SWA Partitioning & Conflict

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What is the country called TODAY where the Ottoman Empire began?

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Turkey

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What is a major cause of current conflicts in the Middle East related to country boundaries?

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The way Europe divided the region after the fall of the Ottoman Empire

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What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?

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the Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy

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What issue led to the split between the Sunni and Shia in Islam?

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they disagreed over who should lead the Muslim community after the death of Muhammad

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Area of the map where you would most likely find people belonging to the Kurdish ethnic group? Options: 1, 2, 3, 4

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2

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What is the chief source of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East?

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the creation of the State of Israel, which displaced the Palestinian majority

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Which of these statements regarding Southwest Asia (the Middle East) is MOST correct?

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The Kurdish people do not have an ethnic homeland.

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As a result of European partitioning after WWI, Sunni and Shia Muslims, who were often rivals, were now forced to get along together in which new country? Options: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

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Iraq

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Which Arab countries were consulted in partitioning the Ottoman Empire?

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None of the countries

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When these nations drew boundaries for new countries, what factors did they NOT take into account, that maybe they should have?

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ethnic and religious groups