SWA History

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How did the fall of the Ottoman Empire impact the Kurds?

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Artificial political boundaries divided the Kurds into separate countries.

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The fall of the Ottoman Empire led to

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Conflict. Artificial boundaries placed different ethnic and religious groups into the same country

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Why did the United Nations create the state of Israel in 1948?

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sympathetic towards Jews because of the Holocaust.

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Why are most western nations so interested in Southwest Asia?

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The West depends on the Middle East's oil supply.

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How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after WWI effect the people living in the Middle East region?

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European politicians didn't take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries which lead to conflict in the Middle East.

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The extremist government of Afghanistan that protected the 9/11 terrorists was

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The Taliban

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Which answer best fills the box labeled Iraq 2003? Options: Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George Bush (the son), Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States, Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush (son), Afghanistan, Taliban, Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

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Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George Bush (the son)

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Which answer best fills the box labeled War on Terror 2001? Options: Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George W. Bush (the son), Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States, Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush (son), Afghanistan, Taliban, Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

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Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush (son), Afghanistan, Taliban

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Which answer best fills the box labeled Persian Gulf? Options: Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George W. Bush (the son), Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States; George Bush (the father), Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George H. W. Bush (the father), Afghanistan, Taliban, Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

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Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States; George Bush (the father)

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Which is the correct order for the creation of Israel? Options: Holocaust-Diaspora-Zionism, Zionism-Holocaust-Diaspora, Diaspora-Zionism- Holocaust, Diaspora-Holocaust-Zionism

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Diaspora-Zionism- Holocaust