SS7H2a,b,c: History of Southwest Asia III

In 1948, what region in the Middle East was used to form the modern state of Israel?

• Palestine

• Iraq

• Turkey

• Kurdistan

What nations do not recognize Israel as a nation?

• Arab nations

• European nations

• United Nations

• American nations

Today in the Gaza Strip there is continued conflict between which two groups of people?

• Palestinians and Israelis

• Americans and Europeans

• England and France

• Egyptian and Jewish

Which two religious groups consider the land of Israel to be sacred?

• Muslim and Jew

• Christian and Kurd

• Democrat and Republican

• Nazi and Freedman

What two groups within Islam are constantly in conflict with one another?

• Sunni and Shia

• Sunni and Christian

• Shia and Jew

• Jews and Christians

When England and France partitioned the Middle East, in which country did they force Sunni and Shia Muslim to live together?

• Iraq

• Iran

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

What kind of Muslims overtook Iran's government in 1979?

• fundamentalist

• Christian

• Jewish

• Kurdish

How do these Muslims, who overtook Iran, interpret Islamic laws, the Qu'ran?

• They have a strict interpretation.

• They have a loose interpretation.

• They do not interpret the law.

• They only listen to religious music.

What kind of influence does the fundamentalist Muslims in Iran want to remove?

• Western Society's Influence

• Chinese Influence

• Latin influence

• Musical Influence

The nation of Israel was created as a homeland for which religious group?

• Jew

• Christian

• Kurd

• Muslim