Cause and Effect
Vocabulary
Conflicts
People
Events
100

The cause of the problems between Kurds and the four countries they live in.

Kurds do not have their own land

100

After this event, many countries in the United Nations felt it was right to create Israel in 1948.

The Holocaust 

100

Religious differences between these two groups have been a source of conflict in the Middle East

Sunni and Shia

100

The person responsible for 9/11 attacks 

Osama Bin Laden

100
The United States joined with this country to protects its oil interests in the Middle East. They joined forces against Iraq who invaded it first 

Kuwait 

200

Partitioning of Ottoman Empire created ________________ between the different groups who were living there. 

problems, chaos 

200

To divide into parts

Partition

200

This conflict ended with Iraq losing and forced by the UN to destroy all WMDS

Iraq invasion

200

The person responsible for leading an invasion against Kuwait and burning down 1000 of its oil fields

Saddam Hussein

200

The event that caused the end of the Ottoman Empire 

World War 1 

300

The United Nation decided to partition Palestine into 

Two nations, one for Arabs, one for Jews. 

300

The belief that a homeland should be made in Palestine for Jewish people

Zionism

300

This is why the U.S., Great Britain Australia and other countries invaded Iraq

They believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction after UN inspection.

300
Political figures from this continent drew up the boundaries of the old Ottoman empire after WWI

Europe

300

Palestinians were relocated to these two regions after the UN partition plan

Gaza Strip and West Bank

400

After the death of Prophet Muhammad, the disagreement about who should become the next caliph caused a split between

The Shia and Sunni muslims

400

Racism and discrimination against the Jews

Anti-Semitism

400

Iraq invaded Kuwait because

They wanted access to the oil fields in the Persian Gulf

400

The international organization that appointed England and France to partition the Ottoman Empire

United Nations

400

Where do many Palestinians who lost their homes after 1948 live?

Refugee Camps 

500

The effect is that Kurdish people did not get their own land. What is the cause? 

Many countries did not want to give up valuable territory to the Kurds. 

500

Arms designed to cause widespread death and destruction, categorized as chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive weapons. These weapons, including nuclear fission and fusion bombs, nerve agents, and biological agents like anthrax, pose significant threats through intentional use or accidental release, as seen in historical events and ongoing concerns about proliferation and terrorism

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

500

The invasion that overthrew the Taliban

The Afghanistan Invasion

500

This group had a larger population in Palestine after WWI

Arabs 

500

The creation of this country forced Sunni and Shia Muslims into one nation

Iraq

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