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Chap23 Sect1
Creating the Modern Middle East
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| mandate | a commission from the League of Nations authorizing a nation to govern a territory |
| Zionist | a member of a movement known as Zionism, founded to promote the establishment of independent Jewish state |
| self-determination | the right of a people to decide their own political future |
| Palestine | an Arab country where Zionists immigrated and established their homeland |
| Ottoman Empire | a former Turkish empire founded about 1300; collapsed after World War I |
| Balfour Declaration | British government's 1917 statement of support for the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine |