Chapter 14 Quiz

Which document helped to facilitate Jewish immigration into Palestine?

The Balfour Declaration

The Sykes-Picot Agreement

The London Agreement

The Treaty of Sèvres

According to Gelvin, when did the first phase of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict end?

The invasion of Israel by neighboring armies.

The establishment of the state of Israel and the nakba in 1948.

The Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

The establishment of a Palestinian government in the West Bank.

Which of the following was not a characteristic of global history during the first period of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Mass migration

Growth of nationalist movements

Beginning of Industrialization

Continuation of European imperialism

Where did most of the Jews from the first aliya come from?

France and Poland

Eastern Europe and America

Germany and Italy

Russia and Rumania

What labor policy was adopted by the immigrants of the second and third aliyot to Palestine?

They endeavored to establish cities and engage in industrial work.

They sought to establish settlements and fill all of the jobs in the Jewish economy.

They attempted to establish communal farms worked by local Palestinian labor.

They sought to work only in jobs allowed by Jewish law.

What was the ideology of the immigrants from the fourth and fifth aliyot?

Labor Zionism

Utopian socialism

Revisionist Zionism

Romanticism

What caused a dramatic rise in Jewish immigration to Palestine in the 1920s?

The imposition of harsher restrictions on immigration in the United States.

The increase in pogroms in the Soviet Union.

The ending of immigration restrictions on Jews by the British mandate authority.

The growth of anti-Semitism in Europe.

What were the underlying causes of the Great Revolt in 1936?

The impact of the Great Depression on agriculture.

The harsh treatment of Palestinians by the British mandate authority.

Zionist land purchases and immigration.

Syrian provocation of Palestinian nationalists.

What impact did the Great Revolt have on the Palestinian community?

Palestinians gained concessions from both the British and Zionists.

Palestinian leadership was decimated and the community divided.

Palestinians migrated in large numbers to Egypt to avoid the conflict.

Palestinians lost additional farmland due to British confiscations.

What did the United Nations decide to do with the Palestinian mandate in 1947?

It ended the mandate and created a single Palestinian state.

It switched mandate authority from Britain to the United States.

It decided to partition the mandate into Jewish and Arab states.

It put the mandate under UN control for ten years.

Which nation occupied the West Bank after the 1948 War?

Jordan

Egypt

Syria

Lebanon

What two phenomena shaped the second phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

Imperialism and mass immigration

The expansion of capitalism and communism

Globalization and technological developments

The cold war and decolonization

Currently, what percentage of the population do Palestinians make up in the state of Israel?

40 percent

15 percent

20 percent

10 percent

What was the purpose of the Law of Return passed by the Israeli parliament in 1950?

It granted the right of citizenship to all Jews around the world.

It allowed for the return of all Palestinians who fled during the nakba.

It encouraged Jews around the world to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

It made state policy the return of the West Bank to the Jewish state.

After the 1967 War, what became the basis for all subsequent peace negotiations between Israel and the Arab states?

The establishment of a Palestinian state as established by the United Nations.

The return of Arab lands lost during the 1967 War.

The return of all prisoners of war and reparations to be paid by each side.

The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank by Arab countries for peace.

How did the October War change the role of the United States in the Middle East peace process?

The war led to the United States focusing on other international issues, thus prolonging the peace process.

The war led to the United States becoming the main middleman and broker in the conflict between Israel and the Arab states.

The war led to the United States abandoning the role of mediator to the Soviet Union.

The war led to the United States strongly supporting the territorial aims of the Israeli government.

Which group was recognized by the United Nations as the sole representative of the Palestinian people in 1974?

The United States

Egypt

The PLO

The Soviet Union

How did the Oslo Accord and the Oslo II Agreement change the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

It led to the Israel's recognition of Jordan as the center of a new Palestinian nation.

It led to the establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza.

It led to the annexation of all territories captured by Israel in the 1967 War.

It led to each party recognizing the other as a legitimate nation.

Who was the long-time leader of the PLO and the first president of the Palestinian Authority?

Yasir Arafat

Gamal 'Abd al-Nasser

Hassan al-Banna

Mehmet Ali

Which group emerged in the occupied territories as a political rival to the PLO?

The Gazan Liberation Organization

The anti-Zionist League

HAMAS

People for the Liberation of Palestine Movement

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