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WorksheetsUnit 2 Quiz Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Prejudice against Jews is known as
Zionism
apartheid
immigration
Antisemitism
Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create the state of Israel in 1948?
There was no one else living on the the land at that time.
Many felt the Jews deserved help because they had suffered so much in the Holocaust.
Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.
All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time.
What was the outcome of the war between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?
The conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens in the new state of Israel.
Israel won the war and the new state of Israel was even larger than originally planned.
Almost no Jewish people were willing to go to Israel because of the country's Arab neighbors.
The United Nations decided to withdraw the proposal to create a state of Israel because of all the problems it caused in the area.
What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?
the Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy
the Empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt
the people in the Empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture
the Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended
What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?
the United Nations
the European Union
the League of Nations
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
What is the main reason the United States has had a major presence in the Middle East during the 21st Century?
spread Christianity and democracy
give medical assistance and supplies
provide training and financial support
protect the supply of oil and fight terrorism
What large empire broke up after World War I?
Roman Empire
Aztec Empire
Ottoman Empire
Persian Empire
Why did the European Partitioning under the Sykes-Picot agreement cause conflict?
Other European nations were upset they did not acquire more territory.
The French disagreed with the British on which land to mandate.
Countries were allowed to maintain wealth of natural resources.
Europeans ignored historical and religious/ethnic borders.
___________: Arab ; Israeli: Jew
Palestinian
Shia
Iraqi
Kurd
Oil is the natural resource that US decided to protect in the Middle East
The Balfour Declaration demonstrated whose support for the Jews?
France
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Who was upset with with the Balfour Declaration and increased momentum of the Zionist movement?
Shia Muslims
Israeli Jews
Palestinian Arabs
Kurds
