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Middle East History Study Guide

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happened when the Middle East was carved up by the European politicians?

a)

Conflict occurred between countries for land

b)

The countries were happy with their land

2.

When was Israel created?

a)

1918

b)

1948

c)

1738

d)

1945

3.

Why did the Jews want that region of land they received in 1948?

a)

They had ties to the land over thousands of years ago and thrived there once upon a time

b)

They needed safety from threatening countries

c)

The land was believed to be promised to them by god

d)

All of the above

4.

What is antisemitism

a)

People supporting no land for Jews

b)

People supporting land for Jews

c)

People wanting Palestine back

5.

Over how long has Zionism been developing?

a)

200 years

b)

300 years

c)

400 years

d)

1 year

6.

What happened after the Holocaust?

a)

The partitioners saw Jews needed a safe place and gave them their own country

b)

Jews continued to die out

c)

Jews started rebelling against all countries in the Middle East

7.

What is currently going on about land for Israel and Palestine?

a)

Palestine is trying to take back the land that was taken away from them against their will

b)

Palestine likes the way the land is partitioned

c)

Palestine and Israel keep having peace talks to calm the conflict and Israel gives them some land but Palestine wants all the land and Israel exterminated

d)

Both answer options 1 and 3

8.

Do Sunnis want muhammeds relatives to be his successor?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Maybe so

9.

What are Kurds fighting for/want really bad?

a)

Their own nation

b)

Their rights

c)

Their TVs

10.

How many countries does the Kurd population (majority) span?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

37

d)

4

11.

Why is the US involved in the Middle East?

a)

Oil/terrorism

b)

Water

c)

Land

d)

For no reason

12.

What happened in the First Persian Gulf War?

a)

Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil in order to recover financially from the Iraq-Iran War

b)

Dinosaurs were found

c)

Ayatollah took over Iraq and Kuwait

d)

Saddam Hussein died

13.

Why did the US invade Afghanistan?

a)

To fight terrorism and eliminate Osama Bin Laden and anyone from the Taliban and helped plan 9/11, a tragedy for the US

b)

For oil

c)

For money

d)

To expand our lands

14.

Why did we invade Iraq?

a)

Saudi Arabia was calling for help; Iraq was getting close to Saudi Arabian oil and the US wanted to stop Iraq

b)

For oil

c)

To eliminate the Taliban