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Southwest Asia History Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Also called Holy Land. Biblical name, Canaan. an ancient country in SW Asia, on the E coast of the Mediterranean.

a)

Palestine

b)

diaspora

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

2.

An organization of nations formed after World War I to promote cooperation and peace.

a)

Partitioning

b)

artificial boundaries

c)

League of Nations

d)

United States

3.

A dispersion of people from their homeland

a)

Palestine

b)

diaspora

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

4.

A territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula; part of the land set aside for Palestinians, which was occupied by Israel in 1967.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Antisemitism

c)

Zionist

d)

Holocaust

5.

Present day Iraq 1st civilization developed here.

a)

Palestine

b)

diaspora

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

6.

hostility to or prejudice against Jews.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Antisemitism

c)

Zionist

d)

Holocaust

7.

The ancient kingdom of the Hebrew tribes at the southeastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

a)

Palestine

b)

diaspora

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Israel

8.

A methodical elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Antisemitism

c)

Zionist

d)

Holocaust

9.

Jews who believed in a country of their own in Palestine

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Antisemitism

c)

Zionist

d)

Holocaust

10.

Austrian journalist and founder of the Zionist movement urging the creation of a Jewish national homeland in Palestine.

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Theodore Herzl

c)

Saddam Hussein

d)

Osama bin Laden

11.

The act of dividing up land...the result of the end of or the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

a)

Partitioning

b)

artificial boundaries

c)

League of Nations

d)

United States

12.

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

a)

colonialism

b)

nationalism

c)

WWI

d)

Ottoman Empire.

13.

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

a)

colonialism

b)

nationalism

c)

WWI

d)

Ottoman Empire.

14.

Austrian born Dictator of Germany, implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Dreyfuss Affair

c)

WWI

d)

Ottoman Empire.

15.

Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453-1922. It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Dreyfuss Affair

c)

WWI

d)

Ottoman Empire.

16.

European conflict challenges U.S. policy of neutrality; Allied victory makes the world safe for democracy

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Dreyfuss Affair

c)

WWI

d)

Ottoman Empire.