European Partitioing
What empire controlled much of Southwest Asia before World War I?
Answer: The Ottoman Empire
Question: What religion has a long historical and religious connection to the land of Israel?
Answer: Judaism
100: What are two major factors that contribute to conflicts in Southwest Asia?
Answer: Land and religion.
100: What natural resource is one reason the United States has had economic and strategic interests in Southwest Asia?
Answer: Oil
Question: What is a mandate?
Answer: A territory governed by another country under a League of Nations system after World War I.
Question: What happened to the Ottoman Empire after World War I?
Answer: It collapsed and lost its territories, which were divided and placed under European control/mandates.
200: How did antisemitism in Europe contribute to the development of support for a Jewish homeland?
Answer: Widespread discrimination and persecution led some Jewish people to believe they needed a homeland where they could live safely.
200: What is one major issue involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Answer: Disagreements over land and political control.
200: What country invaded Kuwait, leading to the Persian Gulf War?
Answer: Iraq
Question: What movement supported the establishment of a Jewish homeland?
Answer: Zionism
Answer: Britain and France
300: How did the Holocaust contribute to the establishment of Israel in 1948?
Answer: The Holocaust resulted in the murder of millions of Jews and increased international support for creating a safe homeland for Jewish people.
300: What are the two major branches of Islam discussed in this standard? AND what do they disagree about?
Answer: Sunni and Shia.
300: What was the main goal of the U.S.-led coalition during the Persian Gulf War?
Answer: To force Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait.
Question: What term describes prejudice or discrimination against Jewish people?
Answer: Antisemitism
Question: Why did European partitioning contribute to conflict in Southwest Asia?
Answer: European powers created new political boundaries and mandates that did not always match existing ethnic, religious, or cultural groups, contributing to tensions and conflict.
400: How did the Jewish religious connection to the land contribute to the establishment of Israel?
Answer: Jewish people had a long-standing religious and historical connection to the land, which became an important reason for supporting a Jewish homeland there.
400: Who are the Kurds? AND What happened to them?
Answer: An ethnic group living primarily across parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. They did NOT get a country when the OE was divided.
400: Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001?
Answer: Following the September 11 attacks, the U.S. targeted al-Qaeda and the Taliban government that had provided al-Qaeda a base.
Question: What term describes strong identification with and loyalty to a particular nation or people, often including the desire for political self-determination?
Answer: Nationalism
Answer: European powers created new political boundaries and mandates that did not always match existing ethnic, religious, or cultural groups, contributing to tensions and conflict.
Answer: Groups could be divided between different countries or forced to share political boundaries with groups they had existing tensions with, creating competition and conflict.
500: How did antisemitism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and the Jewish connection to the land work together as historical factors leading to the establishment of Israel in 1948?
Answer: The Jewish connection to the land provided a historical and religious basis; antisemitism encouraged the desire for safety; Zionism organized support for a Jewish homeland; and the Holocaust increased international support for establishing a Jewish state.
500: How can land, religion, and ethnicity contribute to conflict in Southwest Asia?
Answer: Groups may disagree over territory, political power, religious differences, or the rights and independence of ethnic groups.
500: What was one major reason given by the U.S. government for invading Iraq in 2003?
Answer: The U.S. argued that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed a security threat.
Question: A region is divided into separate political territories, creating new boundaries between groups. What historical term describes this process?
Answer: Partitioning