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He was the last British viceroy of India

Lord Louis Mountbatten

This Asian country defeated Russia and other European countries

Japan

This political party claimed to represent all of India – it had more Hindus than Muslims

Congress Party

The organized formed in 1906 to protect Muslim interests in India

The Muslim League

This Muslim leader rejected Indian independence if it meant a Hindu-dominated India

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

To divide a territory into two nations

partition

The first prime minister of India

Jawaharlal Nehru

Nehru’s daughter, this prime minister was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards

Indira Gandhi

The English translation of the word Pakistan

Land of the Pure

This Pakistani prime minister was removed from office on charges of curruption

Benazir Bhutto

His declaration seemed to promise a homeland for Jews in Palestine

Arthur Balfour

This Egyptian president attacked Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973

Anwar Sadat

This Egyptian president was assassinated after making peace with Israel

Anwar Sadat

This Israeli prime minister signed the Camp David Accords with Anwar Sadat

Menachem Begin

This Israeli prime minister removed Israeli settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005

Ariel Sharon

PLO is an acronym for

Palestine Liberation Organization

Israel launched this, beginning the Six-Day War

A preemptive strike

The Six-Day war took place in this year

1967

The Declaration of Principles was discussed in this country

Norway

This Israeli prime minister was assassinated for making peace with the Palestinians

Yitzhak Rabin

He has been president of Egypt since 1981

Hosni Mubarak

Golda Meir grew up in this U.S. city

Milwaukee

In 1956, Egypt fought a war with Great Britain, France, and Israel to take control of this

The Suez Canal

The population of this war-torn country are split between Buddhists and Hindus

Sri Lanka

The desire of Jews to create a homeland in Palestine

Zionism