Contemporary World History quiz 2

Except for last perhaps last year, which Islamist political organization has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007?

Hamas

Which two Palestinian territories make up the “State of Palestine”?

The Gaza Strip and the West bank

The major divide in the Islamic religion is between Shia and Sunni. Of these four groups that have attacked Israel over the last year, which one of these is Sunni?

The Yemeni Houthi Movement

The nation of Iran

The nation of Iran

What term is used to denote hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people?

Antisemitism

What is the name of the event leading up to and including World War II where millions of Jews were murdered by the Nazis?

The Holocaust

What is the name of the late 19th century Jewish nationalist movement in Europe that advocated for a state for the Jewish people?

Zionism

Who is credited with starting and organization in the late 19th century committed to the founding of a state for the Jewish people?

Theodore Herzl

In November 1917, the British foreign secretary issued a declaration contained in a letter that expressed the British government’s support for the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. What is the name of that declaration

The Balfour Declaration

Name two of the three paramilitary organizations created for the Jewish population in Palestine between 1920 and the creation of Israel in 1948.

Irgun, Stern Gang and the Haganah

After World War I, the League of Nations created what were called “mandates” that gave control of Palestine to which European country?

Britain

What was the issue that increasingly divided the Jewish and Palestinian people in Palestine between the world wars and that the British authorities could not manage to control?

Jewish immigration

On 29 November 1947, what international organization voted to approve a plan to divide Palestine into two states, one each for Jews and Arabs?

United Nations General Assembly

In May 1948, the state of Israel was declared, followed immediately the day after, with the invasion of Israel by its neighbors. Name four of the five Arab states that attacked Israel.

Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria

After the 1948 war, Israel captured about 78% of former Mandate territory while two Arab countries captured what became known as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. What are these two Arab countries?

Egypt and Jordan

During and after the 1948 war, large numbers (some 70,0000 of Palestinians left or were forced out of the area that became Israel. What do the Palestinians call this event (use either the Arabic or English name)

Nakba Or The Disaster

True or False - - Given the tension existing over the decades between Palestinians and Jews, there are no Palestinians or Arabs living in Israel today as Israeli citizens.

False

I said that the 1967 Six-Day War became a major turning point for this region.

What occurred to make that the case?

Israel took what is now called the Occupied Territories.

What is the name of the Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in both the Palestinian territories and the diaspora?

The Palestine Liberation Organization or the PLO.

What is the name given to two popular uprisings by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation that occurred in 1987 and 2000?

The Intifadas

What is the activity that Israel conducts in the Occupied Territories that is considered illegal under international law?

The building of settlements

What is the reason that Israel gives for their control over all land, sea and air border crossings into the Occupied territories, the right to set import and export controls, and the use of checkpoints throughout the Occupied Territories?

As a security measure

In 2000, the Israeli government started to construct a barrier or wall to separate Israel from the remainder of the West Bank. Israel did this to prevent attacks such as many suicide bombings inside of Israel. What was one typical target of these suicide attacks?

City buses

What is the name of a pair of interim agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed in the mid-1990s that marked the following: the start of a peace process that resulted in both the PLO's recognition of Israel and Israel's recognition of the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people and as a partner in bilateral negotiations?

The Oslo Accords

What is the name of the Israeli prime minister who signed the agreements in the mid-1990s and who was assassinated in November 1995 by a right-wing Israeli extremist?

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

What two things did President Trump do that favored Israel?

Acknowledged that Jerusalem is Israel's capitol and officially recognized the Golan Heights as being under the sovereignty of Israel.

Four Arab countries agree to normalize relations with Israel during the Trump administration. What is the name of these agreements?

The Abraham Accords.

What are the names of two of the four Arab countries that agree to normalize relations with Israel during the Trump administration?

UAE (United Arab Emirates) and Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco

Name two of the four principles of the U S immigration law.

Family reunification

Valuable skills

Humanitarian

Diversity

What is the status of "lawful permanent resident" known as?

A green card

Refugees are admitted to the United State based upon an inability to return to their home countries because of what?

A well-founded fear of persecution

Which is the top country of birth for current U S immigrants?

Mexico

Does marrying an American citizen automatically make you a citizen?

No

In 2022, what percentage of immigrants are unauthorized or "illegal"?

A-10%

B-23%

C-31%

D-45%

B is correct

In 2022, immigrants were about as likely to have a bachelor's degree or higher than as a US born citizen. True or False?

True 36% to 35%