SS7H2c Religious Conflict in Southwest Asia

On which area of the map would you MOST likely find people belonging to the Kurdish ethnic group?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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

• the creation of the State of Israel, which displaced the Palestinian majority

• the influx of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust to the Holy Land

• the desire of Zionist Jews to return to their biblical roots

• the persecution of Palestinians by the Jewish majority

What is the MAIN difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

• The Sunni believe in the idea of Monotheism.

• The Shia pray towards Mecca five times every day.

• The Shia wanted a family member of Muhammad to succeed him.

• The Sunni fast from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan.

Which of these statements regarding Southwest Asia (the Middle East) is MOST correct?

• Most countries contain a single ethnic group.

• The Kurdish people do not have an ethnic homeland.

• Palestinians have been in frequent conflict with Egyptian settlers since the 1940s.

• Sunni and Shia Muslims disagree on religious matters but share power peacefully in many governments.

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

• Shia

• Sufi

• Sunni

• Wahhabi

What was the outcome of the 1948 War between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?

• The conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens in the new State of Israel

• Israel won the war and the new State of Israel was even larger than originally planned

• Almost no Jewish people were willing to go to Israel because of the country's Arab neighbors

• The United Nations decided to withdraw the proposal to create a State of Israel because of all the problems it caused in the area

How did Arabs living in Palestine feel about the new state of Israel?

• They were unaffected by the new state.

• They supported it fully.

• They rejected it and thought it was unfair to them.

• They were unhappy but agreed to work it out.

Today, a major cause of conflict in the Middle East is fighting between which two groups over land?

• Bedouins and Armenians

• Persians and Iranians

• Jews and Palestinians

• Arabs and Egyptians

Which the two religious groups have fought for power in Iraq for decades?

• Sunni and Shia Muslims

• Christians and Jews

• Buddhist and Muslims

• Baptists and Methodists

Israeli refers to which ethnic group in the Arab-Israeli conflict?

• Muslims
• Judas
• Jews
• Jordanians