Southwest Asian History Review

Hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people.

• Gaza Strip

• Anti-Semitism

• Zionist

• Holocaust

The act of dividing up land...the result of the end of or the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

• Partitioning

• artificial boundaries

• League of Nations

• United States

What event led to the end of the Ottoman Empire?

• World War I
• World War II
• Cold War
• Religious disputes

What large empire broke up after World War I?

• Roman Empire

• Aztec Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Persian Empire

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

• Middle Eastern governments

• The United States’ government

• Former empire leaders

• Britain and France

What event triggered the first Persian Gulf War?

• Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

• Iraq's invasion of Iran

• U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

• Israel's capture of the West Banl

The Ottoman Empire once had land on all of the following continents EXCEPT

• North America

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

What was the problem with the borders that the French and British drew up for the countries that came from the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• They had no access to water.

• They only had desert lands.

• They didn't consider tribes, religious groups, or ethnic groups.

• They only gave British countries access to waterways.

There have been conflicts in the Middle East over all of the following EXCEPT

• Access to water

• Geographic climate zones

• Religious differences

• Access to oil

Which two countries fought an 8-year long war from 1980 - 1988 over access to oil

• Iran & Iraq

• Iran & Afghanistan

• Iraq & Kuwait

• Kuwait & Afghanistan