BRAIN BLITZ

Why have foreign countries like the U.S. become allies with countries like Saudi Arabia?

• To have a positive influence in those areas because of the cultural similarities

• To have a positive influence in those areas because of the oil resources

• To have a positive influence in those areas because of the geographical location

• To have a positive influence in those areas because of the historical ties

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What event is being described from the newspaper headlines?

• Persian Gulf War (1990)

• World War II (1939)

• Iraq Invasion (2003)

• Afghanistan Invasion (2001)

What is a WMD?

• Weapon of Mass Destruction
• Worldwide Medical Department
• Worldwide Monetary Division
• Wildlife Management Department

Which country was feared to have WMD's leading to U.S. intervention and eventually war?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran
• Iraq
• Pakistan

What are the 3 wars that we have discussed that were between the U.S. and countries in the Middle East?

• World War I, World War II, Korean War
• Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War

• Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War

• Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War

What is Zionism?

• A political movement advocating the establishment of a Jewish state which they felt was owed to them due to a religious promise by God

• The desire for all religions to have an established homeland after WWI

• The desire to begin a Kurdish nation started by Theodore Herzl which was solidified in 1948 providing the Kurdish people with their own country after WWI

• A style of music

Who was the founder of the Zionist movement?

• Theodor Herzl
• Albert Einstein
• Sigmund Freud
• Karl Marx

What historical event occurred that led to a worldwide sentiment that the global Jewish population needed their own homeland in the Middle East?

• The Crusades
• The French Revolution
• World War II and the Holocaust
• The Cold War

Which group of people were already living in the land that Israel began to occupy after WWII, causing regional conflict due to how the country was divided by the United Nations?

• The Maori
• The Aborigines
• The Palestinians
• The Zulus