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Southwest Asia History

Quiz by Lorie Holbrook

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  • Q1
    Started in present day Turkey, a Muslim Empire that controlled much of the Middle East for six hundred years, 1299-1918.
    Ottoman Empire
    30s
  • Q2
    The Ottoman empire collapsed after defeat in World War I.
    What caused the fall of the Ottoman?
    30s
  • Q3
    After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, European politicians drew up new borders for Mandates (territories that are between colonies and independent countries).
    Partitioning of the Middle East
    30s
  • Q4
    The Arab word for the territory that is present day Israel. Palestine was a British Mandate (colony).
    Palestine
    30s
  • Q5
    The systematic killing of over 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany before and during World War II
    Holocaust
    30s
  • Q6
    Modern state (country) created in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews after World War II and the Holocaust.
    Israel
    30s
  • Q7
    Hatred against the Jews
    Anti-semitism
    30s
  • Q8
    Also known as Operation Desert Storm, after Iraq invaded Kuwait due to wanting their oil.
    Persian Gulf War
    30s
  • Q9
    This conflict continues today because both groups have an historic claim to the same land, Palestine / Israel
    Arab-Israeli conflict
    30s
  • Q10
    President and brutal dictator of Iraq from 1979-2003. He started the Persian Gulf War by invading Kuwait.
    Saddam Hussein
    30s
  • Q11
    A radical terrorist and leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, which planned and executed the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
    Osama bin Laden
    30s
  • Q12
    A group (regime) of strict Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996.
    The Taliban
    30s
  • Q13
    A country controlled by the Taliban from 1996-2001; the Taliban allowed al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden to operate in the country.
    Afghanistan
    30s
  • Q14
    A U.S. military invaded this country because the United States believed Saddam Hussein possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD's).
    What caused the Iraq War (2003)?
    30s
  • Q15
    The United States captured Saddam Hussein, tried, and killed him. NO WMDs were found.
    What was the result of the Iraq War (2003)?
    30s

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