Zionism/Arab-nationalism and conflict in the Middle East

What is the right of each group of people to have their own independent nation called?

• Socialism

• Nationalism

• Zionism

• Communism

Historic Claim: The land has belonged to us since other groups were driven out around 135AD. Which group makes this claim?

• Jews

• Arabs

• Palestinians

• Zionists

Answer explanation

"The land called Palestine now consists of Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza

Strip. To Jews, their claim to the land dates back 3,000 years, when Jewish kings

ruled the region from Jerusalem. To Palestinians (both Muslim and Christian),

the land has belonged to them since the Jews were driven out around A.D. 135.

To Arabs, the land has belonged to them since their conquest of the area in the 7th century."

What year did Palestine get divided up between the Jews and the Arabs by the UN?

• 1917

• 1948

• 1947

• 1914

The external movement of Jews from the Middle East around 350Bc was known as a...

• Diaspora

• Lateral movement

• Zionism

• Jihad

Zionism belief include

• assimilation

• socialism

• the formation of a Jewish nation-state

• advancement of Jewish cultural and ethical principals

Who founded the Zionist movement?

• Theodor Herzl

• Chaim Weizman

• Alfred Balfour

• Teddy Gibraltar

In what year was the Balfour Declaration signed?

• 1917

• 1915

• 1948

• 1914

Who was upset with the Balfour Declaration and the increased momentum of the Zionist movement?

• Shia Muslims

• Israeli Jews

• Palestinian Arabs

• Zionists

Arab-nationalism was led by...

• Hussein Bin Ali

• David Ben-Gurion

• Sunni- Ali

• Ben Suleman

Europeans created artificial borders in the Middle East causing conflict between ethnic and religious groups. How were Europeans able to partition the land?

• Immigrants moved to Palestine after WWII

• Jews were forced to leave by the Romans in the Diaspora

• Europeans persecuted Jews through the Holocaust

• Europeans won land from the Ottoman Empire concluding WWI