Middle East history

Which of the following best describes the Holocaust?

• The murder of millions of European Jews during World War II
• The destruction of all European governments during World War II
• The bombing of towns and villages in England and Germany during World War II
• The russian policy of burning ground behind them as they retreated to stop the German invasion

Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in 1948?

• There was no one else living on the land at that time
• Many felt that the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust
• Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine
• All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time

What is Zionism?

• The idea that all religious groups should have their own states
• the plan to let Arabs and Jews share the land equally in Palestine
• The hope that all governments will be based on religious principles
• The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in biblical times

What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?

• The United Nations
• The European Union
• The League of Nations
• The organization of petroleum exporting countries

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

• They supported it fully
• They rejected it as unfair to them
• They Arab population in Palestine was largely unaffected by the new state
• They agreed to work it out although they were unhappy about these decisions

When war broke out in Palestine, what countries joined with the Palestinian Arabs to try to stop the creation of the new state of Israel?

• The U.S.
• neighboring Arab countries
• the major nations of Europe
• the countries belonging to the U.N.

What was the outcome of the 1948 war between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?

• The conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens in the new State of Israel
• Israel won the war and the new state of Israel was even larger than originally planned
• Almost no Jewish people were willing to go to Israel because of the country's angry neighbors
• THe U.N. decided to withdraw the proposal to create a state of Israel because of all the problems it caused in the area.

What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia (Middle East)?

• Oil
• Tourism
• trade routes
• selling American made products

Why did the United Nations try to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait in 1990?

• The United Nations wanted to destroy the country of Iraq
• THe only job of the U.N. is military action around the world
• The economies of many countries depend on oil and Iraq's actions threatened that supply
• The U.N. has to intervene whenever any member nation has a conflict with another nation

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in 1990?

• a.    Saddam was trying to commit genocide against the Kuwaiti people
• a.    Saddam believed they were going to sign a peace agreement with Israel
• a.    Saddam wanted to take control of the country because of their rich fresh water resources
• a.    Saddam believed they were stealing oil by drilling along the border of the two countries