HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The U.S. began drilling for oil in the Arabian Peninsula.
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The U.S. helped to break the Soviet blockade of the Suez Canal.
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The U.S. allied with Iraq in its ongoing war with the country of Iran.
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The U.S. was first to recognize the independence of the state of Israel.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict triggered significant demographic change throughout the Middle East. Around 700, 000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes in the area that became Israel, and they became Palestinian refugees in what they refer to as the Nakba ("the catastrophe").
Detailed explanation-2: -Which BEST explains why Israel became a nation-state in Palestine after 1948? After the Ottoman empire was dismantled after World War I a new Jewish nation-state was created. The United Nations decided that Jewish people needed a homeland after six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 broke out when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate immediately following the announcement of the independence of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as an independent state on May 14, 1948, when President Harry Truman issued a statement of recognition following Israel’s proclamation of independence on the same date.