Conflicts in the Middle East Review Part 1

What political event has caused the tensions between the Palestinians and Israelis, Kurds and their host countries, and the Sunnis and Shiites for many years? 

• Nothing they are absolutely fine.
• The partition of the Middle East after WWII
• The partition of the Middle East after WWI. 

When the Middle East was partitioned what was ignored that has caused continuous conflict in the region still to this day?

• Oil and gold

• Ethnic groups, religious groups, ancestry, heritage, family, etc.

Which of the following BEST describes why the Israelis and Palestinians are fighting? 

• Over the land and their RELIGIOUS connection to it
• Over land and oil
• Over land 

What did supporters of Zionism Believe? 

• that Palestinians deserved the land in Palestine
• the Jews deserved a homeland somewhere in Europe
• the Jews deserved a homeland in their Promised Land
  
• Palestinians and Jews should share a homeland
  

Ultimately Kurds want to be ruled by ________, Sunnis want to be ruled by ________, Shiites want to be ruled by ________, and Palestinians want to be ruled by _______. (Fill in the blanks in order)

• No one

• Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites, and Palestinians

• Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey

• Palestinians, Kurds, Shiites, and Sunnis

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

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

• land
• oil 
• religion
• water

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