1. What was the Holocaust? The murder of millions of European Jews during World War II

2. ? The Ottoman empire was very powerful during? 1500s-1600s

3. What is Zionism? The belief that Jews deserved to return to a homeland in Zion where they had lived in Biblical times

4. What is the most dominant ethnic group in Southwest Asia (Middle East)? Arabs

5. What is the name of the agency that created the State of Israel as a homeland for the Jews? The United Nations

6. How did Palestinians feel about the new state of Israel? They rejected it as unfair to them

7. When the Ottoman Empire ended, Who drew up the Boundaries for the new country’s created ? European Politicians through the Treaty of Sevres

8. When were the Countries of Jordan and Iraq created? After World War I

9. Any Jewish settlements in the West Bank is considered what by the Palestinians? An invasion of their land

10. What has happened to many of the Palestinians refugees since 1948 ? Many still live in refugee camps

11. Who ruled Palestine before Israel gained it’s Independence? United kingdom

12. When Israel was established, who was forced to relocate? The Palestinian Arabs

13. When did Operation Desert Storm begin? After Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

14. Why did the U.S. get involved in the first Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)? Because Iraq invaded Kuwait

15. Who is responsible for the 9-11 attacks? Osama Bin Ladin

16. Iraq’s second largest ethnic group is? Kurds

17. What is the U.S. main interest in Southwest Asia? Oil

18. Who are the Taliban? A group of Radical Muslims

19. The U.S. went to war in 2003 against Iraq because? The United States government saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, developing weapons of mass destruction

20. Why did the UN intervene In dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in 1990 ? Because the economies of many countries depend on oil, and Iraq’s actions threatened that supply.

21. During the six day war Israel gained all of the following territories except which one listed: The West Bank, Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, or Cairo ? Cairo

22. What country took over the area of Mesopotamia during WWI? Great Britain

23. What modern day country is the home to those who call themselves the Persians? Iran

24. Many countries supported the creating of a Jewish state in Palestine because of this event? Holocaust

25. Name two areas that are claimed by the Palestinians Gaza and the West Bank

26. What city does the Palestinians want as their capital? Jesusalem

27. What country did the US invade in response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks? Afganistan

28. The Camp David Accords led to peace between which two countries? Israel and Egypt

29. What is the main reason that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990? Oil