Establishment of Israel
Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews.
Zionism
The reason for the Arab-Israeli War
Jews and Arabs were fighting over who would own the land of Palestine.
The cause of the Persian Gulf Conflict.
Iraq invaded Kuwait because of oil.
The reason the US invaded Afghanistan.
Terrorists destroyed the World Trade Centers, which was an attack on our country.
The US was afraid that Iraq was building these, which helped cause US intervention in that country.
Nuclear Weapons
hostility to or prejudice against Jews
Anti-Semitism
The cause of the fighting.
The United Nations gave a portion of the land to each group.
The reason the US was interested in the Persian Gulf Conflict
Our oil supply, and the world's oil supply was being threatened.
The name of the terrorist group from Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda
The name of the person who was in charge of the making of nuclear weapons in Iraq.
Saddam Hussein
Israelis/Jews
The year in which the UN split the land and granted the Jews' request to declare their part the country of Israel.
1948
The year Iraq invaded Kuwait
1990
The name of the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Osama bin Laden
The name of the Invasion
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Their god gave the land to them.
The group of people who lived on the land of Palestine first.
Jews/Israelis
The number of other countries who joined the US in fighting the Persian Gulf Conflict.
Thirty-Nine (39)
The reason the US was interested in invading Afghanistan.
Our country and people had been attacked.
Were the Iraqi people happy or mad about Saddam Hussein being taken out of power? Why?
They were happy because he was a cruel leader.
The portion of land given to each group by the United Nations. (Two answers: Jews and Arabs)
Arabs-West Bank and Gaza Strip
Jews-the rest of Palestine (Israel)
The two years in which the most serious battles have been fought between the Jews and Arabs.
1948 and 1967
The length of the Persian Gulf Conflict
Three Months
The year in which the US invaded Afghanistan.
2001
Besides making nuclear weapons, what else was Iraq doing that the US was worried about?
Helping known terrorist groups and giving them supplies.