History of the Middle East Part 1 and 2

What country controlled Palestine BEFORE partitioning?

• France

• Saudi Arabia

• Ottoman Empire

• Great Britain

How many Arab countries were consulted in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire and Palestine?

• The members of OPEC only

• FOUR

• NONE

• Ethnic groups not countries were consulted

What modern country remains from the fall of the Ottoman Empire?

• Turkey

• Saudi Arabia

• Kurdistan

• Iran

A political border drawn by people.

• Natural Borders

• Artifical Political Boundaries

• Natural Political Boundaries

• Mountains, Rivers, Streams

What did Europeans NOT consider when creating ARTIFICIAL POLITICAL BOUNDARIES?

• Feelings of Westernized Nations

• That natural disasters would blur the borders

• Conflict between tribes, religions, and ethnic groups forced together.

• Appealing to the United Nations

What caused Sunni and Shi'a to be merged into the same country (Iraq) (this leads to conflict)...?

• The death of Muhammad

• European Partitioning

• Creation of Palestine

• Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

How did European partitioning impact the Kurds?

• They got Kurdistan

• They were removed from SW Asia

• They were divided among several different countries causing conflict.

• They were given the chance to move

Which one of the EVENTS below DID NOT LEAD to the creation of Israel?

• Zionism

• Holocaust

• Anti-Semitism

• Birth of Jesus

What two groups experience the MOST conflict in SW Asia?

• Kurds and Iraqis

• Arabs and Jews

• Sunni and Kurds

• Persians and Shi'a

What happened when Israel was declared?

• Arab nations rejected and attacked Israel.

• The United States provided soldiers to attack Jordan

• The United Nations dissolved all Arab nations

• Israelis have lived in peace since 1948