SW Asia History

What event led to the end of the Ottoman Empire?

• World War I
• World War II
• Cold War
• Religious disputes

Who decided how the Ottoman Empire would be divided?

• Ottoman royalty
• Turkish governments
• European politicians
• United States

What was one result of the Holocaust?

• Many Jews needed a new place to call their Homeland
• The Nazis did not allow any Jews to leave Europe
• Many Jews moved to Southeast Asia

If a person is an Anti-Semitic, they are prejudiced against what group?

• Arabs
• Jews
• Kurds
• Muslims

What is Zionism?

• The belief that all Jews should have a homeland in Palestine
• The belief that all Arabs should have a homeland in Saudi Arabia
• The movement to rebuild Jewish homes after the Holocaust
• The idea that Christians should spread out around the world

What was the reaction to the U.N. Partition Plan of 1948?

• Arabs supported it, Jews opposed it
• Jews supported it, Arabs opposed it
• Both groups supported it
• Both groups opposed it

What organization separated Palestine into Arab land and Jewish land?

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• Ottoman Empire
• United States

What was the result of the Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948?

• All Arabs were granted citizenship in the new country of Israel
• Jews were pushed out back into Europe
• The Jews won and expanded their territory
• There were hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees

Why did the United States get involved in the Persian Gulf war?

• Because they had an alliance with Kuwait
• They had a peace treaty with Iraq
• They were dependent on Kuwait for oil
• They used Kuwait as a trading port

What is the Taliban?

• The Government of Iraq
• The government of Kuwait
• a group of radical Muslims
• A part of the United Nations