Suez Canal

57.
How did Palestine’s Arab neighbors feel about Israel?
a)
They helped build walls around Israel
b)
They immediately began trading with Israel
c)
They refused to recognize Israel as a nation
58.

The Arab-Israeli conflict is essentially about...

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Historical perspectives

c)

Land

d)

Money

59.

Between 1920s - 1940's majority of Jews immigrated to Palestine from ________.

a)

Other Arab countries

b)

Europe

c)

United States of America

d)

They had already been in Palestine for 3000 years

60.

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?

a)

45%

b)

30%

c)

55%

d)

10%

61.

Approximately, how many Palestinians were expelled during the Nakba of 1948?

a)

More than 1 million

b)

Between 250,000 and 500,000

c)

Less than 10,000

d)

About 700,000

62.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

In 2017 President Trump made an official recognition changing a long standing official US policy. Which one?

a)

Trump recognised Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

b)

Trump recognised the existence of the Palestinian state

c)

Trump recognised Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital

d)

Trump recognised Jerusalem as a divided capital

64.

What year did the Munich Massacre olympics occur

a)

1972

b)

1962

c)

1947

d)

1991

65.

How many Israel Olympians died

a)

32

b)

5

c)

11

d)

1

66.

What was the terrorist demands

a)

That Israel give back the land to Palestine

b)

That Israel release over 200 palestinian prisoners

c)

That the United Nations recognize the Palestinian state

d)

That President Richard Nixon make direct contact with the PLO

67.

What was the name of the Palestinian group that launched the attack

a)

Hammas

b)

Jihadi red

c)

Black September

d)

June uprising

68.

In response to German files following the Munich massacre:

a)

Israel launched an attack against the Germans

b)

Israeli opened lands to Palestine

c)

Launched operation Wrath of God

d)

Condemned Germany in the United Nations assembly