Unit 2 SW Asia History Review

Hatred and mistreatment of Jewish people

• Holocaust
• Zionism
• diaspora
• antisemitism

A severe example of antisemitism carried out by Hitler’s Nazi Party during WWII 

• Holocaust
• Zionism
• diaspora
• antisemitism

The forcing of Jews out of the “Promised Land” by foreign invaders

• Holocaust
• Zionism
• diaspora
• antisemitism

The land now known as Israel wasn’t always called Israel. What was its name before it became Israel?

• Iraq
• Persia
• Turkey
• Palestine

The collapse of this empire after WWI allowed the British to take control over parts of Southwest Asia.

• Roman
• Assyrian
• Ottoman
• German

Which statement below best describes the current relationship between the Palestinians and Israelis?

• The Palestinians and Israelis still fight violently over disputed land.
• The Palestinians have given up all their land to the Israelis.
• The Israelis have given back all of the disputed land to the Palestinians.
• The peace treaties signed by Palestinians and Israelis have solved all of their disagreements

Pick the event that came first.

• Britain and France claim the land of the former Ottoman Empire
• Holocaust leaves many Jews homeless
• World War I
• Jews declare Israel an independent state

How did European partitioning (dividing-up) in Southwest Asia impact the region?

• Europeans drew borders that combined similar ethnic and religious groups who have lived in peace ever since the end of WWI.
• Europeans drew borders that combined different ethnic and religious groups who fought for control over the land.
• Europeans helped Palestinians create their own country where they can be safe from Jewish Israelis.
• Europeans returned control of Southwest Asia back to the Ottoman Empire.

Pick the event that came last.

• Jews declare Israel an independent state
• Britain and France claim the land of the former Ottoman Empire
• World War I
• Holocaust leaves many Jews homeless

A group of Arab Muslims living mostly in the Gaza Strip and West Bank; forced out of their land by the returning Jewish Israelis. 

• Persians
• Germans
• Palestinians
• Ottomans