Boarder conflicts
What Asian country is divided by the 38th parallel, resulting in a North and South?
Korea
What is Genocide?
The term genocide refers to violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the minority group.
what region does the conflict take place in
the middle east
when was world war I?
What is the biggest terrorist group in the world?
The Taliban
The dispute over the Kashmir region involves which two neighbouring countries?
India and Pakistan
Who was the minority in the Rwandan genocide in 1994?
The Tutsi people
when were the Oslo Accords signed?
OA: (attempted solution of agreements between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization)
1993
What was the longest battle of ww2
The battle of the atlantic
The Falklands War in 1982 involved a dispute between the United Kingdom and which South American country?
Argentina
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has its roots in the annexation of which region in 2014?
Crimea
Genocide was first recognised as a crime under international law in:
1946
Why did the most recent conflict between Israel and Palestine emerge?
After long-standing tensions in Israel and Palestine, October 7th, 2023, Hamas (Palestinian military organisation) terrorists invaded southern Israel in response to the Israeli occupation of the remaining Palestinian territories.
How many casualties were in the Vietnam War?
3.8 Million (point still awarded for 4 million)
Operation Desert Storm, a military response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, took place in what year?
1991
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway, has been a focal point in tensions involving which two countries in the Middle East?
The Khmer Rouge, responsible for the Cambodian genocide, was a radical political group led by whom?
Pol Pot
What is Zionism?
a Jewish nationalist movement that emerged in the 19th century to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine because Jewish people believed Israel (Palestine) to be their ancestral homeland.
After World War II, Germany was divided into how many occupation zones?
4
The ongoing conflict in Yemen involves a coalition led by Saudi Arabia. Which group opposes this coalition in Yemen?
the Houthi rebels
The Aozou Strip, a contested area in North Africa, was a source of conflict between which two countries in the 20th century?
Chad and Libya
The genocide of the Yazidi people took place in 2014 in which Middle Eastern country?
Iraq
What was the name of the public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine?
The Balfour declaration
who started ww1
Gavrilo Princip
Identify two countries involved in the Six-Day War of 1967 in the Middle East.
Israel and Egypt (or Jordan and Syria)