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- 1. A person whohad to leave their home as a result of war is known as what? Refugee
- 2. What was theHolocaust? The murder of millions of European Jews during World War II
- 3. The Ottoman empirewas very powerful during ? 1500s-1600s
- 4. What is Zionism?The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times
- 5. Whatis the most dominant ethnic group in Southwest Asia (Middle East)? Arabs
- 6. The city oncecalled Constantinople is now called? Istanbul
- 7. What is thename of the agency that created the State of Israel as a homeland for the Jews? The United Nations
- 8. What is thePLO? Palestinian Liberation Organization
- 9. How did Palestiniansfeel about the new state of Israel? They rejected it as unfair to them
- 10. When the OttomanEmpire ended, Who drew up the Boundaries for the new country’s created ? European Politicians
- 11. When were theCountries of Jordan and Iraq created? World War I
- 12. Any Jewish settlementsin the West Bank is considered what by the Palestinians? An invasion of their land
- 13. In which countryare the Gaza Strip and the West Bank located? Israel
- 14. What has happenedto many of the Palestinians refugees since 1948 ? Many still live in refugee camps
- 15. Who ruled Palestinebefore Israel gained it’s Independence? United kingdom
- 16. What does “Sultan”mean? It is the ruler of a Muslim state.
- 17. When Israel isestablished, who is forced to relocate? The Palestinian Arabs
- 18. U.S. troops arestill fighting in which middle Eastern Country? Afghanistan
- 19. When did OperationDesert Storm begin? After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
- 20. Why did theU.S. get involved in the first gulf War? Because Iraq invaded kuwait
- 21. Who is responsiblefor the 9-11 attacks? Osama Bin Ladin
- 22. Iraq’s second largestethnic group is? Kurds
- 23. The result ofthe Iran – Iraq war was? Ended in a tie
- 24. What is theU.S. main interest in Southwest Asia? Oil
- 25. Who are theTaliban? A group of Radical Muslims
- 26. The U.S. wentto war in 2003 against Iraq because? The United States government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, developing weapons of mass destruction
- 27. What is thecapital if Israel? Jerusalem
- 28. This is theofficial language of the Jewish people? Hebrew
- 29. Zionism can bebest described as ? Jewish nationalism
- 30. The West Bankis between what two country’s? Israel and Jordan
- 31. Why did theUN intervene In dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 ? Because the economies of many countries depend on oil, and Iraq’s actions threatened that supply.
- 32. What was theresult of the six day war? Israel doubled in size
- 33. Jerusalem is sacredto which people Muslims and Jews
- 34. When did Israelgain control of the Sinai peninsula? After the six day war with the Arabs
- 35. In the beginningof the Ottoman Empire, what was stance on religious practices? tolerance
- 36. What year wasIsrael created? 1948
- 37. During the sixday war Israel gained all of the following territories except which one listed: The West Bank, Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, or cairo ? Cairo
- 38. What was theCamp David Accord? Talks that led to an agreement between Israel and Egypt
- 39. What country tookover the area of Mesopotamia during WWI? Great Britian
- 40. What ethnic group’spredominant language is Arabic, and the majority follows the teachings of Islam. Arabs
- 41. The Israelis werecaught by surprise during which war? Yom Kippur War
- 42. Diaspora is knownas? The spreading of the Jewish culture
- 43. Terrorism is definedas ? The unlawful use of — or threatened use of — force or violence against individuals or property to intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives."
- 44. What is thesecond largest sect of Islam? Shiite Muslim
- 45. Which religion domost people in Southwest Asia practice Islam
- 46. What modern daycountry is the home to those who call themselves the Persians? Iran
- 47. What ethnic groupis found in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria? Kurds