SW Asia Partitioning

During the Zionist Movement in the late 1800's, what group of people returned to the Holy Land?

• Palestinians

• Romans

• Jews

• Seminoles

Which of the following BEST explains how the European partitioning of the Ottoman Empire affected Southwest Asia?

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  It resulted in widespread peace and prosperity in the region because they paid attention to the ethnic and religious groups in the area and placed them in separate countries.  

• It resulted in the conquering of the entire region by Iraq because they gave most of the natural resources to that country and they used the money from them to buy weapons.

• It resulted in conflicts in the region because they separated ethnic groups that wanted to be together and put other ethnic and religious groups that did not like each other together. 

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  It resulted in conflicts between Saudi Arabia and the rest of the new countries because Saudi Arabia was given almost all of the fresh water resources in the area.

What is the term for the breakup of the Ottoman Empire following World War I?

• Diaspora

• Zionism

• Partitioning

• Resurrection

In 1916, the Allied powers in World War I made a secret agreement to divide the Ottoman Empire.  Which of the following in the name of the agreement? 

• the Abrahamic Covenant

• the Sykes-Picot Agreement

• the Treaty of Versailles

• The Schlieffen Plan

Which of the following are religious groups that are fighting over control of Iraq?

• the Arabs and the Kurds

• the Sunni and the Arabs

• the Sunni and the Shi'a

• the Muslims and the Christians

The Holocaust was an extreme example of which of the following?

• Zionism

• Anti-Semitism

• Diaspora

• Partitioning

What is the Jewish religious connection to the land of Israel/Palestine?

• They believe that God told them no one should ever live there.

• They believe it is the only place on Earth where God exists.

• They believe all people were created there.

• They believe God promised it to them through their ancestor.

Which of the following is a reason that the United Nations decided to partition Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab country?

• They were trying to keep a united Arab and Jewish country from becoming too powerful.

• Many felt bad for the suffering of the Jews during the Holocaust and thought they should have their own country. 

• Increased Arab immigration to Palestine in the 1800's created a need for an Arab state in the region. 

• All the countries in the UN agreed that God had promised to give the Jewish people a homeland in Palestine.