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WorksheetsHistory of SW Asia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 29mins
What would be the BEST title for the image?
Kurdish Dream for Homeland
Country of the Kurds
Partial Control of Kurdish territories
Mesopotamia
Europeans created artificial borders in the Middle East causing conflict between ethnic and religious groups. How were Europeans able to partition the land?
Europeans persecuted Jews through the Holocaust
Europeans won land from the Ottoman Empire concluding WWI
Jews were forced to leave by the Romans in the Diaspora
Immigrants moved to Palestine after WWII
Palestine: __________ ; USSR: Russia
Syria
Iraq
Jerusalem
Israel
US is attacked on September 11th, 2001 US invades country harboring terrorists responsible for 9/11 US overthrows Taliban government
Which of the events is described in the list?
Persian Gulf War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Invasion of Afghanistan
World War II
Why did the European Partitioning under the Sykes-Picot agreement cause conflict?
Other European nations were upset they did not acquire more territory.
The French disagreed with the British on which land to mandate.
Countries were allowed to maintain wealth of natural resources.
Europeans ignored historical and religious/ethnic borders.
Sunni & Shia conflict in Iraq and Syria
Kurdish nationalism
Israeli Jew & Palestinian Arab Conflict
Which THEME unites the items above?
US Involvement in the Middle East
Land & Religion conflicts in the Middle East
Conflicts prior to WWI
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
Why did the international community feel sympathetic for a Jewish homeland?
WWI
The Holocaust
Balfour Declaration
Jewish Diaspora
The US invaded ________ again in 2003 in order to destroy the nuclear weapons program and overthrow Saddam Hussein.
Afghanistan
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Diaspora ----> Zionism ----> ____________ ----> Establishment of Israel
Which event is missing from the timeline above?
Six Day War
Kurdish Nationalism
WWI
Holocaust
Why is the US involved in the Middle East?
protection against terrorism and oil interests
so we can spread western influence on the eastern world
to acquire colonies
to enhance trade agreements
Which war is described in this newspaper's headlines?
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Desert Storm
Invasion of Afghanistan
Sunni Shia Conflict in Iraq
___________: Arab ; Israeli: Jew
Palestinian
Shia
Iraqi
Kurd
Why are the Sunni and Shia in conflict in Iraq and Syria today?
- more than 1 correct answer
The Shia believe the leader should be Muhammad's bloodline and the Sunni do not.
The Sunni are the minority group that are more strict.
The Sunni believe Christ is divine while the Shia do not.
They were lumped together reluctantly after WWI.
Who was upset with with the Balfour Declaration and increased momentum of the Zionist movement?
Shia Muslims
Israeli Jews
Palestinian Arabs
Kurds
Oil is the natural resource that US decided to protect in the Middle East
