What region is #3?

What is Israel?
The dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This country gained land after the creation of Israel in 1948
What is Israel?
(WMDs)
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Jews and Arabs fighting over land in Palestine/Israel
Sunnis and Shias fighting for political control in Iraq
Kurdish nationalism and the ongoing struggle for their own country
What caused these conditions?
What is the European Partitioning of the Middle East?
What region of water is #4?

What is the Jordan River?
The former leader of Al-Qaeda; led the attacks on 9/11
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
This international organization voted in 1947 to partition Palestine and establish a Jewish nation.
What is the United Nations?
This conflict was fought from 2001 to 2021. Its purpose was to destroy the Taliban government and locate and capture Osama Bin Laden
What is War on Terror/War in Afghanistan?
The new borders combined these two competing groups, creating ongoing conflict.
What are religious and ethnic groups?
What region of water is #5?

What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The government of Afghanistan from 1996-2001; retook control of Afghanistan in August 2021
What is the Taliban?
This term describes the belief that Jewish people have a God-given right to live in Palestine/Israel & support the modern nation Israel.
What is Zionism?
2003-2010. Its purpose was to find and destroy WMDs
There is fighting today between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims in this country.
What is Iraq?
What region is #2?

What is the Gaza Strip?
The terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks
What is Al-Queda?
Many governments around the world supported the creation of a Jewish nation after this happened
What is the Holocaust?
The Purpose of the Gulf War
What is to liberate Kuwait from the invasion of Iraqi forces?
This ethnic group was targeted by Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
Who are the Kurds?
What region is #1?
What is the West Bank?
The three WMDs that the U.S. suspected Saddam Hussein was hiding
What are chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons?
"I am considered to be one of the third generation of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). It's a constant memory and occasion we commemorate on May 14, the same day which Israel celebrates its independence. Before 1948, there was no Israel, but history is unpredictable. In one decision by the United Nations, history stated the establishment of a new country on the land of another peoples country"- Areej Jafari
Which "people" is Areej referring to?
What are Palestinians?
This resource drew the US and other countries into conflict in the middle east.
What is oil?
These two groups have been in conflict since the creation of Israel.
Who are the Israelis (Jews) and Palestinians (Arabs)