Middle East History
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- Q1What happened on May 14, 1948?South Sudan became a countryapartheid endedIsrael became a countryPearl Harbor was bombed30sEditDelete
- Q2What happened that finally led to the world agreeing that the Jews needed their own country?Pearl Harbor was bombedapartheid beganthe holocaustnone of these30sEditDelete
- Q3What empire controlled much of the Middle East leading up to WWI?Persian EmpireBritish EmpireOttoman EmpireRoman Empire30sEditDelete
- Q4True or False: When creating new borders in the Middle East after WWI, the British and French made sure they didn't split up ethnic groups or push together groups that did not get along.FalseTrue45sEditDelete
- Q5True or False: A lot of problem were caused in the Middle East, and are still problems today, because of the boundaries that the British and French created and the way ethnic groups were forced together and split up.TrueFalse45sEditDelete
- Q6What is the Jewish movement to have their own country in Israel called?holocaustnationalismanti-semitismzionism45sEditDelete
- Q7What is the oppression and mistreatment of the Jews called?nationalismholocaustzionismanti-semitism45sEditDelete
- Q8What country did the U.N. divide to create Israel?PalestinePakistanIraqTurkey45sEditDelete
- Q9What year did the first war between the U.S. and Iraq happen?201119911948200145sEditDelete
- Q10What years did the 2nd war between the U.S. and Iraq take place?2003-20161990-19912003-20112001-201445sEditDelete
- Q11What years did the war between the U.S. and Afghanistan take place?2001-20141990-19912003-20111965-197545sEditDelete
- Q12What the the last name of the U.S. president during both wars with Iraq?ObamaBushClintonReagan45sEditDelete
- Q13Who was the leader of Iraq during both wars with the U.S.?Osama bin LadenOmar al-BashirSaddam HusseinHo Chi Minh45sEditDelete
- Q14Who controlled the government of Afghanistan when the war with the U.S. started?Osama bin LadenViet CongTalibanal-Qaeda45sEditDelete
- Q15Why did the U.S. go to war with Iraq the first time?they were helping the talibanIraq invaded our ally Kuwaitwe wanted their oilthey attacked us on Sept 1145sEditDelete
- Q16Why did the U.S. go to war with Iraq the 2nd time?they were helping al-Qaedathey bombed Pearl Harborwe thought they had weapons and mass destructionthey attacked us on Sept 11th60sEditDelete
- Q17Why was the 2nd U.S. war with Iraq significant?it was the last time the U.S. went to warit was the only time we fought a war entirely on foreign soilit was the 1st time we'd attacked a country that hadn't attacked us or one of our allies firstit was the first time the U.S. got involved in the Middle East60sEditDelete
- Q18What event led to the U.S. going to war with Afghanistan?we thought they had WMDwe were attacked on Sept 11, 2001Pearl Harbor was attackedKuwait was invaded60sEditDelete
- Q19What is the name of the group responsible for the Sept. 11th attacks?Viet MihnViet Congal-QaedaTaliban60sEditDelete
- Q20Who was leading al-Qaeda when Sept. 11th happened?Omar al-BashirOsama bin LadenSaddam Husseinthe Taliban60sEditDelete