geography FINAL EXAM VIDEO!!! Flashcards
What was the religious population percentages there in 1878
87% Muslim
10% Christian
3% Jewish
Whip ruled Palestine in the late 19th century
The Ottoman Empire
The language spoken throughout
Arabic
The idea of a Jewish state
Zionism
Document promising Jews a home in Palestine
Balfour Declaration
Who had the British promised Palestine to
Meccans
Themselves
Zionists
What happened to the Jewish population of Palestine between 1920 and 1939
It increased by over 320,000 people
What did the Palestinians do in 1936
Revolted against the British
Who did the British have help from to suppress the revolt
Jewish militia
What did the British issue at the end of the revolt
A white paper - limiting Jewish immigrants to Palestine and calling for the establishment of a joint Arab & Jewish state in Palestine within 10 years
Who did the British hand palestine over to
The United Nations
What went down in 1948
Who won
The Arab-Israeli war broke out
What happened after Israeli won
Israel occupied 1/3 more land than they would have under the U.N. proposal
Who controlled and later annexed the West Bank and the old city of Jerusalem
Jordan
Who controlled the Gaza Strip
Egypt
What went down in 1967
Israel and several Arab states went through a 6-day war
What did Israel gain control of after this
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Sinai peninsula
Golan Heights
What did the U.N. pass that outlined Israel giving land back
Resolution 242
Not all Muslims are what
Not all arabs are what
Not all Palestinians are what
Arabs
Palestinians
Muslims
Who led the PLO organizations in 1964
Yasser Arafat
What is the PLO
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Where did the Israeli government begin to establish Jewish settlements
East Jerusalem
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Who launched the first suicide bombing against Israel in 1993
Hamas
What did Hamas have
Social welfare projects in Gaza
Who led a group of 1000 armed guards to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem in 2000
Prime minister candidate Ariel Sharon
What is this known as to Muslims
Al-Agsa Mosque
What did the Israelis being in 2002
The constructor of a wall around the West Bank
What was bad about this
They didn’t follow the borders established after the 1967 war
Who died in 2005
What happens shortly thereafter
Yasser Arafat
Hamas won the election
What has he done in the past 10 years
Launched rockets into Israel
Who are the Palestinians ruled by
Militia
