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Partition

• To divide or separate

• To be silent

Ethnic

• a group of people who share a common culture

• a group of people that are Christians

Anti-Semitism

• Discriminating against Muslims

• Discriminating against Jews

Zionism

• led so many Jews to emigrate to Palestine

• led so many Jews to emigrate to Philadelphia

Who drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I?

• United States
• Ottoman rulers
• European politicians
• Middle Eastern Governments

Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003?

• Iraq was threatening Afghanistan with nuclear weapons.
• The United Nations believed Iraq was about to invade Kuwait a second time.
• Iraqi troops launched an attack on Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the United States.
• The U.S. government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat to peace and U.S. interests in the region.

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In 1948, the United Nations divided the land of Palestine between Arabs and Jews. Which nation was created by its action?

• Syria
• Israel
• Egypt
• Jordan

What was the Date Israel was established?

• 14th May 1948
• 14th May 1949
• 14th May 1946
• 14th May 1945