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Unit 2B SS7H2a-c
Connally's Unit 2B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did Israel declare its statehood? | 1948 |
| What two groups of people both claim that the land of Isael is rightfully theirs? | Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs |
| What organization first drew the dividing lines of a Palestinian State and Israeli State in 1947? | The United Nations |
| Jewish people experienced a lot of prejudice in both Europe and the Middle East. What is that called? | anti-Semitism |
| The most horrific example of anti-Semitism in Europe is probably the ______________. | The Holocaust |
| What two territories in Israel are now Palestinian territories? | West Bank and Gaza Strip |
| The break up of what empire led to the many of the problems that exist today in the Middle East? | Ottoman Empire |
| When the Jews started a movement for their own homeland in the Middle East, what was it called? | Zionism |
| Why do the Jewish people believe they are entitled to the land of Israel? | They believe the land was promised to them by God |
| After the Ottoman Empire fell, what two European countries divided up the Middle East? | Great Britain and France |
| When the British and French divided the Middle East, they didn't have any regard to _______ and ________ differences of the people who were then forced to live in the same country. | ethnic and religious |
| When war broke out between Palestinians and Israelis after the state of Israel was established, who supported the Israelis? | The United States |
| When war broke out between the Palestinians and Israelis, who supported the Palestinians? | All of the other Arab countries in the Middle East |
| What happened in the 1948 war between Israel and Palestine? | Israel gained even more land than they originally had |
| The break up of what empire led to the many of the problems that exist today in the Middle East? | Ottoman Empire |
| When the Jews started a movement for their own homeland in the Middle East, what was it called? | Zionism |
| Why do the Jewish people believe they are entitled to the land of Israel? | They believe the land was promised to them by God |
| After the Ottoman Empire fell, what two European countries divided up the Middle East? | Great Britain and France |
| When the British and French divided the Middle East, they didn't have any regard to _______ and ________ differences of the people who were then forced to live in the same country. | ethnic and religious |
| When war broke out between Palestinians and Israelis after the state of Israel was established, who supported the Israelis? | The United States |
| When war broke out between the Palestinians and Israelis, who supported the Palestinians? | All of the other Arab countries in the Middle East |
| What happened in the 1948 war between Israel and Palestine? | Israel gained even more land than they originally had |