Interim Review Pt. 2

Which answer would be the BEST choice for the question mark located in the triple Venn diagram?

• Though Arabs are a minority ethnic group, most practice Sunni Islam.

• Though Arabs are a minority ethnic group, most practice Christianity.

• Arabs are a majority ethnic group, and most practice Sunni Islam.

• Arabs are a majority ethnic group, and most practice Shia Islam.

Why do the Jews desire a home in a specific area in the Middle East?

• They needed better trade routes near the Mediterranean Sea

• No one was living in this area in the Middle East

• To access the natural resources in the area

• The Jews had a religious connection to the land

What is nationalism?

• all nations should unite under a single world government.

• belief that all nations should unite under a single world government

• loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation or nation-state

• belief in the importance of international cooperation and global unity.

What is Zionism?

• A political movement advocating for the establishment of a Jewish state

• A plan created so the Jews and Palestinians could share land in the Middle East

• A branch of Christianity

• A hope that all governments will be based on religion

What is the United Nations?

• A sports organization

• A multinational corporation

• An intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security

• A music band

Why did the United Nations feel the Jews needed the nation state of Israel created in 1948?

• Other Arabs in the Middle East wanted the Jews to have a home in the Palestinian territory to help the Jews

• There wasn't anyone living in that area in the Middle East at that time

• after suffering the events of the Holocaust, many felt the Jews needed their own home

• after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, everyone who wanted a homeland in the Middle East received one, and they thought the Jews should receive one too

What does partition mean?

• The process of dividing a region or territory into separate parts

• A geographical feature like a mountain range

• A type of transportation used in ancient civilizations

• A special ceremony during a national holiday

After the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the war, why was their regional conflict after the Middle East was partitioned?

• people couldn't move or immigrate to the new countries that were created

• the resources in the area were scarce

• political boundaries were formed without thinking about the ethnic and religious differences of the people that lived there

• there weren't enough jobs to support the people moving there

What happened in the Middle East after the area was partitioned?

• fights between ethnic and religious groups

• the determined how a region was split up based on the natural resources

• they destroyed the natural resources in the area

• the creation of an unequal spread of resources in the region

What is Antisemitism?

• A belief that God had given a specific area of land in the Middle East to the Jews

• having prejudice or hatred towards Jewish people

• the name of the agenda created to allow Jews to return to their home

• the British supporting creating the Jews a homeland