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World History The Middle East
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1
Who is the current President of Syria?
Hassan Rouhani
Saddam Hussein
Bashar al'Assad
Rueven Rivlin
2
Which ethnic group is represented by the shading near the #18?
Arabs
Uzbeks
Jewish
Kurds
3
The vast majority of Muslims around the world belong to which sect?
Lutheran
Druze
Shi'ite
Sunni
4
The Ottoman Muslims were members of the _______ sect of Islam.
Druze
Orthodox
Shi'i
Sunni
5
Of the following events, which one began
last
?
Islam spreads across the Middle East
Alexander the Great's conquest
City-states of Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
6
What agreement, signed by the British & French, split up the former Ottoman Empire?
Persian
Sykes-Picot
Versailles
Kyoto
7
____ were violent attacks on Jews in Europe in the 1800's.
Nationalists
Mandates
Crusades
Pogroms
8
Which of these is considered the birthplace of Islam?
Mecca
Mesopotamia
The Jordan River
The Nile River Valley
9
Of the following, which event started
third
?
Ottoman Empire
Alexander the Great's Conquests
Islam spreads across the Middle East
City-states of Mesopotamia
10
What happened 1 day after Israel was established as an independent nation?
The constitution of Israel was written and signed into law
Israel had an election and named its 1st president
Civil war in Israel broke out between Christian sects
Israel was attacked by several Arab nations
11
What religious group is represented by the shading around the #17?
Jewish
Christian
Shi'i Muslims
Sunni Muslims
12
Mesopotamia was located between the ____ and ____ Rivers.
Nile; Jordan
Euphrates; Nile
Tigris; Jordan
Euphrates; Tigris
13
To what city is the arrow pointing?
Mosul
Damascus
Basra
Baghdad
14
In an event called the ___, Jews were kicked out of their land and scattered all over the world
masterful flight
great migration
diaspora
exodus
15
The idea of forming an entirely Jewish state in the land of Palestine became known as ____
The Aleppo Accord
The Sunni Compromise
The Balfour Ideal
Zionism
16
To what city is the arrow pointing?
Mosul
Jerusalem
Baghdad
Damascus
17
Of the following, which event began
second
?
Ottoman Empire
City-states of Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great's conquests
Islam spreads across the Middle East
18
Which of the following
most directly
led to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?
The empire became too big to control
The Central Powers were defeated in World War I
The religions couldn't get along with each other
The Young Turks gained too much power
19
Which response best answers this question:
Arabs
Americans
United Nations
French
20
In the 1st century, Jews were driven from the land now called Israel by the
The Romans
The Egyptians
Alexander the Great
The Ottomans
21
To what city is the arrow pointing?
Baghdad
Aleppo
Damascus
Jerusalem
22
Which ethnic group is most dominant in the Middle East?
Uzbeks
Kurds
Jews
Arabs
23
In the Ottoman Empire, people were organized into different religious groups called
sects
city-states
regions
millets
24
Some Jews settling in Israel in the late 1900's lived in collective farming communities called
plantations
kibbutzim
agricultural areas
communes
25
The British & French divided much of the Middle East into ____, which are similar to colonies
mandates
millets
territories
city-states
26
Of the following events, the one that began
first:
City States of Mesopotamia
Islam spreads across the Middle East
Ottoman Empire
Alexander the Great's Conquest
27
What disagreement led to the split in Islam between the Sunnis and the Shi'ites?
...where Mohammed was born
...the proper number of times per day to pray
...whether God would be called Adonai or Allah
...who would succeed Mohammed as the leader of Islam
28
Which event is shown in the map below?
Ottoman Empire
City-states of Mesopotamia
Alexander the Great's conquests
Early Islamic Era
29
Sunnis are to Shiites as ______ are to Protestants.
Buddhists
Lutherans
Hindus
Roman Catholics
30
The Ottoman Empire was ruled by the _____, from the capital city _____.
sultan; Istanbul
emperor; Jerusalem
sultan; Byzantium
millet; Istanbul
31
Which event is shown in the map below?
The Crusades
The Byzantine Empire
Ancient Egypt
Alexander the Great's Conquest
32
When the world realized the extent of the __ many believed Jews now needed a land of their own
nationalism
kibbutzim
Holocaust
civil war