Development and History of SW Asia

The Balfour Declaration demonstrated whose support for the Jews?

• France

• United States

• Germany

• Great Britain

How did the Arab Palestinians react to the UN Partition Plan of 1947?

• Rejected it and declared war

• Accepted it and declared war

• Rejected it but remained peaceful

• Accepted it and remained peaceful

Through multiple wars, who gained control over the majority of Israel-Palestine?

• Israeli Jews

• Palestinian Arabs

What is the name of the movement for a Jewish home state?

• anti-Semitism

• Zionism

• Holocaust

• Palestinianization

What event occurred during WWII that pushed more Jews to Israel?

• Holocaust

• Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor

• British promises to create a homeland for the Jews

• Dropping of the atomic bomb

Who controlled the mandate of Palestine following the Ottoman Empire's collapse after World War I?

• France

• United States

• Germany

• Great Britain

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia

• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil

• 9-11 attacks

• Iraq was thought to have WMDs

Who was the Iraqi leader during the Persian Gulf War?

• Osama bin Laden

• Saddam Hussein

• George H.W. Bush

• Adolph Hitler

Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East

• oil and terrorism

• oil and diamonds

• diamonds and textiles

• land and religion

The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait in which war?

• Persian Gulf War

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• WWI

• War in Afghanistan