Continuing Conflict in the Middle East

The main source of conflict in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians involves ________.

• land
• oil 
• religion
• water

The split into Sunni and Shia divisions of Islam can be traced to

• a loss of territory to religious rebels in Arabia.
• a dispute over the succession of Muhammad's wives.
• a dispute over the question of Muhammad's successor.
• the failure to defeat invading forces from Persia.

What is the chief source of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East?

• the desire of Zionist Jews to return to their biblical roots
• the persecution of Palestinians by the Jewish majority
• the influx of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust to the Holy Land
• the creation of the State of Israel, which displaced the Palestinian majority

Which of these branches of Islam has always had the majority of followers since the Sunni–Shia split?

• Shia
• Sunni
• Sufi
• Wahhabi

Shia Muslims believe that the caliphate should pass via the bloodline of

• Ali
• Hussein
• Mohammed
• Sulieman

True/False:
Kurds are an ethnic group that has a country of their own.  

• True
• False

True/False:
Kurds have been subjects to persecution at the hands of the governments of countries they live in.   

• True
• False

The majority of Shia Muslims live in _____________.

• Israel
• Turkey
• Iran
• Kuwait

Why are Palestinians unhappy regarding the state of Israel?

• They had to give up access to fresh water.
• They had to give up their land.
• They had to give up the entire city of Jerusalem.
• They had to live in the Gaza Strip.