The Levant
Ancient Kingdom of the Jews.
What is the Kingdom of Israel?
Jewish territorial claim based on an ancient kingdom.
What is Kingdom of Israel?
In what year was the Partition Plan passed by the UN?
What is 1947?
Lead figure in creation of Zionist movement in late 1800's, early 1900's.
Who is Dr. Theodore Herzl?
Ancient name for Palestine region.
What is Levant?
Ancient Empire that defeated the Jews and took over their territory around 100 A.D. and called it Syria Palestine.
What is the Roman Empire?
Movement in the late 1800's for the Jews to have a homeland.
What is Zionism?
What is the United Nations Committee on Palestine?
Undisputed leader of Jews in Palestine in 1940's.
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
River that borders eastern part of Israel/Palestine?
What is the Jordan river?
Name given to people living away from their homeland.
What is diaspora?
British declaration in 1917 in support of a "national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
Final decision of the Partition Plan...one state? divided state?
What is a state divided between Arabs and Jews?
Became president of Egypt in 1952 and nationalized the Suez canal.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
Current territory for Palestinians located in the center of Israel.
What is the West bank?
Approximate number of years the Jewish diaspora were outside of Israel.
What is 1,900 years?
1947 United Nations resolution regarding the future of Palestine.
What is the Partition Plan?
According to Partition Plan, percentage of Palestine to be given to Jews and Arabs?
What is 55% to Jews and 45% to Arabs?
Leader of the PLO in the 1980's.
Who is Yasir Arafat?
Peninsula captured by the Israelis in the Six Day War.
What is the Sinai Peninsula?
Middle Eastern empire that controlled Palestine for over 400 years from 1516-1918.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Numerous experts agree that this is the number one cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
What is land?
Number of countries which voted for and against the Partition Plan.
What is 33 for and 13 against?
Egyptian president assassinated by Egyptian radicals for making peace.
Who is Anwar Sadat?
The four Arab countries surrounding Israel.
What is Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon?