WorksheetsWHMT 23.2
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What religion predominates in Syria, Lebanon, & Jordan, independent after WWII?
a)
Muslim
b)
Catholic Christianity
c)
Hindu
d)
Judaism
2.
What did a United Nations resolution in 1948 do in Palestine?
a)
Divided it into Jewish & Arab states
b)
Set up a Communist dictatorship there
c)
Declared an Arab monarchy based in Jerusalem
d)
Declared war against the Palestinian Arabs
3.
What British/French company did Egyptian president Nasser seize in 1956?
a)
Suez Canal Company
b)
Pyramids of Giza, Inc.
c)
Arab-American Oil Co.
d)
Mount Sinai
4.
Why did Israel launch air strikes against Egypt & other Arab neighbors on June 5, 1967?
a)
Israel feared attack
b)
To conquer Arab lands
c)
Communists were in power there
d)
To trigger a domino effect across the Middle East
5.
When did Arab forces led by Anwar el-Sadat launch a new attack against Israel?
a)
1973
b)
1967
c)
1980
d)
1956
6.
What did Palestinian Arabs lead in the territories occupied by Israel since the 1967 war?
a)
"intifada" or uprising
b)
Peaceful protests & demonstrations
c)
Communist revolution
7.
When did the shah's gov't collapse (in Iran), replaced by an Islamic republic led by Ayatollah Khomeini?
a)
1979
b)
1991
c)
2002
d)
1994
8.
What country did Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, attack in 1980, using child-soldiers & chemical weapons?
a)
Iran
b)
United States
c)
Soviet Union
d)
ISIS
9.
What country invaded Iraq in 2003, toppling Hussein because "he appeared to threaten the use of weapons of mass destruction"?
a)
Iran
b)
United States
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Israel
10.
What country declared independence on May 14, 1948, aiming to be a homeland for Jews?
a)
Jordan
b)
Iraq
c)
Iran
d)
Israel
11.
What organization was led by Yasser Arafat & used terrorist attacks to fight for Palestinian self-rule?
a)
OPEC
b)
Greenpeace
c)
Hamas
d)
PLO
12.
What Arab dictator led his country to invade both Iran & Kuwait before being defeated & toppled by the USA?
a)
Gamal Nasser
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
Ayatollah Khomeini
d)
Yasser Arafat
13.
What natural resource has been of major importance to American involvement in the Middle East?
a)
Oil
b)
Gold
c)
Water
d)
Plutonium
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