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What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?
a) The Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy.
b) The Empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt.
c) The people in the Empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture.
d) The Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended.
Why are many of the current problems in the Middle East connected to the the way the Ottoman Empire was divided?
a) The newly formed countries did not have adequate resources
b) Those drawing the boundaries ignored religious and ethnic ties
c) Countries did not have strong leadership
d) Religious leaders were not allowed power
Why are many of the current problems in the Middle East connected to the the way the Ottoman Empire was divided?
a) Countries did not have strong leadership
b) The newly formed countries did not have adequate resources
c) Those drawing the boundaries ignored religious and ethnic ties
d) Countries did not have strong leadership
Which describes the Holocaust?
a) the murder of millions of European Jews during WWII
b) the destruction of all European governments during WWII
c) the bombing of towns and villages in England and Germany during WWII
d) the Russian policy of burning ground behind them as they retreated to stop the German invasion
Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in 1948?
a) There was no one else living in the land at the time
b) Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for Jews in Palestine
c) Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust
d) Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust
What is Zionism?
a) the idea that all religious groups should have their own states
b) the plan to let Arabs and Jews share the land in Palestine equally
c) the hope that all governments will be based on on religious principles
d) he belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times
What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for Jews?
a) the United Nations
b) the European Union
c) the League of Nations
d) the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations
How did Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of the new state of Israel?
a) They supported it fully
b) They rejected it as unfair to them
c) The Arab population was largely unaffected by the new state
d) They agreed to try to work it out although they were unhappy with the decision
What was the position of the United States in the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1948?
a) The United States remained neutral and did not take a side
b) The United States sided with the Jews
c) The United States sided with the Arabs
d)
The belief that the Jews would return to their homeland of Israel is known as
a) Holocaust
b) Judaism
c) Anti-Semitism
d) Zionism
This term refers to the dividing of countries.
a) Fundamentalism
b) Liberate
c) WMDs
d) Partition
This term means the hatred of Jews.
a) Holocaust
b) Anti-Semitism
c)
d)
The two groups who were in conflict of the same land(Israel), were known as
a) Sunni and Shia
b) Arabs and Christians
c) Christians and Jews
d) Jews and Arabs
The three main religions in the Middle East were
a) Baptist, Christianity, Islam
b) Judaism, Christianity, Islam
c) Persians, Kurds, Arabs
d) Sunni, Shia, Islam
_________forces invaded Kuwait in 1990.
a) Iraqi
b) American
c) Afghanistan
d) Jewish
Why has the U.S. had a continued interest in the Middle East?
a) oil
b) to keep communism and terrorism out
c) location between Asia, Africa, and Europe
d) all of the above
Who was the ruler of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and the Invasion of Iraq?
a) Osama bin Laden
b) Osama Hussein
c) Saddam Hussein
d) The Taliban
Why did the United States invade Iraq in 2003?
a) to find Osama bin Laden
b) To arrest terrorists
c) to find and take WMDs (weapons of mass destruction)
d) to show their power and strength
What where the names of three conflicts/attacks we learned about?
a) Operation Desert Storm, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq
b) 9/11, Persian Gulf War, War in Afghanistan
c) WWII, The Cold War, Operation Desert Storm
d) We only learned two!
Why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan in 2001?
a) They attacked the U.S. on Sept 11, 2001
b) They owed the U.S. money
c) Afghanistan had WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)
d) Choose this answer because I said so
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