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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI, pgs. 624-686.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened when Israel declare independence?
(a) USSR started shipping weapons to Arab leaders.
(b) Palestinian declared their independence.
(c) Various Arab countries enter Palestine.
(d) USSR started shipping weapon to Israel.

2. What did Rabin Arafat and Shimon Peres receive?
(a) The United Nations Peace Medal.
(b) The Economic Nobel Prize.
(c) The Field Medal.
(d) The Peace Nobel Prize.

3. Why would Egypt be most willing to negotiate with Israel?
(a) They had lost their USSR ally.
(b) They were more concerned with the losses of the 1967 war.
(c) They had a the smaller army.
(d) They needed subsidies from the U.S.

4. Who was the Israeli defense minister in December, 1981?
(a) Karl Kramer.
(b) Joseph alenberg.
(c) Maurice Studd.
(d) Ariel Sharon.

5. What was the Peel Commission created to investigate?
(a) Arab riots.
(b) Jewish riots.
(c) Arab terrorism.
(d) Jewish terrorism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wasn't the USSR in favor of for the Middle East?

2. When was the British mandate in Palestine, according to Part II pp. 38-72?

3. Who supported the idea of a Jewish state in Palestine?

4. Who backed the Arabs, according to Abba Eban?

5. Who wrote the "White Paper"?

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