Unit 2 Middle East Review

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What is the difference in an ethnic and religious group?

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Religious groups are people with similar beliefs, and ethnic groups are people with a common language, heritage, background.

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After Muhammad died, Muslims couldn’t agree on who should be their leader. What happened as a result?

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They split into 2 groups – Sunni and Shia

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The difference in the beliefs of the Sunni and Shia Muslims is:

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Sunni believe the best person should lead; Shia believe a relative of Muhammad should lead.

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What is monotheism?

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Belief in only 1 God

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What are the similarities between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? A) All are monotheistic, Jerusalem is important, all started in the Middle East, Abraham is important B) All are polytheistic, Jerusalem is not important, all started in Europe, Abraham is not important C) All have the same religious texts, Jerusalem is not important, all started in Asia, Abraham is not important D) All have no similarities

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All are monotheistic, Jerusalem is important, all started in the Middle East, Abraham is important

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What problems were caused by the division of the Ottoman Empire by Europeans?

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Ethnic groups were split between countries, causing conflicts.

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What happened during WWII that caused the rest of the world to finally agree that the Jews needed their own country?

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Millions of Jews were killed in the Holocaust

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Who made the decision about how to split up Palestine to create the new country of Israel?

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United Nations (UN)

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What three things happened in Europe leading up to and during WWII that ultimately led to the Jews gaining their own country in Israel?

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Zionism, anti-Semitism, Holocaust

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Why were the Arab countries around Israel unhappy about the division of Palestine?

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They didn’t want the land to be taken from Palestine, who was also Arab, to create Israel