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Who is the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization? |
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a) Crown Prince Abdullah |
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b) Yasir Arafat |
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c) Hosni Mubarak |
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d) Benjamin Netanyahu |
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| 2. |
What sea lies past the northwestern border of Israel? |
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a) the Dead Sea |
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b) the Sea of Galilee |
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c) the Red Sea |
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d) the Mediterranean Sea |
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| 3. |
Who lived in what is now Israel in the 12th century B.C.? |
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a) Hebrews and Philistines |
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b) Babylonians and Persians |
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c) Romans and Greeks |
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d) Seleucids |
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| 4. |
Who is David Satterfield? |
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a) the U.S. Secretary of State |
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b) a former Israeli Prime Minister, now Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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c) the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East |
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d) the President of Egypt |
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| 5. |
Palestinian refugees fled their homes during wars in 1948 and 1967. Approximately how many refugees would like to be permitted to return to Israel? |
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a) 100,000 |
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b) 500,000 |
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c) 1 million |
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d) 4 million |
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| 6. |
Who is the greatest prophet of Islam? |
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a) Mohammed |
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b) Moses |
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c) Abraham |
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d) Buddha |
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| 7. |
When did Israel declare its independence? |
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a) May 14, 1936 |
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b) May 14, 1948 |
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c) May 14, 1967 |
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d) May 14, 1999 |
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| 8. |
What is Zionism? |
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a) a political movement that began in the 1880s to create a state of Israel |
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b) a political movement that supports the creation of a Palestinian state |
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c) a philosophy of nonviolence between religions |
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d) a Palestinian protest movement that began in the 1980s |
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| 9. |
What territory did Israel take from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War? |
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a) the Golan Heights |
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b) the West Bank |
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c) the Gaza Strip |
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d) Haifa |
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| 10. |
What Palestinian movement, which began in the 1980s, protested against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories? |
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a) Intifada |
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b) Fatah |
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c) Jihad |
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d) Hegira |
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