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Middle East 5
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What are the three religions that trace their origins to the Middle East?
Judaism, Christianity, Islam
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Describe the attitude of most countries in the Middle East towards Israel
What is hostile (or synonyms)
100
Greatest resource in the Middle East?
What is oil
100
An effective economic weapon used by OPEC against the U.S. and its allies during the 1970s was...
An oil embargo
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what country is number 1
Saudi Arabia
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The first Arab nation to recognize Israel (in the Camp David Accords) was
Egypt
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Where in Israel are Palestinians mainly located?
West Bank and the Gaza Strip
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What was the Sykes-Picot Agreement?
What is a secret agreement between Britain and France to divide up the Middle East after WWI
200
What does the PLO stand for?
The Palestine Liberation Organization
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What country is number 5?
Eygpt
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A political and paramilitary organization that started as a terrorist group but has since renounced terrorism and is seen as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people
The Palestine Liberation Organization, or PLO
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What did UN Resolution 181 do?
Partitioned Israel and Palestine
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When did Israel become a state?
1948
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The countries that originally considered the PLO to be a terrorist organization included...
Israel, U.S. and Great Britain
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What country is number 9
What is Jordan
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According to the UN Partition Plan after WWII, Palestine and Israel would divide the land in the following way:
Israel received 55% of the land while Palestinians received 45% (including West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem)
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UN Resolution 194 did what?
All Palestinians were allowed to return to their homelands in Israel, and if they chose not to return, they should be compensated for their property.
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A Jew who wanted the Jews to have a state of their own.
What is a Zionist?
400
What is the dominant religion of Israel?
What is Judaism
400
What country is 15?
What is Israel
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The conflict that resulted in Israel capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and the Sinai Peninsula, from its neighboring Arab nation
What is the 6 Day War
500
The Suez Canal connects what bodies of water
Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
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Who killed the Israeli PM after the Olso Accords?
Israeli extremists
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The Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO can best be described as
A political and paramilitary organization that started as a terroir group but has since renounced terrorism and is seen as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people
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What country is 14
What is the West Bank