Middle East Unit Test Review

This is a relative term describing a geographic area

• Middle East

• Arab

• Islam

• Muslim

Prior to the creation of Israel, the last time Jews called the eastern Mediterranean home was

• 70 BCE

• 70 CE

• 622 BCE

• 622 CE

Which European power promised land in the eastern Mediterranean to both Jews and Arabs?

• The Dutch

• The French

• The British

• The Germans

The victors of WWI divided the lands of the Middle East in accordance with the

• Mandate System

• Spoils System

• UN Partition Plan

• Coalition System

Popularized by Theodore Herzl in the late 1800s, this movement encouraged Jews to return to their ancestral homeland.

• Zionism

• Shema

• Diaspora

• Migration

Which British document supported the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine?

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Sykes-Picot Agreement

• The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

• The White Paper of 1939

Which British document supported Arab ownership of former Ottoman territories?

• The Balfour Declaration

• The Sykes-Picot Agreement

• The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence

• The White Paper of 1939

This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy

• Shah Reza Pahlavi

• Jimmy Carter

• Mohammad Mosaddegh

• Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran was formerly known as this empire

• Ottoman

• Persian

• Byzantine

• Mongol

Prior to the creation of Israel, the last time Jews called the eastern Mediterranean region home was

• 70 BCE

• 70 CE

• 622 BCE

• 622 CE