Middle East Independence

The Indian Subcontinent includes all of the following except?

• Afghanistan
• India
• Iraq
• Nepal

Israel was created 

•  after World War I
•  prevent the Holocaust
• by the United Nations
• for Muslims.

A primary purpose for building the Suez Canal was to

• encourage Jewish settlement in nearby Palestine.
• increase trade between the Middle East, Europe and Asia
•  reduce the time needed for travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
• allow Indian merchants to reach the east coast of Asia.

Who received Iraq, Transjordan and Palestine as Mandates after WWI? 

• French 
• United States
• Iran 
• British 

Former Egyptian president who attempted to modernize his country.  Known for nationalizing the Suez Canal and waging war against Israel.

• Junta
• Gamal Nasser
• Kurds
• Sharia

The progressive Israeli Prime Minister who fell victim to an assassin in 1974.

• Yasir Arafat
• Shah Pahlavi
• Bin Laden
• Golda Meir

Series of conflicts involving Middle East Arab nations and the Jews of Israel.

• Arab-Israel Wars
• Palestinians
• Invasion of Afganistan
• Iran/Iraq War

What countries were given control of the most territories
  (mandates) in the Middle East  following WWI

• France and U.S
• Great Britain and France
• Great Britain and U.S.
• Spain and France

Which statement BEST summarizes the conflict between Arabs and Jews over land and   religion in the Middle East? 

• Jews and Arabs are different ethnically and religiously and both claim a right to the same holy land.
• Jews are struggling for independence
• There is not a conflict in the Middle East between the Jews and Arabs.
• Arabs control the government and oil reserves in Israel.

What is an example of a mandate period?

• A nation creates an economic plan to help a poor country.
• A dictator rules over a country with an iron fist.
• A nation rules over a newly established nation until it can govern itself.
• A poor nation borrows money until it can govern itself.