History of Middle East Study Review Quizizz

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• the Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy

• the Empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt

• the people in the Empire were starving because a long drought ruined the agriculture

• the Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended.

Who drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI?

• United States

• Ottoman rulers

• France and Great Britain

• Middle Eastern governments

Why did these new boundaries create problems in the Middle East?

• Some were angry about the size of the countries

• There were no problems. It worked out perfectly.

• The boundaries did not respect local cultures and ethnic groups

How many people were held during the Iranian Hostage Crisis? How long were they held hostage for?

• 52 people for 524 days

• 62 people for 524 days

• 62 people for 444 days

• 52 people for 444 days

Why did so many countries in the United Nations feel it was right to create Israel in1948?

• There was no one else living on the land at that time

• Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering in the Holocaust

• Arab countries in the area supported the creation of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine.

• All national groups in the former Ottoman Empire were being given homelands at the same time.

What is Zionism?

• the idea that all religious groups should have their own states

• the plan to let Arabs and Jews share the land in Palestine equally

• the hope that all governments will be based on religious principles

• the belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland, after WWII and the Holocaust; The movement to unite displaced Jews and settle them in Palestine.

What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?

• the United Nations

• the European Union

• the League of Nations

• the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

How did Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of the new state of Israel?

• They supported it fully

• They did not accept Israel as a state, and attacked the country

• The Arab population in Palestine was unaffected by the new state.

• They agreed to try to work it out, but they were unhappy about the decision.

When war broke out in Palestine, what countries joined with the Palestinian Arabs to try to stop the creation of the new state of Israel?

• the United States

• neighboring Arab countries

• the major nations of Europe

• the countries belonging to the United Nations

What was the outcome of the 1948 War between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?

• the conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens in the new state of Israel

• Israel won the war and the new state of Israel gained independence, and grew larger than originally planned

• almost no Jewish people were willing to go to Israel because of the country's angry Arab neighbors

• the United Nations decided to withdraw the proposal to create Israel because of all the problems it caused in the area.