Middle East Unit 2 TEST

Conflicts over __________ and religion are continuing problems in the Middle East.

• land
• taxes
• housing
• education

The Ottoman Empire was broken up after which war?

• World War I
• World War II
• The Ottoman War
• Civil War

The countries of _____________ were responsible for drawing the country lines in the Middle East

• Great Britain and France
• Great Britain and Germany
• Great Britain and Saudi Arabia
• France and the Ottoman Empire

Most of the people living in the Middle East were able to decide where the countries' borders were going to be

• True
• False

When dividing the Middle East after WWII, European countries were looking to gain profits from the ______ in the region.

• natural resources
• farmland
• slaves
• abundant water

Which country gained control of the majority of the best land in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?

• Great Britain
• France
• Saudi Arabia
• Germany

Which of the following is NOT an example of problems created by the partitioning of the Middle East?

• Sunni and Shia fighting for control of Iraq
• The Kurds being split between Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran
• Jews and Arabs fighting over Israel
• September 11th terrorist attacks

What world organization created the new state of Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?

• League of Nations
• United States
• European Union
• United Nations

How did Arabs living in Palestine feel about the creation of Israel?

• They supported it fully.
• They rejected it as unfair to them.
• They were unaffected by the new country.
• They agreed to work it our although they were unhappy about the decision.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for the establishment of Israel?

• Anti-Semitism
• The Holocaust
• Zionism
• The vast oil reserves there