The original Jews (also called_________________) led by a man of God named _________________came to Israel/Palestine in the 12 th century BC from the southern Mesopotamia. The original Jews (also called_________________) led by a man of God named _________________came to Israel/Palestine in the 12 th century BC from the southern Mesopotamia.
Abraham the Father Hebrews, Abraham Hebrews, Abraham
the Jews were given the land to them by _________in exchange for a ______________to live according to God's ____________. the Jews were given the land to them by _________in exchange for a ______________to live according to God's ____________.
God, promise, laws
About 200 years after the Jews settled the land of Canaan; they established a _________________ there calling it “ ________________.”
Kingdom, Israel
IN AD 73, the Roman Empire completely conquered __________________ and crushed a Jewish uprising, causing the ___________________, an event in which the majority of Jews left Palestine and scattered throughout the Middle East and Mediterranean.
Israel, Diaspora
1. After the Romans crushed the Jewish revolt, the Latin name ______________________was imposed on Israel in an attempt by the Romans to ________________Jewish identification with the land of_______________.
Palaestina,erase, Israel
1. The movement aimed at moving Jews back to Palestine is called ______________________.
Zionism
Why did Eastern European Jews want to leave Europe and create a secular, non-Jewish State?
Faced severe persecution in Europe like the pogroms against Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe Faced severe persecution in Europe like the pogroms against Jews in Russia and Eastern Europe
1. In 1916, Britain and France signed a _____________ agreement called the ____________________________ __ which called for the _________________ of Ottoman Empire lands in the Middle East after WW I.
Secret, Sykes-Picot Agreement, partition Secret, Sykes-Picot Agreement, partition
1. In 1917, the _______________ issued the ________________________ which expressed _________________for the “establishment of a National Home for the Jewish people.”
British, Balfour Declaration, support British, Balfour Declaration, support
As a result, waves of ________________immigrants from Europe arrived in Palestine/Israel. The British did not consult Palestinian______________, who made up almost ______percent of the population, and Palestinians opposed the declaration as a violation of their________________.
Jewish, Arabs, 85%, rights
The British officially took control of Palestine as a _______________ (similar to a colony).
mandate mandate
1. What is the name of the collective communities formed by Jewish immigrants? ____________________
kibbutzim kibbutzim
1. Who was displaced from their land as a result of these settlements? ____________________
Arabs Arabs
1. During the _____________________ over ________million Jews were murdered by the ________________.
Holocaust, 6, Nazis Holocaust, 6, Nazis
1. The __________________discoveries of the __________________________ increased world interest in and ____________________ for the _____________________of Jewish nation-state in_______________________.
Gruesome, Holocaust, sympathy, creation, Israel Gruesome, Holocaust, sympathy, creation, Israel
DEATH CAME IN MANY FORMS EINSATZGRUPPEN STARVATION ZYKLON B POISON GAS GAS CHAMBER
Gold rings stolen by the Nazis Shoes from victims of Majdanek Looting the Holocaust Victims
Who did the British government hand over the Mandate of Palestine to?
The United Nations
At this time, there were _________________Arab Palestinians and _________________Jews living in Israel/Palestine. As the majority population that had lived there for over a thousand years, __________________believed they had the right to govern ____________Israel/Palestine. At this time, there were _________________Arab Palestinians and _________________Jews living in Israel/Palestine. As the majority population that had lived there for over a thousand years, __________________believed they had the right to govern ____________Israel/Palestine.
1.3 million; 600,000;Palestinians; all
Many __________favored a _______________of Israel/Palestine and they pointed to______________, the Balfour Declaration and __________________in Europe as evidence that they should have their own homeland.
Jews, partition, the Bible, persecution Break to Blood and Tears video