Middle East History (SS7H2a-d)

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire? 

• They were on the losing side of WWI
• Factory worker rebelled 
• A famine led to a farmer revolt
• The empire went bankrupt

What was the problem with the new boundaries created by European Partitioning after the Ottoman Empire collapsed?

• survivors of the Holocaust needed a place of their own

• the UN voted on how the boundaries would be established

• the Germans and Italians, who won WWI, wanted more of a say

• they drew borders without regard to the tribes, religious groups, and ethnic groups that lived in the Middle East

Who was given a mandate, or control, over Palestine after WWI?

• the Ottoman Emprire

• Holocaust survivors

• the British

• the United Nations

Why did many people support Zionism after WWII? 

• no one else was living on the land at that time
• the Palestinians agreed that it was important to help the Jews
• many people felt sympathy for Holocaust survivors
• all former Ottoman subjects were being given their own countries

How did Arabs feel about the creation of Israel? 

• they supported it because of the horrors of the Holocaust
• they thought it was unfair to the Palestinians to punish them for what the Nazis did
• they believed splitting up the land was a fair compromise
• they were unhappy about it, but tried to work it out anyway

What did supporters of Zionism believe? 

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

Who supported Palestinians when war broke out with Israel?

• the United States

• major European Nations

• neighboring Arab countries in the Middle East

• the Soviet Union

What is an example of anti-semitism during WWII?

• Jews were given their homeland promised in the bible
• Jews were allowed to immigrate to the country of their choice
• Jews were promised they would have a homeland
• Jews were persecuted and sent to concentration camps

What is the United States main economic interest in Southwest Asia? 

• water
• oil
• tourism
• trade

Who are the Taliban?

• the former government of Iraq that helped Saddam Hussein 
• the former government of Afghanistan who helped Osama bin Laden
• the former government of Israel who worked with the Palestinians
• the former government of Kuwait who fought Saddam Hussein