History of SW Asia

What would be the BEST title for the image?

• Kurdish Dream for Homeland

• Country of the Kurds

• Partial Control of Kurdish territories

• Mesopotamia

Europeans created artificial borders in the Middle East causing conflict between ethnic and religious groups. How were Europeans able to partition the land?

• Europeans persecuted Jews through the Holocaust

• Europeans won land from the Ottoman Empire concluding WWI

• Jews were forced to leave by the Romans in the Diaspora

• Immigrants moved to Palestine after WWII

Palestine: __________ ; USSR: Russia

• Syria

• Iraq

• Jerusalem

• Israel

US is attacked on September 11th, 2001 US invades country harboring terrorists responsible for 9/11 US overthrows Taliban government

Which of the events is described in the list?

• Persian Gulf War

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Invasion of Afghanistan

• World War II

Why did the European Partitioning under the Sykes-Picot agreement cause conflict?

• Other European nations were upset they did not acquire more territory.

• The French disagreed with the British on which land to mandate.

• Countries were allowed to maintain wealth of natural resources.

• Europeans ignored historical and religious/ethnic borders.

Sunni & Shia conflict in Iraq and Syria

Kurdish nationalism

Israeli Jew & Palestinian Arab Conflict

Which THEME unites the items above?

• US Involvement in the Middle East

• Land & Religion conflicts in the Middle East

• Conflicts prior to WWI

• Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Why did the international community feel sympathetic for a Jewish homeland?

• WWI

• The Holocaust

• Balfour Declaration

• Jewish Diaspora

The US invaded ________ again in 2003 in order to destroy the nuclear weapons program and overthrow Saddam Hussein.

• Afghanistan

• Israel

• Iraq

• Iran

Diaspora ----> Zionism ----> ____________ ----> Establishment of Israel

Which event is missing from the timeline above?

• Six Day War

• Kurdish Nationalism

• WWI

• Holocaust

Why is the US involved in the Middle East?

• protection against terrorism and oil interests

• so we can spread western influence on the eastern world

• to acquire colonies

• to enhance trade agreements