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Middle East History Study Guide

Authored by MaryBeth Broxterman

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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Middle East History Study Guide
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement do?

Secretly divided the region up between Britain and France
Created the British controlled "Mandate of Iraq" forcing together Sunni and Shia/Shi'ite Muslims
Ignored promises made to powerful Arab families of independence in exchange for help during WWI
All of the Above

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can we blame on the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

An Iraq that is difficult to govern because of fighting between the 2 Muslim groups that live there
Attempted genocide against the Kurds that live in northern portions of the country
British control of oil resources in their mandate
All of the Above

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the British and the French mainly after when they set up their mandates in the region?

a lasting peace
money for oil reserves
independent nations representing the various ethnic and religious groups
All of the Above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the current state of Palestine and Israel?

regular fighting between the two groups over control of the land
regular disagreements over religious belief and practice

5.

OPEN ENDED QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

If you were given a time machine to go back in time to solve current conflicts in the region, when would you go back to and what would you do differently?

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6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

​ (a)   marks a turning point for the Middle East. The fall of the ​ (b)   led to the division of the lands once controlled by the Ottomans into​ (c)   controlled by the British and the French. The​ (d)   of the region was decided in a secret agreement. In the​ (e)   Britain and France ignored ethnic and religious ties in the region in favor of their own interests in oil rights.

World War I
Ottoman Empire
mandates
partitioning
Sykes-Picot Agreement

7.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

World War II also marks a turning point in the region. The extreme acts of violence that the Jewish people were subjected to during the​ (a)   convinces the international community that something needs to be done to protect Jews from​ future persecution and acts of (b)   . The​ (c)   had been pushing for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East. The attempted​ (d)   by the Nazis helped to convince the​ (e)   to establish a Jewish homeland in present day Israel.

Holocaust
antisemitism
Zionist Movement
genocide
United Nations

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