Gunpowder Empires
Name of the Empire that controlled the lands in/around the Anatolian Peninsula.
Ottoman Empire
Secret letters that promised Arabs control of the Middle East in exchange for help defeating the Ottomans in WWI.
McMahon Letters
French leader who promised the Jews a homeland in the Middle East in exchange for help defeating the Ottomans.
Napoleon
The name for a king in the Persian language.
Shah
What team most recently won the World Series?
Los Angeles Dodgers
Name for the Empire that controlled the lands in modern-day India.
Mughal Empire
Declaration that promised the Zionists a homeland in the Middle East in exchange for help defeating the Ottomans in WWI.
Balfour Declaration
Name for the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in the Middle East.
Zionism
Name of the Iranian Prime Minister who briefly seized control of Iran from Muhammad Reza Shah.
Mosaddeq
Who is the current governor of North Carolina?
Josh Stein
Name of the Empire that controlled the lands in modern-day Iran.
Safavid Empire
Agreement that drew up borders in the Middle East; made between the French and the British.
Sykes-Picot Agreement
Three main areas that make up what is considered by most around the world to be Palestine today.
(Name at least two for points)
Gaza Strip
Golan Heights
West Bank
Islamic leader who took control of Iran following the Islamic Revolution.
Ayatollah Khomeini
What NFL team won the first ever Super Bowl in 1967?
Green Bay Packers
This empire lasted until the end of WWI, when it was divided by the winners of the war (which has resulted in horrible consequences ever since).
Ottoman Empire
Number of countries created by the Sykes-Picot Agreement (or the lands divided by it).
6:
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
Kuwait
True/False: All Palestinians are Muslim.
False
Two foreign agencies who attempted to keep the Pahlavi family in power in Iran. MUST NAME BOTH FOR POINTS.
CIA
MI6
What is Judah Hall's fasted mile time? Closest without going over wins.
4:38
Leader of the Ottoman Empire at its greatest point in history.
Suleiman The Great
Name for the two waves of Jewish immigrants who moved to modern-day Israel from Europe during/after WWI.
The Aliyahs
Farming communities established by the Jewish settlers who moved to modern-day Israel.
Kibbutzim
Name for the cultural revolution instituted by Muhammad Reza Shah in an attempt to slow the growing resentment in Iran.
This would also distribute land to the landless (but didn't really work).
White Revolution
What is the current population of North Carolina?
Closest without going over.
11.05 million