WorksheetsNakba Day Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does the word “Nakba” translate to?
Catastrophe
Terror
Displacement
Reform
2. What year did the British Mandate take place
1921
1948
1920
1950
3. Roughly how many Palestinians were displaced when the Nakba began
400,000
700,000
750,000
10,000
4. What happened in November of 1947
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution partitioning Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab
The Nakba took place, displacing 750,000 Palestinians
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Balfour Declaration
5. What is the name of the Palestinian embroidery that is a significant part of Palestinian heritage?
Abaya
Kuffieyeh
Tatreez
Tantour
6. When was the PLO established
1906
1964
1917
1948
7. How many Palestinians were killed during the Arab revolt
10,000
5,000
457
1,000
8. When did the British Mandate of Palestine end?
1984
1964
1917
1948
9. Which entity was established to govern some Palestinian areas pursuant to the Oslo Accords in 1993?
Palestinian Authority (PA)
Government of Palestine
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Palestinian Governing Administration
10. Who was the first leader of the Palestinian Authority?
Yassir Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
Ahmed Queri
Salam Fayyad
11. The term “intifada” designates which events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Flight of Palestinian refugees from the now-occupied territories
Palestinian Uprisings
Construction of illegal settlements
Formations of political factions within Palestine
12. When did the first intifada begin
1978
1987
1948
1993
13. What year did the second intifada begin
2001
2014
2012
2000
14. Rashid Khalidi wrote what book on Palestine?
Manufacturing Consent
The Hundred Year’s War on Palestine
The Ethnic cleansing of Palestine
Ten Myths About Israel
15. What did the Sykes-Picot agreement entail?
It was a secret treaty between France and Britain to split up and colonize the Middle East.
A plan for the Ottoman Empire to join the Central Powers during World War I
The creation of a unified Arab kingdom under the leadership of Sharif Hussein
16. The kuffiye is a Palestinian scarf which has come to have symbolic value as representing Palestinian identity and their struggle to stay on their land. What are it’s original colours?
Brown
Red
Black and White
Red and White
17. Jewish people, from anywhere in the world with no links to the state, can become a citizen of Israel, where Palestinians, even if they have proof that they were there for generations cannot go back
True
False
18. After the establishment of the state of Israel when most of the Palestinians were expelled, Israel tried to erase Palestinian history by giving places Hebrew names instead of their Arabic names.
True
False
20. In what year was Palestine accepted as a non-member observer state?
November 2010
October 2008
May 1948
November 2012
21. Who spoke this quote: “Denying people the right of return to their homeland, and at the same time offering this right to others who have no connection to the land, is a model of undemocratic practice.”
Mahmoud Darwish
Ilane Pappe
Rashid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi
22. Who coined the term "Zionism?"
Nathan Birnbaum
Sir Henry McMahon
Hussein Bin Ali
Theodore Herzl
