- 1. When did the British officially announce their decision to withdraw from Palestine?
A) 1946
B) 1950
C) 1948
D) 1947
- 2. Which organization proposed the partition plan for Palestine that led to the establishment of the state of Israel?
A) NATO
B) Arab League
C) European Union
D) United Nations
- 3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
A) Menachem Begin
B) David Ben-Gurion
C) Theodor Herzl
D) Golda Meir
- 4. Which city was declared the capital of Israel following its establishment?
A) Jerusalem
B) Beersheba
C) Tel Aviv
D) Haifa
- 5. Which country was the first to recognize the newly established state of Israel?
A) United States
B) France
C) United Kingdom
D) Soviet Union
- 6. Who served as the first President of Israel?
A) Abba Eban
B) Chaim Weizmann
C) Moshe Sharett
D) Yitzhak Rabin
- 7. Who was the British High Commissioner of Palestine at the time of the decision to withdraw?
A) Herbert Samuel
B) William Fitzgerald
C) Alan Cunningham
D) John Chancellor
- 8. Which two conflicting groups signed armistice agreements in 1949 to end the first Arab-Israeli War?
A) Israel and Lebanon, Israel and Syria
B) Israel and Egypt, Israel and Jordan
C) Egypt and Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon
D) Jordan and Syria, Lebanon and Syria
- 9. What term is used to refer to the dispersal of Palestinians from their homes during the 1948 war?
A) Pogrom
B) Nakba
C) Exodus
D) Intifada
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