Middle East History

Which of the following is NOT an example of problems created by the partitioning of the Middle East?

• Kurds, Sunni, Shi'a fight for control of Iraq

• The Kurds are split between Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran

• Jews and Palestinians fighting over Israel

• Iran and Iraq fighting over disputed oil fields

The Middle East was partitioned into countries. What does partitioned mean?

• make small parts into a whole

• adding boundaries made of water to ensure irrigation

• break into parts

• divided into parts after consulting with local leaders

The countries of _______ were responsible for drawing the country lines in the Middle East.

• Mexico and India

• Britain and India

• France and Brazil

• Britain and France

After which war was the Ottoman Empire broken up?

• WWI

• WWII

• Persian Gulf War

• Syrian Civil War

Why did worldwide support for a Jewish state emerge after World War II?

• The Holocaust made it clear that Jewish people needed a homeland.

• The Jewish people had conqured Palestine during World War II.

• Britain had granted Palestine to the Jewish people.

• Palestine was seeking a partner in nation building.

Which statement about the 1947 United Nations plan with regard to Palestine is correct?

• The plan was to create a single Arab state.

• The plan was to create a single Jewish state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into a socialist state and a democratic state.

Why did Adolf Hitler adopt anti-Semitism as a German government policy in the early 1930's?

• He thought the Jews had too much political power in the Reichstag.

• He blamed Jews for the economic and social problems in Germany.

• He was afraid of the Zionist movement and thought Jews wanted to make Germany a Jewish state.

• He believed that Jews would soon be the majority in Germany and feared the German culture would be lost.

Zionist pressure on the British government during WWI resulted in religious and ethnic tensions in

• Iran

• Syria

• Palestine

• Saudi Arabia

The country of Israel was immediately created after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

• True

• False

Jews feel close ties to the area of Israel because of their ___ connection to the land.

• Holocaust

• Anti-Semitic

• Zionist

• Religious