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AP World History Exam Prep

Category - AP World History

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The Balfour Declaration of 1917 gave the United Kingdom a leading role in the conflict between which two states or regions?
  1. East Germany and West Germany
  2. Ireland and Northern Ireland
  3. The Soviet Union and the Baltic States
  4. Israel and Palestine
Explanation
Answer: D - The Balfour Declaration was a 67-word passage in a 1917 letter between the U.K. Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour and Baron Rothschild in which Balfour expressed Britain's position on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The expressed position was in favor of a Jewish state in Palestine.
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