Unit 4 Test Study Guide

Immediately after the end of World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, European countries increased their involvement in Middle Eastern political and economic affairs. Which of these BEST explains how this change took place?

• European people moved there to take advantage of the better climate.

• European Jews were fleeing the expansion and oppression of the Germany government.

• European governments were able to establish peace in the region for the first time in decades.

• European powers drew up new political borders in the region without consulting political, cultural, or historic realities.

Following the end of the Mandate System, which country lost control of both Lebanon and Syria?

• Britain

• Egypt

• France

• Israel

In 1948, the state of Israel was formed to give which group of people a homeland?

• Christians

• Jews

• Kurds

Which territory was controlled by Great Britain in the years following World War I and lost land when the nation of Israel was created in 1948?

• Egypt

• Iran

• Iraq

• Palestine

Choose the three terms that MOST refer to the Holocaust.

• D-Day

• anti-Semitism

• Final Solution

• Nuremberg Trials

• Treaty of Versailles

The MAIN source of conflict in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians is:

• Religious differences

• Territorial disputes

• Economic issues

• Cultural misunderstandings

The dispute that the successor to Muhammad needed to be a blood relative led to what split in Islam?

• A. Sunni/Shia

• B. Sunni/Quranism

• Shia/Kurds

Which part of the document makes it clear that the United States supports the formation of the state of Israel?

• A. "the de facto authority"

• B. "The United States recognizes"

• C. "This government has been informed"

• D. "a Jewish state has been proclaimed"

Shia Muslims believe that the caliphate should pass via the bloodline of

• Ali.

• Huseyn.

• Abu Bakr.

• Suleiman.

Choose the TWO responses that describe differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims.

• The majority of the world's Muslims are Shia.

• Sunnis read the Quran and Shia read the Torah.

• Sunnis are the only group that fasts during Ramadan.

• Sunnis dominate the Muslim world, while the Shia Muslims are centrally located.

• The Shia Muslims believe that the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad should be caliph.