In 1947, after World War II, the British partitioned India into two separate countries based on these two religious groups.
What are Muslims and Hindus?
100
Palestine was partitioned to create a new country for this people group.
Who are the Jewish people?
100
These two countries controlled the Suez Canal after World War II.
What are Egypt and Great Britain?
100
These items were used to control the amount of scarce items people could buy during wartime.
What are ration coupons?
100
This type of cake, which is made without eggs, butter or sugar, is the type of cake you might have had for your birthday during World War II.
What is war cake?
200
The new country created by the partition of India.
What is Pakistan?
200
The Jewish people had not lived together in Israel since AD 70, when they were driven out by these people.
Who are the Romans?
200
This military leader, assisted by ninety army officers, took over Egypt's government in 1952 and became President of Egypt.
Who is Gamal Abdel Nasser?
200
British children were taken out of this city into the countryside when the German air force bombed it.
What is London?
200
The United States government employed this type of propaganda to promote the Marshall Plan and convince Americans that they needed to give European countries twenty billion dollars of American money.
What are movies?
300
As a result of partition, this many Indians left their homes.
What is 15 million?
300
This term means the "scattering" of the Jews throughout the world.
What is the diaspora?
300
The name of the dam that Egypt wanted to build across the Nile River.
What is the Aswan Dam?
300
This position, once held by George Marshall, is an aide to the President and helps America in its friendship with other countries.
What is the Secretary of State?
300
This king of Egypt was known for gambling away large sums of money and causing Egypt to fight in losing wars.
Who is King Faruk?
400
This prominent Indian leader had hoped that all Indians could live together in peace in India, regardless of their religious beliefs. He was assassinated for agreeing to partition.
Who is Gandhi?
400
This term represents the idea that there should be one Jewish country.
What is Zionism?
400
These two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal.
What are the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
400
Contrary to America, France and England, who wanted Germany to become a democracy, this country wanted Germany to become a Communist country.
What is the Soviet Union?
400
The year that Israel became a nation.
What is 1948?
500
Pakistan and India continue to argue and sometimes fight over this piece of land, located just north of India.
What is Kashmir?
500
The partitioning of Palestine to create the Jewish state of Israel was enabled by a vote of this organization.
What is the United Nations?
500
This doctrine says that the United States can fight to protect any Middle Eastern country that asks for help against an attacking army.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
500
When Germany was divided in half, a wall was built in this city to divide the East from the West.
What is Berlin?
500
During the bloody riots after partitioning, India's leader went used this type protest to reduce the violence and promote peac