ALL SW Asia HISTORY DOK 2

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Europeans created artificial borders in the Middle East causing conflict between ethnic and religious groups. How were Europeans able to partition the land?

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Europeans won land from the Ottoman Empire concluding WWI

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What would be the BEST title for the image?

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Kurdish Dream for Homeland

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Palestine: __________ ; USSR: Russia

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Israel

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Which of the events is described in the list? US is attacked on September 11th, 2001; US invades country harboring terrorists responsible for 9/11; US overthrows Taliban government.

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Invasion of Afghanistan

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Why did the European Partitioning under the Sykes-Picot agreement cause conflict?

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Europeans ignored historical and religious/ethnic borders.

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Which THEME unites the items: Sunni & Shia conflict in Iraq and Syria, Kurdish nationalism, Israeli Jew & Palestinian Arab Conflict?

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Land & Religion conflicts in the Middle East

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Why did the international community feel sympathetic for a Jewish homeland?

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The Holocaust

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The US invaded ________ again in 2003 in order to destroy the nuclear weapons program and overthrow Saddam Hussein.

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Iraq

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Diaspora ----> Zionism ----> ____________ ----> Establishment of Israel

Which event is missing from the timeline above?

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Holocaust

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Why is the US involved in the Middle East?

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protection against terrorism and oil interests