Read the excerpt, and then use the drop- down menus to answer the questions.
In what year did Israel declare itself an
independent nation?
What importance does Israel hold for
Jewish people?
The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish
people. Here their spiritual, religious and political
identity was shaped. Here they first attained to
statehood, created cultural values of national and
universal significance and gave to the world the eternal
Book of Books. After being forcibly exiled from their land,
the people kept faith with it throughout their Dispersion
and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it
and for the restoration in it of their political freedom.
Impelled by this historic and traditional attachment,
Jews strove in every successive generation to re-establish
themselves in their ancient homeland. In recent decades
they returned in their masses. Pioneers, defiant
returnees, and defenders, they made deserts bloom,
revived the Hebrew language, built villages and towns,
and created a thriving community controlling its own
economy and culture, loving peace but knowing how to
defend itself, bringing the blessings of progress to all the
What recognized the right of Jewish people
to establish themselves in a homeland?

Water and soil are brought into the indus river valley as a result of a. high winds b. annual floods c. long droughts d. seasonal tornadoes

An externality can be created by a. people working at a production job and enjoying their work b. a production activity but not a consumption activity c. a consumption activity but not a production activity d. a production activity or a consumption activity externalities a. are always positive, and an example is flu vaccinations b. are always negative, and an example is the pollution created by trucks c. can be negative or positive. logging has a negative externality, and education has a positive externality d. can be negative or positive. a negative externality is having to go to school when you would rather go to the beach, and a positive externality is spending time with your friends

Two police officers stopped a car for a minor traffic violation. while one of the officers dealt with the driver and the traffic violation, the other officer talked with the passenger. seeking to question the passenger about gang involvement, but lacking reasonable suspicions of criminal activity, the officer ordered the passenger out of the car. as the passenger exited the car, the officer saw a bulge in the passenger's coat which the officer suspected might be a gun. upon patting down the passenger, the officer felt the handle of a revolver and removed the gun. the passenger, who was a convicted felon, was charged with the possession of a gun by a prohibited possessor. prior to trial, the defendant sought to suppress the gun as evidence, contending that its seizure was unconstitutional. should the court suppress the gun as evidence? ayes, because, since the car had been stopped for a traffic violation, the officer could not order the passenger, who had not committed the violation, to exit the car. byes, because, since the officer lacked reasonable suspicion that the passenger was engaged in criminal activity, the officer could not pat down the passenger. cno, because a valid traffic stop gives an officer the right to pat down a passenger. dno, because the gun was discovered as a consequence of a valid terry stop and frisk.