Middle East History Lovell

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire? 

• They were on the losing side of WWI
• Factory worker rebelled 
• A famine led to a farmer revolt
• The empire went bankrupt

What was the problem with the new boundaries created by Europeans after the Ottoman Empire collapsed? 

• survivors of the Holocaust needed a place of their own
• the UN voted on how the boundaries would be established
• the Germans and Italians, who won WWI, wanted more of a say
• the boundaries did not respect cultural, historic or religious beliefs

What did supporters of Zionism believe? 

• that Palestinians deserved the land in Palestine
• the Jews deserved a homeland in their Promised Land
• the Jews deserved a homeland somewhere in Europe
• Palestinians and Jews should share a homeland

What is an example of anti-semitism during WWII?

• Jews were given their homeland promised in the bible
• Jews were allowed to immigrate to the country of their choice
• Jews were promised they would have a homeland
• Jews were persecuted and sent to concentration camps

What is the United States main economic interest in Southwest Asia? 

• water
• oil
• tourism
• trade

Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001? 

• to protect the oil supply
• to protect the Jews from Arab attacks
• to stop Saddam Hussein from giving WMDs to terrorists
• to find those responsible for 9/11

How did the UN try to solve the Arab Israeli conflict in 1947?

• Have Britain continue to rule the land.
• Split Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state.
• Give all of the land to the Jews.
• Create a homeland only for the Palestinians.

What event changed world opinion and caused thousands of Jews to move to Palestine?

•  the Diaspora
• the Holocaust
• Zionism
• the Exodus

What happened to the Kurds?

• Their land was split; they have no country of their own.
• They happily became part of neighboring countries.
• They all moved to Turkey.
• They all moved to Iraq.

What was the problem when Iraq was created?

• Kurds, Sunni, and Shia were forced to live together in a new political land.
• Kurds had control of all the land.
• Britain and France continued to have control.
• The Iraqis didn't think it was a problem; others did.