Unit 2 - Middle East History

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Who created the state of Israel in 1948? Options: Minnie Mouse, United States, Arabs, United Nations

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United Nations

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When was the Ottoman Empire defeated? Options: WWII, Persian Gulf War, during the takeover of Constantinople, WWI

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WWI

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How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I lead to conflict in Southwest Asia?

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European politicians didn’t take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries.

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Who is Osama Bin-Laden?

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Leader of Al Qaeda terrorist group

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What are refugees?

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People who have been forced to leave their country.

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What happened to the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

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Much of the land was divided among Western powers into mandates

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Which leader was responsible for the 9-11 attacks? Options: Saddam Hussein, Yasser Arafat, Osama bin Laden, Answar Sadat

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Osama bin Laden

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Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003? Options: Iraq was threatening Afghanistan with nuclear weapons., The UN believed Iraq was about to invade Kuwait a second time., Iraqi troops launched an attack on Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the U.S., The U.S. government thought the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was developing weapons of mass destruction.

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The U.S. government thought the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was developing weapons of mass destruction.

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Who partitioned (divided) the land after the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1918? Options: Persians, UN officials, US President, Great Britain, France, and other European winners of WWI

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Great Britain, France, and other European winners of WWI

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TRUE or FALSE: The Kurds received their promised land in the 1920s known as "Kurdistan"

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False