Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following shows a
direct cause => effect
relationship?
A. | Vietnam War => Great
Society | B. | Prague Spring => Invasion of Hungary | C. | Cuban Missile Crisis => Bay of Pigs
invasion | D. | Camp David Accords => Assassination of Anwar
Sadat |
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Which statement is
true?
A. | In terms of military success, the
Israelis won the first four wars against the Arabs. | B. | During the Cold War, the USA always tried to gain the
support of the Arabs and the
Israelis. | C. | The Arab-Israeli conflict has been resolved. | D. | The USA supports Israel because of Israel's oil
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Which of the following events
was condemned by both the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.?
A. | The U-2 incident,
1960. | B. | The Hungarian uprising, 1956. | C. | The Bay of Pigs invasion,
1961. | D. | The Anglo-French attack on Egypt,
1956. |
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"Nasser had a finger on
our windpipe."
- British Prime Minister Anthony Eden, 1956
This quotation illustrates
Great Britain's concern that Egypt
A. | controlled the Sinai.
| B. | evicted British
troops. | C. | nationalized the Suez Canal. | D. | blockaded the Gulf of
Aqaba. |
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Which agreement promised
independence to the Arabs during World War One (but was quickly betrayed by Britain and
France)?
A. | McMahon
Declaration | B. | Sykes-Picot Agreement | C. | Balfour Declaration | D. | Treaty of
Sevres |
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The Suez Canal was nationalized
by:
A. | Egypt. | B. | Israel. | C. | France. | D. | Britain. |
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In the 1920s, the areas marked
with an X on the map below
were
A. | colonies of
France. | B. | colonies of Turkey. | C. | independent countries. | D. | mandates of the League of
Nations. |
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The most serious consequence of
the Yom Kippur War for the western democracies was the
A. | Arab oil
embargo. | B. | defeat of Israeli forces. | C. | formation of the P.L.O. | D. | closure of the Suez
Canal. |
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Which statement is false?
A. | Jewish Zionist settlers moved in great numbers to Palestine in
the 1930's. | B. | Jewish settlers and
Palestinians coexisted peacefully until 1948. | C. | Jewish settlers engaged in
terrorist acts against the British before 1948. | D. | Both the USSR and the USA
supported the UN's 1948 partition plan for Palestine. |
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The Camp David Accord resulted
in:
A. | the return of the West Bank to
Jordan. | B. | Egypt gaining control of the Gaza Strip. | C. | Israel being supported by the United
Nations. | D. | the signing of a peace treaty between Israel and
Egypt. |
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Which Arab-Israeli war saw
Israel make its largest ever territorial gain?
A. | the 1948 War of
Independence | B. | the 1956 Suez War | C. | the 1967 Six Day War | D. | the 1973 Yom Kippur (October)
War |
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Israel’s current solution
to the Palestinian question is to
A. | demolish the Jewish settlements on
the West Bank. | B. | build a wall between Israel and the West
Bank. | C. | promote an inclusive, multicultural
Israel. | D. | all of the above |
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