Unit 11 Part 1 Southwest Asia Review - 7th Grade

Which political boundary in the Middle East is this map showing?

• European Partitioning in 1920

• Pre-WWI Boundaries

• Modern day boundaries

Which political boundary in the Middle East does this map represent?

• Modern Day Southwest Asia

• Pre WWI Boundaries

• The European Partitioning in 1920

Political Boundaries in the Middle East:

Which Map of the Middle East is this?

• Modern Day Boundaries

• Pre-WWI Boundaries

• European Partitioning in 1920

The Shia and Sunni Muslims have_________________________________beliefs.

• different

• the same

The area occupied by the Shia and Sunni Muslims was ruled by_________________________________________________, who did not understand their differences and tried to group them together.

• France

• America

• Great Britain

• Russia

Today, Shia and Sunni Muslims ______________________________

• get along well

• continue to battle for power

• made a peace treaty and have no problems

Which group of Middle East inhabitants are being described with the following statements:

*They still hope one day to get their own land.

*They are viewed as inferior by many other groups in Southwest Asia.

*They have been persecuted and attacked by other groups.

*They still do not have their own land today.

*They did not get their own land when Southwest Asia was partitioned.

• Muslims

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Jews

If you had to PREDICT how life in the Middle East would be today if religious and ethnic groups were considered before partitioning the Middle East what would you conclude?

• Taking differences into account would not have made an effect.

• Today there would be more conflict and fighting.

• Great Britain would now rule the Middle East.

• There would be less fighting today.

Anti-Semitism means__________________________________________

• a great appreciation of the Jewish lifestyle

• extreme discrimination against Jews

What is "Zionism"?

• a movement to set up a homeland for the Jews

• extreme discrimination for the Jews