HIS 1111 Final: HIS1111 Exam Review, Questions and Key Terms
9 Dec 2017
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Review terms: zionism, a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a jewish nation in what is now israel. It sought to carve out two ethnic homelands from the territory of the former. Ottoman province: one for jews and another for arabs. Firstly, it tried to respect the existing demography and patterns of land ownership by drawing state boundaries that respected clusters of ethnic settlement. Second, the map tried to consolidate these clusters into viable geographic blocs that could emerge as economically and politically viable states. Third, recognizing the impossibility of partitionaing jerusalem, a city holy not only to jews and muslims, but also christians, it was established as an international city. Review questions: what is the basis for jewish and arab claims to the land of palestine, jews, isreal, although it has citizens from other ethnic and religious groups, it is a largely.
