54: After the end of World War II, European Jews -- survivors of the Holocaust --________, seeking a new life in an ancient homeland.
Moved to the United States
Moved to Israel
Moved to the Soviet Union
None of the above
55: Following World War II, most Arabs deeply resented the partitioning of Palestine, and violence broke out immediately between the Jewish settlers and _________
Egypt
Syria and Jordan
Lebanon and Iraq
All of the above
56: On Novemner 29, 1947, the U.N. General Assembly agreed to ________.
Turn all of Palestine over to the Jewish settlers
Require all Jewish settlers to vacate the region within 6 months
Divide Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state
All of the above
57: What happened on May 14, 1948?
David Ben Gurion proclaimed the independence of the new state of Israel.
Forces from Egypt inveded the primary Jewish strongholds, forgcing people to flee the region
Leon Uris arrived in the Jewish settlements to do research for a book he was writing.
None of them
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