1. You can type your own categories and points values in this game board. Type your questions and answers in the slides we’ve provided. When you’re in slide show view, click a points box to go to that question, then click to move to the answer slide. Click the left triangle to return to this game board slide. The Ottomans 10 20 30 40 50 Israel 10 20 30 40 50 Palestine 10 20 30 40 50 Persian Gulf War 10 20 30 40 50 Invasion of Iraq 10 20 30 40 50

2. Category 1 The Ottomans

3. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. The Ottomans' capital was called A.Constantinople B.Israel C.Istanbul D.Jordan 10 Category 1

4. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is Istanbul = C 10 Category 1

5. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. The Ottoman kings were also known as A.Janissaries C. Emperor B.Caliphs D. Sultans 20 Category 1

6. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is Sultans = D 20 Category 1

7. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did the Ottoman Empire fall apart after WWI? A.They refused to join sides during the war. B. The Ottomans were on the losing end of the war, along with Germany and Italy. 30 Category 1

8. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. The Ottomans were on the losing end of the war, along with Germany and Italy. 30 Category 1

9. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. Who Drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the ottoman empire at the end of WWI? A.The United States B.The Ottoman sultans C.European Politicians D.Queen Elizabeth 40 Category 1

10. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. Who were the European Politicians. 40 Category 1

11. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the left triangle to return to the game board slide. What country was established for the Ottoman Turks after WWI? A.Israel B.Palestine C.Saudi Arabia D.Turkey 50 Category 1

12. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. D. They were given Turkey. 50 Category 1

13. Israel Category

14. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What group encouraged European politicians and the United Nations to create a Jewish state in the Holy Land? 10 Category 2

15. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is Zionists 10 Category 2

16. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What Arab country already existed in the Holy Land at the end of WWII? A.Palestine B.India C.Israel D.Turkey 20

17. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A. Palestine 20 Category 2

18. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What does the word anti-Semitism mean? A.The belief in more than one God. B.The hatred of Jews because of their faith. 30 Category 2

19. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. The hatred of Jews because of their faith. 30 Category 2

20. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did countries in the United Nations decide to create the State of Israel for Jews? A.The majority of the people living in these countries were Jewish. B.They felt guilty because of their involvement in the Holocaust. C.Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering during the Holocaust. 40 Category 2

21. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. Many felt the Jews deserved help due to their suffering during the Holocaust. 40 Category 2

22. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What do Zionist believe? 50 Category 2

23. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Zionist felt that the world’s Jews deserved to return to their homeland located in parts of Palestine that had been their home in biblical time. 50 Category 2

24. Category 3 Palestine

25. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. How did the Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of the new state of Israel? A.They welcomed the Jews. B.They donated land for the State of Israel. C.They felt it was unfair. D.They wanted to share their land with the Jews. 10 Category 3

26. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. The Arabs felt it was unfair. 10 Category 3

27. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. When war broke out in Palestine, what countries joined the Palestinian Arabs to try and stop the creation of the new State of Israel? A.Jewish Countries B.Neighboring Arab Countries C.The United Nations D.The Kurds 20 Category 3

28. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. Neighboring Arab Countries 20 Category 3

29. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is a refugee? 30 Category 3

30. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A person who leaves their homeland because of war. 30 Category 3

31. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What was the outcome of the 1948 War between the new State of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine? A.The State of Israel was destroyed. B.Jews fled to neighboring countries. C.The State of Israel won the war and gained more territory. D.The State of Israel now controls the Middle East. 40 Category 3

32. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. The State of Israel won the war and gained more territory. 40 Category 3

33. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Who were the refugees after the War in 1948 between Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Jews? 50 Category 3

34. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The Arab Palestinians who had been living in former Palestine. 50 Category 3

35. Category 4 Persian Gulf War

36. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? A.Afghanistan B.Iran C.Israel D.Kuwait 10 Category 4

37. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. D. What was the country of Kuwait. 10 Category 4

38. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Who claimed that Kuwait was taking more oil than they were allowed to from shared oil fields? A.President George W. Bush B.Saddam Hussein C.President Obama D.Mrs. Curtis 20 Category 4

39. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. Who was Saddam Hussein 20 Category 4

40. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is the United States’ main economic interest in SW Asia? A.The production of oil and its distribution. B.Concern for the people in that area. C.Support for the Taliban. 30 Category 4

41. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. A. The production of oil and its distribution. 30 Category 4

42. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did the United Nations try to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait in 1990? A.They wanted to protect the people living in Kuwait. B. They were trying to prevent another Holocaust. C. The economies of many countries depend on oil and Iraq’s actions threatened that supply. 40 Category 4

43. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. The economies of many countries depend on oil and Iraq’s actions threatened that supply. 40 Category 4

44. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The Persian Gulf War is also called __________ 50 Category 4

45. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What is Operation Desert Storm. 50 Category 4

46. Category 5 Invasion of Iraq

47. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. After the destruction of the World Trade Center, the US began a military operation in what Middle East country? A. Israel B. Saudi Arabia C. Afghanistan 10 Category 5

48. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C = Afghanistan. 10 Category 5

49. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Who is the Taliban? A.An advisor to the United Nations. B. A group of radical Muslims. C.Members of former Nazi Germany. D.A religious Islamic group. 20 Category 5

50. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. B. A group of radical Muslims. 20 Category 5

51. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. What terrorist group planned and carried out the attack on the United States in 2001? A.The Taliban B.The Ottoman Turks C.Al-Qaeda D. Hamas 30 Category 5

52. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. C. Who is Al-Qaeda. 30 Category 5

53. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did the US bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001? 40 Category 5

54. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. They believed the government was offering safety to al-Qaeda, the organization that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. 40 Category 5

55. Question Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. Why did the United States go to war against Iraq in 2003? 50 Category 5

56. Answer Type your questions and answers in the placeholders. You can add the points value at the bottom for reference. When you’re in slide show view, click the triangle to return to the game board slide. The United States government saw the Iraq leader, Saddam Hussein, as a threat to peace and US interest in the region. 50 Category 5