Middle East History
Why did the Ottoman Empire fall?
They entered into WW1 on the side of the Central Powers and lost.
What are Israelis and Palestinians fighting over?
What is land
What does the word partitioning mean?
To divide
Diaspora
The scattering or dispersing of Jews to lands outside of Israel, beginning in the 600s BC when the Romans kicked them out.
Who took control of the Ottoman Empire after it fell?
What is Great Britain and France
What major event cause Jews to want to go back to Palestine?
What is the Holocaust
What was the Balfour Declaration?
It was a document that pledged Britain's support for a Jewish state in Palestine
Zionism
A Jewish movement beginning in the late 19th century in response to growing Jewish racial discrimination and sought to reestablish a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
This country was created by the UN in 1948 when they decided to give Jews land in Palestine
Israel
What country took over Palestine after WW1 in the form of a mandate (colony)?
What is Great Britain
What did the Palestinian's do in response to the U.N.s decision to give Jews land?
Declared war against Israel
What religion do most Jews follow?
Judaism
Where was the Ottoman Empire centered?
What is the Middle East (what is now Turkey)
What group took over Palestine after WWII and made the decision to partition the area into Jewish & Arab land?
What is United Nations
Why did Palestinians lose more land then the UN partition plan had originally given them?
They lost more and more land in the Arab-Israeli wars.
What religion do most Palestinians follow?
Islam
What were three problems that arose after the fall of the Ottoman Empire?
1. new borders, drawn by outsiders, caused regional conflict in the Middle East
2. the British allowed Jews to immigrate to Palestine, which caused tension/conflict
3. land, oil, and religion became major sources of conflict since the fall of the Ottoman Empire
Why do both Palestinians & Israelis believe the land belongs to them?
Both believe the land was promised to them by Abraham. Jews believe it is their home because they lived their in ancient times before they were kicked out by the Romans. Palestinians believe it is their land because they have lived their since ancient times.
Why do the Sunnis and Shias have conflict with each other?
1. They disagree about who should be the leader of Islam
2. They battle for power in different countries (Iraq, Iran)
What do the Kurds & Palestinians have in common?
Both groups want to have their own country. They were placed together with other ethnic groups that they don’t get along with.