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What group created the Modern State of Israel?
a) League of Nations
b) OPEC
c) The United Nations (U.N.)
d) Britain and France

What was the death of 10 million Jews and other minorities in Europe called?
a) The Holocaust
b) The Diaspora
c) Zionism
d) Manifest Destiny

What is the biggest issue between the Palestinian Arabs and the Jews?
a) One of their religions is monotheistic and the other is polytheistic
b) Who should be the leader of Islam
c) Both believe the land of Israel was promised to them by God
d) Who was the patriarch of the western religions

What country did Iraq invade in 1990?
a) The United States
b) Turkey
c) Iran
d) Kuwait

What is the other name for the Persian Gulf War?
a) Operation Enduring Freedom
b) Operation Desert Storm
c) Operation Iraqi Freedom
d) Operation Overlord

Which U.S. led war was the result of Iraq invading Kuwait?
a) World War II
b) The Persian Gulf War
c) The Afghan War
d) Vietnam War

What was the date of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C.?
a) September 11, 2001
b) December 7, 1941
c) January 6, 1977
d) July 4, 1776

The hatred of Jews simply because they practice the Jewish faith
a) Zionism
b) Anti-Semitism
c) Diaspora
d) Manifest Destiny

What two groups have fought for years over religious differences?
a) Kurds and Arabs
b) Persian and Kurds
c) Jews and Arabs
d) Palestinians and Kurds

Who was the President during the terrorist attacks against the U.S.?
a) George W Bush
b) Barack Obama
c) John F Kennedy
d) Richard Nixon

Who was Saddam Hussein?
a) King of Saudi Arabia
b) Israel's Prime Minister
c) Supreme Leader of Iran
d) Dictator of Iraq

Bringing groups that don't work well together and splitting up of family and tribal groups where the two main problems caused by what?
a) The Holocaust
b) Partitioning
c) Nationalism
d) Zionism

Who was the President when Bin Laden was killed?
a) George W Bush
b) Barack Obama
c) John F Kennedy
d) Richard Nixon

What is partitioning?
a) A group of countries working together against a common enemy
b) The creation of new, artificial borders between countries
c) A love and loyalty for your country or people
d) System where the government has complete control and citizens have no rights

What country did the U.S. fear was building WMDs?
a) Israel
b) Iraq
c) Kuwait
d) Saudi Arabia

What two groups fight over the leadership of Islam?
a) Jews and Arabs
b) Persians and Kurds
c) Palestinians and Arabs
d) Sunni and Shia

How did the Arabs feel about Israel?
a) They denied its right to exist
b) They happily moved to give them room
c) They accepted the U.N. decision to create Israel in Palestine
d) They helped plan out the location for the Modern State of Israel

What was the movement to establish a Jewish homeland or country called?
a) The Diaspora
b) Zionism
c) Manifest Destiny
d) Anti-Semitism

What was the name of the radical Muslim group that controlled Afghanistan?
a) Al Qaeda
b) ISIS
c) The Taliban
d) Republican Guard

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