Conflict in the Middle East
What two groups of Muslims are constantly fighting in the Middle East?
Sunni and Shia
Discrimination or hatred against the Jews is known as _______.
Anti-semitism
What does WMD stand for?
Weapon of Mass Destruction
Name the targets of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
World Trade Center buildings, Pentagon
What was Europe primarily interested in when redrawing the boundaries in the Middle East after World War I?
OIL
What ethnic group was split up and forced to live in several different countries after World War I?
The Kurds
The Holocaust
Name the leader of the terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Osama Bin Laden
The Persian Gulf Conflict started when Iraq invaded the country of ________
Kuwait
What caused the split between Sunni and Shia several hundred years ago?
The death of Muhammad and the issue of his successor
Before they collapsed during World War I, which powerful group had control over the Middle East?
Ottoman Empire
What Arab people have lived in the area now known as Israel for hundreds of years and are constantly at war with the Israelis there over control of the country?
Palestinians
What are the two main reasons that the United States gets involved in the Middle East?
Oil and security from terrorism
Who was the leader of Iraq during two of the major Middle Eastern conflicts that America got involved in?
Saddam Hussein
What country has suffered constant conflict after the Sunni and Shia Muslims were forced to live together?
Iraq
After World War I, Europe divided the Middle East into different countries in a process called _______
Partitioning
What do Zionists believe?
That the Jews should be able to return to their homeland in Israel/Palestine and make a new home there
Why did America invade Afghanistan in 2001?
To find and defeat the terrorists responsible for 9/11 attacks
What is the name of the extremist terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks?
Al Qaeda
What holy city in Israel is important to both Jews and Muslims?
Jerusalem
After World War I ended, which nations now had the largest control over the Middle East?
Great Britain and France
What was the Balfour Declaration?
A public statement made by Great Britain in 1917 saying that they supported Zionism.
What did the Iraqi military do before leaving Kuwait after losing against the Coalition forces in the Persian Gulf conflict?
Set fire to the oil fields
What two goals did America have when they began the Invasion of Iraq?
1. Get rid of Saddam Hussein and his government
2. Remove all WMD's from Iraq
What biblical event do Jews point to in order to show proof that they are the original and rightful owners of the land now known as Israel?
God telling Abraham to move the Jewish homeland to Israel