Vocabulary
To divide or split into parts
The great empire that ruled the Middle East prior to WWI
Ottoman Empire
The name of the city in Israel that is holy to Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
Name the three main religions of the Middle East
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
Dictator of the Iraq
Saddam Hussein
An event that led to the death of six million Jews
The Holocaust
The two nations that partitioned the Middle East after WWI
The name of the ethnic group that does not have its own country.
Kurds
The oldest religion in the Middle East is known as
Judaism
Group who attacked the U.S. on 9/11 (group name + leader name required)
Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Hatred of Jewish people
Anti-semitism
The main reason for the creation of Israel
The Holocaust
Anger, unfair, etc.
Explain what monotheism is
the belief in a single god
Name the conflict: U.S. thought the Taliban were harboring Al Qaeda so they invaded _______.
Must include year!
Afghanistan (2001)
Zionism/Zionists
The __________ created Israel in _______.
United Nations, 1948.
The main reason for the split between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims
Who were the Taliban?
The radical extremist government of Afghanistan
Name the conflict: This nation invaded Kuwait to secure their oil fields, the U.S. wanted to protect Kuwait.
Must include year!
Persian Gulf War (1991)
The European politicians responsible for partitioning the Middle East
Sykes and Picot
West Bank and Gaza Strip
The main reason that European politicians failed at partitioning
Europeans were too worried about oil and did not pay attention to the ethnic and religious groups of the Middle East.
List the holy books of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
Quran, bible, and the Torah.
Name the conflict: U.S. thought this nation was developed weapons of mass destruction, they invaded to stop this.
Must include year!
Iraq War (2003)