Unit 2 History of Southwest Asia Quiz

Which countries were mainly responsible for the partitioning of the Middle East after WWI?

• United States and Russia

• Great Britain and France

• Germany and Italy

• Spain and Portugal

The Ottoman Empire was divided into different countries without consideration to the ethnic and religious groups in the area, resulting in _________

• ethnic and religious conflicts

• economic prosperity

• technological advancements

• political stability

When the new countries were created after the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, the people involved usually didn't have much in common.

• True

• False

What was Zionism?

• A movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine

• A movement to unite all Arab countries

• A movement to spread Christianity in the Middle East

• A movement to end World War II

Because of Zionism, tensions grew in Palestine because both Arabs and Jews see their holy land as ________.

• Jerusalem

• Mecca

• Cairo

• Baghdad

Due to Zionism in Europe and WWII, the UN divided Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state, creating the state of Israel in what year?

• 1947

• 1956

• 1939

• 1967

The UN felt that the creation of Israel was the right thing to do because of the ________.

• Holocaust

• Cold War

• Industrial Revolution

• Discovery of Oil

The Arabs did not accept Israel as a state and rejected the creation because they felt it was unfair to them.

• True

• False

Arabs and Jews are fighting over the same land because they both feel connected to it through God's promise to ________.

• Abraham

• Moses

• David

• Solomon

Southwestern countries do not like the US supporting Israel.

• True

• False