SWA History

How did the fall of the Ottoman Empire impact the Kurds?

• Artificial political boundaries divided the Kurds into separate countries.

• The Europeans created a country for the Kurds.

• The Kurds have no conflict.

• The Kurds are no longer an ethnic group.

The fall of the Ottoman Empire led to

• Conflict. Because some want the Ottoman Empire back

• Conflict. Artificial boundaries placed different ethnic and religious groups into the same country

• Peace. There is no conflict in SW Asia

• Peace. No one liked the Ottoman Empire.

Why did the United Nations create the state of Israel in 1948?

• The Ottoman Empire was going to give it to them

• Arab countries wanted it

• sympathetic towards Jews because of the Holocaust.

• The land was empty

Why are most western nations so interested in Southwest Asia?

• They enjoy the history of the region

• the Middle east is the number one producer of diamonds

• The West depends on the Middle East's agricultural supply.

• The West depends on the Middle East's oil supply.

How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after WWI effect the people living in the Middle East region?

• Several small Arab countries joined together to push for the creation of the state of Israel

• European politicians didn't take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries which lead to conflict in the Middle East

• Many new countries were created that represented a single ethnic group

• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were divided among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine

The extremist government of Afghanistan that protected the 9/11 terrorists was

• The Taliban

• al-Qaeda

• The Baath Party

• ISIS

Which answer best fills the box labeled Iraq 2003?

• Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George Bush (the son)
• Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States
• Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush (son), Afghanistan, Taliban
• Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

Which answer best fills the box labeled War on Terror 2001?

• Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George W. Bush (the son)
• Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States
• Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George Bush (son), Afghanistan, Taliban
• Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

Which answer best fills the box labeled Persian Gulf?

• Saddam Hussein, Weapons of Mass Destruction, United States, UN inspection, George W. Bush (the son)
• Desert Storm, Stormin’ Norman, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, United States; George Bush (the father)
• Osama Bin Laden, 9/11, George H. W. Bush (the father), Afghanistan, Taliban
• Balfour Declaration, PLO, Zionism, 1948, UN

Which is the correct order for the creation of Israel?

• Holocaust-Diaspora-Zionism

• Zionism-Holocaust-Diaspora

• Diaspora-Zionism- Holocaust

• Diaspora-Holocaust-Zionism