Causing Problems
Israel
U.S. Involvement
WHOS THAT GUY
The other stuff
100

The break up of this empire, predominantly by Great Britain and France through the Sykes Picot agreement, lead to most of the conflict in the middle east 

The Ottoman Empire

100

Define Anti Semitism

Strong prejudice towards Jews

100

What was the outcome of Operation Iraqi Freedom?

The United States overthrew Saddam Hussein and established a new democratic government

100

President of the United States during the 9/11 attacks

George W. Bush

100

Terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks 

Al Qaeda 

200

What are 2 of the 4 sources of conflict we identified for the middle east? (double points for all 4)

Sunni Vs. Shia

Fundamentalism

Ethnic Groups

Religious Groups

200

What is Zionism (be specific)

The movement by jews to create a Jewish state in Palestine

200

What was the cause of the Persian Gulf war?

Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait for their oil fields

200
Ruthless Dictator of Iraq 

Saddam Hussein

200

True or False: Peace Agreements in the Middle East usually last for a long time and are successful 

False

300

The creation of Israel created conflict between which 2 groups? 

Arab Palestinians and the Jewish Israelis

300

How did the Middle East respond to Israel being created?

Multiple Arabic countries declared war and attacked immediately

300

What is the reason the U.S gave to invade Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom? 

They believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. 

(double points if you can say how many we found)

300

Al Qaeda terrorist leader in charge of the 9/11 attacks

Osama Bin Laden

300

Describe what is happening in this picture

Palestine is partitioned by the UN, and then Israel continues to take more land, contributing to further conflict

400

What did Europeans not care about when they partitioned the Ottoman Empire?

Ethnic and Religious groups in the region. The people

400

List 2 of the 4 reasons for the creation of Israel (double points if you list all 4) 

Promised Land

Zionism

Holocaust

Anti Semitism

400

How did George W. Bush respond to the terrorist attacks on 9/11?

Invasion of Afghanistan

400
Most influential leader of the PLO (Palestine liberation organization)

Yasser Arafat

400

Islamic group in charge of the Afghanistan government. They hid and protected terrorists. Were overthrown in 2001, but came back in 2021

The Taliban

500

This word means a strong pride, or a strong desire for your own country

Nationalism

500

This document showed Great Britain's support for Zionism

Balfour Declaration 

500

What is the main reason the United States remained involved in the middle east? 

The U.S is dependent upon the natural resources from the region

500

President of Egypt during the Suez Canal Crisis

Gamal Abdel Nasser 

500

What changed in the Middle East after the Persian Gulf war that lead to further conflict in the region

United states increased its military presence in the region, frustrating many arab nations and leading to a rise in anti American sentiment

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