Nationalism in the Middle East

How was Israel created?

• Great Britain partitioned Syria
• Israel invaded Palestine
• United Nations partitioned Palestine

How did Palestine’s Arab neighbors feel about Israel?

• They helped build walls around Israel
• They immediately began trading with Israel
• They refused to recognize Israel as a nation

What is zionism?

• Movement for Jewish homeland
• Movement for Arab homeland
• Movement for oil
• dislike of zionists

Why did Iranian students take hostages from the US embassy, starting the hostage crisis?

• demand to put the Shah on trial in Iran
• demand to put the Shah on trial in USA
• send the Shah to the UN
• for helping during the Iran/Iraq War

The secular government of Iran changed to this form of government after the Islamic revolution

• Communist
• Democratic
• Theocratic
• Monarchy

This leader took over Iran after the Shah was removed in 1979 and implemented a theocracy

• Ayatollah Khomeini
• Shah Pahlevi
• Mohammed Mossadeq
• Jimmy Carter

The term meaning "Islamic Law"

• Theocratic law
• Sharia Law
• Islamic Fundamentalism
• Qu'ran Law

Iran is formerly known as this empire

• Ottoman
• Persian
• Qing
• Mongols

Strict, literal interpretation of Islam and moral codes

• Islamic fundamentalism
• theocracy
• Sharia law
• Islamic Revolution

Out of the 4 answers, what would be the most suitable goal the MENA region was fighting for?

• Women's right

• Dictatorship

• Protest

• Human Rights