Middle East

Many Jews immigrated the Palestine area beginning in the 1930s, but an increased Jewish presence caused what? 

• Resentment among Palestinian Arabs 
• Friendliness among the natives living there
• No problems at all. 
• An overpopulation of this area. 

After the Holocaust, the UN voted to divide the British Mandate (territory) into two parts: Arabs and Jewish. How did the surrounding Arab countries react? 

• They cheered with joy. 
• They sued the United Nations. 
• They didn't care. 
• They declared war against Israel. 

What was the purpose of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) when it was created in the 1960s? 

• They wanted to form an alliance to prepare for World War III. 
• They wanted to become trade partners to strengthen their economy. 
• They wanted to free oppressed people around the world. 
• They wanted to create a Palestinian state in place in Israel. 

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 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 was the result of Pan-Arabism?

• Egypt and Syria united
• Syria and Saudi Arabia united
• Egypt conquered Palestine
• All Middle East Arab countries shared gross revenues from oil exports

The Six-Day War was the result of...

• Nasser in Egypt blocking the Gulf of Aquba
• Israeli aggression in the Suez Canal
• Saudi Arabia joining the United Nations
• The PLO attacked the West Bank

What is an "intifada"?

• an uprising
• a snack
• an Arab weapon
• an Israeli rite of passage

The leader of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War was...

• Saddam Hussein
• Osama bin Laden
• Nasser Arafat
• Khomeini

Who fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan that would later become an enemy of the United States?

• Taliban forces
• Osama bin Laden
• Mujahideen
• All

Where did Mr. Spindler go for his first of three deployments?

• Bahgdad
• Mosul
• Baqubah
• Tikrit