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WorksheetsUnit 4- Southwest Asia: Conflicting Beliefs, Who Gets What?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which statement about ethnic groups is correct?
Ethnic groups are defined by a shared history.
Ethnic groups are defined by a common occupation.
All members of an ethnic group live in the same country.
All members of an ethnic group follow the same set of laws.
Which of the following statements about ethnic groups and religious groups is correct?
Both ethnic and religious groups are defined by political borders.
Members of an ethnic group usually belong to different religious groups.
Individuals belonging to the same religious group do not always share an ethnicity.
Member of both ethnic and religious groups all come from the same backgrounds.
Which answer choice correctly matches each religion with its most sacred text?
Judaism - the Bible, Islam - the Quran, Christianity - the Tanakh
Judaism - the Quran, Islam - the Bible, Christianity - the Tanakh
Judaism - the Tanakh, Islam - the Quran, Christianity - the Bible
Judaism - the Bible, Islam - the Tanakh, Christianity - the Quran
Which answer choice describes a person's ethnicity?
A. Aseel is Muslim. This answer choice describes a person's religion.
B. Ali is Christian. This answer choice describes a person's religion.
C. Inbar is Hindu. This answer choice describes a person's religion.
D. Nabil is Kurdish. This answer choice describes a person's ethnicity.
What caused the earliest disagreement between the groups that would become Shia and Sunni Muslims?
debates over the treatment of followers of other faiths
debates over the role of religion in government affairs
debates over the method of choosing Islam's leaders
debates over the amount of money followers must donate
Which answer choice describes a person's religion?
Nabil is Kurdish.
Amaya is Arab.
Inbar is Christian.
Omar is Persian.
Which of the following is NOT one of the Pillars of Islam?
praying five times each day
following the teachings of the Tanakh
giving charity to the poor
taking a holy pilgrimage to Mecca
In what way are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam similar?
The Bible is considered the holiest book in each religion.
The Koran is considered the holiest book in each religion.
They all teach that Abraham was one of God's prophets.
They all teach that Muhammad was one of God's prophets.
Who were the Zionists?
Arab communities that rose up Ottoman control during World War I
Jewish communities that rose up against Ottoman control during World War I
people who believed that Jewish people needed their own homeland for religious reasons
people who believed that Arab people needed their own homeland for religious reasons
The events of the Holocaust led to what development in the years following World War II?
worldwide support for the establishment of a Jewish state
efforts by world leaders to limit the spread of communism
the growing influence of fascism throughout Europe
a return to isolationist policies by the United States
Which of these statements about the Persian Gulf War is NOT correct?
The war lasted for only six weeks.
Iraq attacked sites in Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The majority of operations used ground troops.
Thousands of US soldiers were killed during the conflict.
Why was the nation of Afghanistan a target of the United States in its war on terror in the early 2000s?
because of the Afghan government's approval of terrorist activity against the State of Israel
because of the Afghan government's attempt to sell nuclear weapons to Iranian terrorists
because of the Afghan government's use of terrorism to control regional oil supplies
because of the Afghan government's support for the al-Qaeda terrorist network
Which event led to the outbreak of the Persian Gulf War?
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
the Arab Spring movements
Israeli attacks on Palestinians
Iran's nuclear weapons program
Why did the United States undertake Operation Desert Shield after Iraq invaded Kuwait during the Gulf War?
The United States had formed a collective defense alliance with Kuwait and was fulfilling its obligations.
The United States feared that Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia and control much of the world's oil supply.
Iraq had been attacked by Kuwait and the United States supported its right to respond to aggression.
Iraq had been an ally of the United States and the United States supported its right to preemptive war.
In 2001, the United States invaded Afghanistan in response to:
violations of international trade agreements.
the use of chemical weapons on civilians.
the overthrow of a democratic government.
terrorist attacks on American soil.
Zionist pressure on the British government during World War I resulted in religious and ethnic tensions in
Iran.
Syria.
Palestine.
Saudi Arabia.
What claim was made by the US government to justify its decision to invade Iraq in 2003?
Iraq's naval activities in the Persian Gulf violated international law.
The Iraqi military posed a significant threat to Saddam Hussein's rule.
Iraq's aggressive actions in Southwest Asia threatened the global oil supply.
The Iraqi government provided support for international terrorist organizations.
During World War I, which country's Southwest Asian territory was divided into zones by European powers?
the German Empire
the Ottoman Empire
the Soviet Union
the United Kingdom
President George W. Bush led the United States into a war with
Iraq.
Pakistan.
Saudi Arabia.
Turkey.
Which of the following allowed the British and French to partition the area known as “Greater Syria”?
the Armistice of Mudros
the Peace of Zsitvatorok
the Sykes-Picot Agreement
the Constantinople Agreement
