SS7H2 SW Asia (Middle East) History

Who drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I?

• victorious European countries
• United States
• United Nations
• Arab countries

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

• World Health Organization
• United Nations
• Red Cross
• OPEC

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

• They welcomed the change and the Jews.
• The did not have an opinion.
• They fled to other countries.
• They rejected is as unfair to them.

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

• The Arabs won the war and the Jews were forced back to Europe.
• Israel won the war, but they did not get as much land as they had planned.
• Israel won the war and the new State of Israel was even larger than originally planned.
• The Arabs won the war and the Jews were given the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

The Palestinians consider the Jewish settlements in the West Bank as ____________.

• an invasion of their land
• a perfect location for the Jews
• an act of terrorism
• an opportunity to become more diverse

Which leader was responsible for the 9-11 attacks?

• Saddam Hussein
• Yasser Arafat
• Osama bin Laden
• Answar Sadat

What event led to Islamist resentment (anger) of the U.S. presence in SW Asia?

• The September 11th attacks on the U.S.
• The U.S. using Saudi Arabia as a base for invading Kuwait
• Saddam Hussein's burning of Kuwaiti oil fields
• The U.S. supporting a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz

Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live?

• Saudi Arabia
• Turkey
• Israel
• Iraq

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?

• neighboring Arab countries
• the United States
• the major nations of Europe
• the countries belonging to the United Nations

Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003?

• Iraq was threatening Afghanistan with nuclear weapons.
• The UN believed Iraq was about to invade Kuwait a second time.
• Iraqi troops launched an attack on Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the U.S.
• The U.S. government thought the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was developing weapons of mass destruction.