History of SW Asia

This war is also known as Desert Storm and involved leader Saddam Hussein. He invaded Kuwait in order to capture it's valuable oil fields.

• Iraq War
• World War I
• Persian Gulf War
• World War II

The belief that the Jews would return to their homeland of Israel is known as

• Holocaust
• Anti-Semitism
• Judaism
• Zionism

Who was the leader of Al-Qada?

• Suddam Hussein
• Osama bin Laden

This Sunni Islamic group ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. This group means "students" and was overthrown in late 2001 during Operation Enduring Freedom.

• United Nations
• Taliban
• Al-Qaeda
• Sultans

This world organization created the modern state of Israel in 1948.

• Taliban
• United Nations
• Sunni
• Arabs

This term refers to the dividing of countries.

• Fundamentalism
• Liberate
• WMD
• Partition

This term means the hatred of Jews.

• Holocaust
• Anti-Semitism

The two groups who were in conflict of the same land(Israel), were known as

• Shia and Sunni
• Christians and Jews
• Arabs and Christians
• Jews and Arabs

The three main religions in the Middle East were

• Baptist, Christianity, Islam
• Judaism, Islam, Christianity
• Persian,Kurds, Arabs
• Sunni, Shia,Islam

What was the outcome of the Invasion of Iraq in 2003?

• The nation lost it's supply of oil.
• There was conflict between religious and ethnic groups.
• Weapons of mass destruction were found and taken.
• The country was divided and controlled by Suddam Hussein.