Development and History of SW Asia

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The Balfour Declaration demonstrated whose support for the Jews?

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Great Britain

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How did the Arab Palestinians react to the UN Partition Plan of 1947?

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Rejected it and declared war

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Through multiple wars, who gained control over the majority of Israel-Palestine?

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Israeli Jews

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What is the name of the movement for a Jewish home state?

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Zionism

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What event occurred during WWII that pushed more Jews to Israel?

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Holocaust

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Who controlled the mandate of Palestine following the Ottoman Empire's collapse after World War I?

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Great Britain

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What caused the Persian Gulf War?

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Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil.

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Who was the Iraqi leader during the Persian Gulf War?

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Saddam Hussein

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Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East

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oil and terrorism

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The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait in which war?

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Persian Gulf War