1. The history of Israel goes back for ___________________ of years.
2. According to ________________ belief, around 3,500 years ago, God promised
the prophet Abraham the land that is present-day Israel.
3. The ___________________ established Israel and the city of
____________________.
4. This was called the __________________, or scattering of Jews across the
world.
5. Eventually, the area came under __________________ rule. During this time,
___________________, the founder of Christianity, was born in this area.
6. After Christianity was legalized, the land of Israel became known as the
________________ _______________.
7. Christian rule in the area ended around the year 640 when the
_________________ Caliph Omar conquered the area.
8. During the period of Arab rule, European __________________ were sent to
try and reclaim Jerusalem for the Christians.
9. These groups were known as ____________________ (those who felt the
world’s Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion, or those parts of
Palestine where the Jewish people had lived in Biblical times).
10. In 1948, the United Nations voted to create a homeland for the Jews in part of
_____________________. The UN plan was to __________________, or
divide, Palestine between the Arabs and Jews.