History of Middle East Test Review

What does partition mean?

• to divide

• to conquer

• to take control of

After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, why did European partitioning lead to regional conflict in the Middle East?

• jobs were not available in the newly formed boundaries

• political boundaries were formed that created problems with natural resources.

• political boundaries were formed without considering different religious and ethnic groups.

Which two groups did the British promise the land of Palestine to?

• British and French

• Arabs and Jews

• Kurds and Arabs

Which of the following was a reason the United Nations established Israel for the Jews in 1948?

• Partitioning

• Irrigation

• Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust

Which Ethnic group does not have their own dedicated country with an ability to create their own laws?

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Jews

This war was created because Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil

• Operation Enduring Freedom (War in Afghanistan 2001)

• Operation Iraqi Freedom (War in Iraq 2003)

• Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War 1990)

This war was created because of Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's terrorism

• Operation Enduring Freedom (War in Afghanistan 2001)

• Operation Iraqi Freedom (War in Iraq 2003)

• Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War 1990)

This war was created because the Saddam Hussein denied United Nations inspections and seemed that he had Weapons of Mass Destruction.

• Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War 1990)

• Operation Iraqi Freedom (War in Iraq 2003)

• Operation Enduring Freedom (War in Afghanistan 2001)

Prejudice and discrimination against the Jews

• Zionism

• Anti-Semitism

• Holocaust

The killing of millions of Jews during WWII

• Holocaust

• Anti-Semitism

• Zionism