Middle East History Geography practice for Midterm 2

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Which of the following were supportive of the creation of modern day Israel?
Zionists, Arabs, Palestinians, Anti-Semites

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Zionists

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Anti-Semitism is

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hatred of Jewish people

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Within 3 months after 9/11, the U.S. launched a “War on Terror” by leading an international invasion of

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Afghanistan

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The U.S. was involved in the Persian Gulf War because

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Iraq invaded Kuwait

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The nation of Israel was established part to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews

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part to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews

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What large empire broke up after WW I?

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Ottoman Empire

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Who wanted to rid the world of “its Jewish problem”?

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Adolph Hitler

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What country did U.S. forces enter to look for the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden?

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Afghanistan

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What terrorist organization was Osama bin Laden the leader of?

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Al Qaeda

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How did the Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of the new nation of Israel?

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They rejected it as unfair to them.