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1
What is not a way that Palestine was to be divided?
Arab State
Christian State
Jewish State
<p>Jerusalem</p>
2
Why did Iraq Invade Kuwait in August 1990?
None of the Above
All of the Above
Oil
They felt threatened
3
In what country would you have found the Shah, Riza Khan?
Great Britain
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
4
What document from 1917 states the British support the creation of a jewish state in Palestine
None of the Above
British White Papers
John Cena
Balfour Declaration
5
What two countries in the world have a majority Shiite Population
Iran/Saudi Arabia
Iran/Iraq
Iran/Syria
Iran/Lebanon
6
What Islamic leaders are put into all government positions in Iran after the Ayatollah takeover
Shahs
Imams
Mullahs
Kings
7
What event begins in 1979 and lasts for 444 days?
Vietnam War
WWII
Korean War
Iran Hostage Crisis
8
Who's support of Nazi Germany led to his removal from power
Mohammad RIza Pahlavi
Ayatollah Khomeini
Riza Khan
None of the above
9
What is the name for a territory that is run by another country after the fall of the ottomans
None of the above
Mandate
Colony
Protectorate
10
What is the name for a territory who has there finances and foreign affairs managed for them?
Mandate
None of the above
Colony
Protectorate
11
The Sultan was the leader of what group?
Russians
Seljuk Turks
Muslim Brotherhood
Mongols
12
Who assumes control of Egypt in 1952?
Colonel Gamel Abdel Nasser
Ayatollah Khomeini
Riza Khan
Anwar Sadat
13
Who starts (attacks first) the Iran/Iraq war?
Saddam Hussein
Ayatollah Khomeini
Riza Khan
Winston Churchill
14
What is the Hajj?
None of the above
Religious laws to live by
Pilgrimage to the sacred Kaaba
A division of Islam
15
What percentage of the world's Muslims are Sunnis
15
35
85
25
16
Who does Egypt become a Protectorate of?
United States
Brazil
Saudi Arabia
Great Britain
17
What does Pope Urban II do?
None of the Above
Creates a new category of Sainthood
Calls for the Crusades
Burns all Muslims at the stake
18
Who commissioned the Aswan High Damn and was responsible for Pan Arabism?
Riza Khan
Menachem Begin
Colonel Gamel Abdel Nasser
Anwar Sadat
19
What country did most of the ISIS fighters originate from?
Israel
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Lebanon
20
Which is not a branch of the Palestinian Authority?
None of the Above
Hezbollah
Fatah
Hamas
21
Iraq and Palestine were mandates of who?
Great Britain
United States
Brazil
France
22
How did Middle Eastern trade with Europe begin?
After the battle of Hastings
None of the above
After the Reconquista
During the Great Depression
23
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization Petrol Economic Community
Original Petrol Exclusive Company
Organization Petroleum Exporting Countries
Orginal Petrol Economic Company
24
What leader of the Turks recaptures Jerusalem in 1187?
Mick Foley
Saladin
Ayatollah Kahmeini
John Cena
25
Who is David Ben-Gurion?
Leader of Kuwait during Desert Storm
Leader of the Free world
<p>General of Israel</p>
First Prime Minister of Israel
26
Who is the former leader of the PLO?
Menachem Begin
Yassir Arafat
Mahmood Abbas
Ismail Haniyeha
27
What is the former name of Iran
Kingdom of heaven
Muhaddidejin
Caliphate
Persia
28
Why is Ali's death significant?
None of the above
Ends the first Caliphate
Causes the split in Islam
Creates a home for lost Christians
29
What is the name for the communal living arrangements used by early Zionist Settlers
Homelands
Zionists Settlements
All of the above
Kibbutzims
30
During what year does Israel become a country?
1748
1208
1948
1910
31
What European explored Mongol China in the 1200's?
David Ben Gurion
John Cena
Bill Smith
Marco Polo
32
Name the two countries that were created out of the original Palestine Mandate
Jordan and Iraq
Jordan and Israel
Jordan and Syria
Israel and Lebanon
33
Where would you most likely find ISIS?
Saudi Arabia/Iraq
Syria/Iraq
Iran/Iraq
Syria/Lebanon
34
What games did the PLO terrorists take over the Israeli Olympic House
1998
1972
1968
2004
35
What is a Muslim Holy War called
Jihad
Koran
Haddith
All of the above
36
What man is not involved in the 1977 Camp David Accords?
Jimmy Carter
Menachem Begin
Gerald Ford
Anwar Sadat
37
Who comes to power in Iran after Mohammad Riza Pahlavi?
Iron Sheik
Ayatollah Khomeini
Mahmood Ahmihinajad
Riza Khan
38
What governing body determines the fate of Palestine in 1947?
Great Britain
France
United Nations
League of Nations
39
Who provided the military strength for the Ottoman Turks
The Immortals
The Unsullied
Jannisaries
Well Trained Sailors
40
West Bank, Golan heights, and the Sinai Peninsula become Israeli controlled during what war?
Yom Kippur
Initial Battle during Israel's first day
None of the above
Six Day War
41
When does the Ottoman Empire cease to exist?
After WW II
After WW I
After the Mongols conquered them
After the Vietnam war
42
Syria and Lebanon were mandates of who?
France
Brazil
United States
Great Britain
43
What group of Islam believes that a descendant of Ali should be the Caliph and has a hierarchy
Shiites
None of the above
Kurds
Sunni
44
Who was the man who unified the Mongols?
Marco Polo
Emperor Hirohito
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
45
What movement begins in the 1880's in support of establishing a Jewish Homeland
Judaism
Homeland
Zionism
All of the Above