What assumption can we make about Great Britain, who wrote this “Balfour Declaration"?

They are most likely a supporter of Zionism

Which of these religious/ethnic conflicts has happened because of European partitioning of the Middle East?

Jews fighting Arab Muslims in Israel

What did the United Nations do after the Holocaust?

They split Palestine into 2 states: Israel for Jews, Palestine for Muslims

How did the Persian Gulf War begin?

Iraq invaded Kuwait for their oil

How did the Palestinians react to the partitioning of their country by the United Nations?

They completely rejected it and attacked

Which response explains WHY the people of Europe practiced anti-Semitism in the early 1900s?

They blamed the Jews for all their economic and social problems

Why did America get involved in the Persian Gulf Conflict?

They wanted to stop Saddam Hussein from potentially cutting off their oil

How did European Partitioning impact the region of Southwest Asia?

Historic and political connections were ignored, leading to bad conflicts

Why does the creation of Israel create so much conflict in the Middle East?

Both Arab Muslims and Jews claim full rights to the land in Israel

Why did so many people support the creation of Israel after World War 2?

They believed the Jews needed help after their suffering in the Holocaust

If you were a Zionist, which of these statements would you most likely agree with?

There should be a separate state created for the Jewish population

Why did America invade Afghanistan in 2001?

Afghanistan's Taliban government refused to give up Osama bin Laden

Which best explains why the Jews and Arab Muslims fight over the land in Israel/Palestine?

They both have religious attachment to the area

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1
What assumption can we make about Great Britain, who wrote this “Balfour Declaration"?
They most likely support Hitler’s Nazi government
They are most likely very anti-Semitic
They most likely believe the Muslims should have full control of Palestine
They are most likely a supporter of Zionism
2
After World War I, which country's Southwest Asian territory was divided into zones by European powers?
The Ottoman Empire
The United States
The German Empire
Europe
3
Which of these religious/ethnic conflicts has happened because of European partitioning of the Middle East?
Jews fighting Arab Muslims in Israel
U.S. invading Afghanistan to find and destroy Al Qaeda
Great Britain fighting France during partitioning
The Nazi Party killing 6 million Jews in the holocaust
4
What did the United Nations do after the Holocaust?
They removed the country of Palestine from the map and put Israel there
They split Palestine into 2 states: Israel for Jews, Palestine for Muslims
They allowed all the Jews to move to Great Britain and live there forever
They felt bad for the Jews but did nothing for them
5
How did the Persian Gulf War begin?
The Jews and Muslims were fighting in Israel
The US invades Iraq looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
Afghanistan attacked America on 9/11
Iraq invaded Kuwait for their oil
6
Which war/conflict is being described in the Newspaper headline?
Invasion of Afghanistan
Persian Gulf War
Invasion of Iraq
Sunni vs. Shia
7
What is the name of the document written by the British in 1917 that declared their support of a Jewish homeland?
The Israel Accords
The Ottoman Agreement
The Balfour Declaration
The Palestine Document
8
How did the Palestinians react to the partitioning of their country by the United Nations?
They completely rejected it and attacked
They were unhappy, but they accepted it
They were fine with it since the Jews needed a safe place
They stopped it from happening by destroying the Jews in battle
9
Which response explains WHY the people of Europe practiced anti-Semitism in the early 1900s?
They thought the Jews were a superior race
They feared the Jews, as the majority group, would take over the continent
The Jews were an aggressive people who tried to take control of Germany
They blamed the Jews for all their economic and social problems
10
Why did America get involved in the Persian Gulf Conflict?
They didn't get involved because the region has nothing to do with them
They were worried people would get hurt
They wanted revenge again Iraq for attacking America on 9/11
They wanted to stop Saddam Hussein from potentially cutting off their oil
11
How did European Partitioning impact the region of Southwest Asia?
All Middle Eastern countries became democracies after partitioning
They lost all of their oil and now have no resources
Historic and political connections were ignored, leading to bad conflicts
Many Europeans moved to Southwest Asia and now live there
12
Why does the creation of Israel create so much conflict in the Middle East?
Israel has stolen of all of the oil in the Middle East
The minute the Jews moved into Israel, they were kicked out by Christians
The Kurds were split-up and forced to live in Israel
Both Arab Muslims and Jews claim full rights to the land in Israel
13
Why did so many people support the creation of Israel after World War 2?
No one was living in Palestine at the time
The Kurds had just been given their own homeland, so it seemed fair
The Arabs of the Middle East wanted to protect the Jews
They believed the Jews needed help after their suffering in the Holocaust
14
If you were a Zionist, which of these statements would you most likely agree with?
The Germans should decided the fate of the Jews
There should be a separate state created for the Jewish population
The Ottoman Empire's territory belongs to Great Britain
France should have full control over the Middle East's oil
15
Why did America invade Afghanistan in 2001?
To stop them from taking over Kuwait
To stop the Sunni and Shia from fighting
To find WMD's and remove Saddam Hussein from power
Afghanistan's Taliban government refused to give up Osama bin Laden
16
Which best explains why the Jews and Arab Muslims fight over the land in Israel/Palestine?
They both suffered terribly during the Holocaust and need a homeland
They both want the abundant amount of Oil that's in the area
They both have religious attachment to the area
They want access to the diamond deposits in the region

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