SW Asia History test review plus

What is ‘anti-Semitism’?

• discrimination against Arabs

• discrimination against Kurds

• discrimination against Jews

• discrimination against Nazis

In what year was the new state of Israel created?

• 1930

• 1948

• 1991

• 1897

What large empire broke up after World War I?

• Germany

• Europe

• Ottoman Empire

• Persian Empire

The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland is known as what?

• Nationalism

• Zionism

• Buddhism

• Judaism

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as?

• resalination

• deposits

• disposition

• desalination

Who drew up the boundaries for the new countries formed after the breakup of this empire?

• Great Britain & Germany

• France and US

• Great Britain & France

• France and Palestine

Which country’s water treatment plants have been damaged by decades of war?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Israel

• Kuwait

What is the 120-mile man-made waterway that is used to transport goods from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

• Panama Canal

• Strait of Hormuz

• Suez Canal

• Jordan River

What country is shaded in black?

• Israel

• Egypt

• Oman

• Yemen

What country is represented by number one?

• Iran
• Iraq
• Afghanistan
• Israel