Middle East History

Which of the following is a reason why the Ottoman Empire began to decline?

• Poor and corrupt leadership

• The inability to continue conquering new lands

• Economic issues caused by Istanbul (or is it Constantinople?) no longer being the dominant trade route to Asia

• All of the Above

The Suez Canal, built in 1869, was important because...

• It was the first canal ever made

• It made trade between Europe and Asia much faster

• It caused "The Great Nile Flood of 1869"

• It reignited the slave trade

In 1938, what important natural resource was discovered in Saudi Arabia?

• Oil

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Suez Canals

In which phase did Israel gain the most land?

• 1946

• 1947

• 1967

• 2005

Which of the following is NOT one of the considerations made while creating the UN Partition Plan?

• Equal access to water

• Creating borders that avoided unusual shapes and avoided having new countries be discontinuous

• Equal access to holy sites for both Jews and Muslims

• Equal amounts of land for each group

What event in 1967 resulted in the borders shown above?

• Six Day War

• UN Partition Plan

• Yom Kippur War

• Suez Crisis

Where did most Jews live in the early 20th century (1900s)

• Israel

• Palestine

• Rome

• Eastern Europe/Russia

The Arab-Israeli Conflict is mostly about the struggle between Arab nationalists and Jewish nationalists clashing over...

• Water

• Religion

• Land

• Race

Palestinians, who were upset with Israeli control over the Gaza Strip and West Bank, began a mass uprising in 1987 known as ... (Think T.Swift)

• The first intifada

• A reprisal

• Terrorism

• The Six Day War

What does 2005 show?

• Israel settling in one Palestinian territory - the Gaza Strip

• Israel settling in one Palestinian territory - the West Bank

• Israel settling in both Palestinian territories

• Israel obeying international agreements and respecting Palestinian territories