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State of Israel founded
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  • 1. When was the State of Israel founded?
A) 1956
B) 1939
C) 1917
D) 1948
  • 2. Which document proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) United Nations Resolution 242
C) Camp David Accords
D) Balfour Declaration
  • 3. Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
A) Yitzhak Rabin
B) David Ben-Gurion
C) Golda Meir
D) Ehud Barak
  • 4. Which city is recognized as the capital of Israel by most countries?
A) Tel Aviv
B) Haifa
C) Jerusalem
D) Bethlehem
  • 5. What plan partitioned British Mandatory Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states?
A) Sykes-Picot Agreement
B) Balfour Declaration
C) Camp David Accords
D) United Nations Partition Plan
  • 6. Which country was the first to recognize the State of Israel upon its founding?
A) France
B) United Kingdom
C) United States
D) Soviet Union
  • 7. What is the national anthem of Israel?
A) Adon Olam
B) Eli, Eli
C) Hatikvah
D) Jerusalem of Gold
  • 8. Which neighboring countries invaded Israel following its declaration of independence in 1948?
A) Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran
B) Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain
C) Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Morocco
D) Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq
  • 9. Who was the first President of Israel?
A) Shimon Peres
B) Menachem Begin
C) Moshe Dayan
D) Chaim Weizmann
  • 10. Which country administered the territory of Palestine before the founding of Israel?
A) France
B) United Kingdom
C) Ottoman Empire
D) Germany
  • 11. What is the official language of Israel?
A) Yiddish
B) English
C) Arabic
D) Hebrew
  • 12. Which city is known as Israel's center of technology and innovation?
A) Haifa
B) Beer Sheva
C) Jerusalem
D) Tel Aviv
  • 13. Who were the two dominant populations targeted by the UN Partition Plan for Palestine?
A) Jews and Christians
B) Christians and Muslims
C) Jews and Arabs
D) Palestinians and Europeans
  • 14. Which city in the State of Israel is home to the Bahai Gardens?
A) Ashkelon
B) Haifa
C) Eilat
D) Beersheba
  • 15. In which war did Israel gain control of East Jerusalem and the West Bank?
A) Lebanon War
B) Yom Kippur War
C) War of Independence
D) Six-Day War
  • 16. What is the name of the Israeli parliament?
A) Knesset
B) Majlis
C) Duma
D) Congress
  • 17. What is the main religion practiced in Israel?
A) Judaism
B) Islam
C) Bahá'í Faith
D) Christianity
  • 18. Which Israeli leader signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979?
A) Menachem Begin
B) Benjamin Netanyahu
C) Shimon Peres
D) Yitzhak Rabin
  • 19. What is the official currency of Israel?
A) Israeli Pound
B) Israeli New Shekel
C) Israeli Lira
D) Israeli Shekel
  • 20. Which Israeli leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Oslo Accords?
A) Shimon Peres
B) Ehud Barak
C) Yitzhak Rabin
D) Ariel Sharon
  • 21. In which year did Israel become a member of the United Nations?
A) 1956
B) 1949
C) 1967
D) 1973
  • 22. Who was Israel's first female Prime Minister?
A) Tzipi Livni
B) Leah Rabin
C) Golda Meir
D) Shulamit Aloni
  • 23. Which body of water lies to the west of Israel?
A) Dead Sea
B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Red Sea
D) Sea of Galilee
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