5 Written Questions

1. Originally a Palestinian terrorist organization led by Yassir Arafat, it later evolved in to a political party that gave up the use of violence.
2. Leader of Egypt in the 1950s who assumed control over the Suez Canal. He leaned toward the Soviet side during the Cold War.
3. An ancient region in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. It was originally home to the Jews, and today is the site of the nation of Israel.
4. The Israeli Prime Minister who agreed to grant the Palestinians their own land. In 1995, he was killed by Jewish extremists who disagreed with his attempt at peace with the Palestinians.
5. The father of the Zionist Movement.

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A 1917 British document that promised land in Palestine as homeland for Jews.
   1. Balfour Declaration
   2. Gamal Abdel Nasser
   3. Yitzhak Rabin
   4. Palestine
2. A nation established in 1948 as a homeland for Jews. It is found in the Middle East in what was once Palestine.
   1. Diaspora
   2. Zionism
   3. Intifada
   4. Israel
3. A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel. It was signed by Anwar El Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel.
   1. Palestinians
   2. Camp David Accords
   3. Gamal Abdel Nasser
   4. Diaspora
4. An uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel.
   1. Diaspora
   2. Zionism
   3. Israel
   4. Intifada

4 True/False Questions

1. Suez Crisis → Military attack on Egypt by Britain, France, and Israel in 1956 after Egypt seized the Suez Canal. The United States and Soviet Union threatened to intervene if the crisis escalated.

   True        False

2. Zionism → A nation established in 1948 as a homeland for Jews. It is found in the Middle East in what was once Palestine.

   True        False

3. Palestinians → An ancient region in the Middle East on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. It was originally home to the Jews, and today is the site of the nation of Israel.

   True        False

4. Diaspora → A nation established in 1948 as a homeland for Jews. It is found in the Middle East in what was once Palestine.

   True        False