Conflicts in the Middle East

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What large empire broke up after WWI?

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Ottoman Empire

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What does the term partitioning mean?

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To divide

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Who drew up the boundaries for the new countries formed after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?

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France and Britain

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What problems did the new boundaries in the Middle East cause as people found themselves living in newly created countries?

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The new countries included people who did not have much in common.

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What is anti-Semitism?

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Hatred of Jews

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During WWII, six million Jews were killed in what is called:

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The Holocaust

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The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish homeland is known as what?

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Zionism

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Why did many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create the state of Israel?

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Many felt that Jews deserved help because they suffered so much in the Holocaust

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In what year was the new state of Israel created?

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1948

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How did Arabs living in Palestine feel about the new state of Israel?

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They rejected it and thought it was unfair to them.