Conflicts

Describe how not having a homeland and being a minority in other people's countries has caused conflicts for the Kurds.

Israel and Palestinians main source of conflict in Southwest Asia is?

• slavery

• religion

• oil rights

• communism

What is the plan for Palestine in 1947 from the United Nations?

• The plan was to create a single Arab state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state.

• The plan was to create a single Jewish state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into a socialist state and a democratic state.

Tribal Revolts in Iraq: Kurds targets in North, Shia in the South

• the reasons behind US military involvement in the Persian Gulf War

• conflicts resulting from the partitioning of Southwest Asia following World War I

• the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union on Southwest Asia

• heightened ethnic tensions caused by the establishment of the State of Israel.

What is the similarity between Palestinian-Arabs and the Kurds?

• They share the same religion

• They occupy the same land.

• They are of the same ethnic group.

• They do not have a homeland of their own.

Who has religious conflicts in SWA?

• Arab-Muslim Palestinians and Israeli Jews

• Palestinians and Christians

• Shia and Sunni Muslims

• Kurds and Turkish Muslims

Who did the league of nations grant control of Palestine to?

• The British Empire

• The United States

• The Palestinian Authority

• the State of Israel

Israel was established because_______________.

• sectarian violence in various Arab states

• Arabs needed a homeland after the Ottoman Empire fell

• the need for a safe Jewish homeland following the Holocaust

• the PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah wanted it that way

Which international conflict resulted from tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

• The bay of pigs invasion

• 9/11

• the Iran Hostage Crisis

• Cuban Missile Crisis

How can people help with the Ukraine Crisis?

• Contribute to an local community center

• Contribute to an international organization

• Volunteer at a homeless shelter

• Volunteer at a Educational Organization