History Unit: SW ASIA

Zionist pressure on the British government after WWI created ethnic and religious conflict in which region?

• Iraq

• Palestine

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

Which of the following ethnic groups was split among multiple countries by European partitioning of the Ottoman Empire?

• Muslims

• Persians

• Jews

• Kurds

Which of the following statements best completes the diagram?

• Operation Desert Storm

• Invasion of Iraq

• Operation Desert Shield

• Invasion of Afghanistan

How was anti-Semitism a cause of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict?

• Jews moved to Palestine because of persecution in Europe, which angered Arabs in the region.

• Palestinian Arabs came to Palestine to avoid discrimination in Europe which angered the Jews in the region.

• Jewish people fled Palestine which angered the Zionists.

• Anti-Semitism led to the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.

What are the two main reason for United States' military intervention in Southwest Asia?

• Imports and exports

• Terrorism and land

• Terrorism and petroleum

• Petroleum and religion

What was the goal of the Persian Gulf War for the United States and its allies?

• Remove the Iraqi army from Kuwait

• Remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iran

• Remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan

• Remove Osama Bin Laden from Iraq

How is the persecution of Jews related to Zionism and the creation of Israel?

• Many European countries supported Zionism. They believed they could deport Jewish people to a Jewish state with little international outcry. 

• Jewish people were a minority in many European countries and often persecuted. Zionists wanted to create a Jewish state with a Jewish majority.

• Many European countries supported Zionism. They believed that a Jewish state would be a valuable trading partner in the region.

• Most European countries did not support Zionism. They believed that it would hurt the economic growth in the region.

Which of the following statements best describes the cause of Kurdish nationalism?

• After WWI, the Kurds became the largest ethnic group in Southwest Asia.

• Then Kurds are separated into different countries by artificial boundaries.

• The Kurds want to rejoin the Ottoman Empire.

• After WWI, Kurdistan became a country.

This cartoon represents what historical event?

• The suffering of Palestinians after a war.

• The disappointment of Kurds at the loss of their homeland.

• The impact of a natural disaster in Iraq.

• The suffering of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

These maps summarize which conflict in Southwest Asia?

• Kurds and Arabs

• Jews and Arabs

• Sunni and Shia

• Kurds and Persians