Unit 1B (SW Asia Gov, History, Culture)

Question 1

Ethnic group located in Iran that speaks Farsi and practices Shia Islam. Their language & poetry

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 2

Oldest monotheistic religion. Founded by Abraham. Name for God=Yahweh. Serves as the foundation for the other 2 monothei

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 3

Where do the Kurds live?

Accepted Answer

Mountain regions between Iraq, Iran, Syria, & Turkey

Question 4

Ethnic group in that lives in the mountains in an area called Kurdistan. Minority ethnic group.

Accepted Answer

Kurds

Question 5

What is a result of this partitioning after WW1?

Accepted Answer

Ongoing conflicts/violence.

Question 6

War against Iraq in 1990 after their invasion of Kuwait

Accepted Answer

Persian Gulf War

Question 7

U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

Accepted Answer

Operation Enduring Freedom

Question 8

Type of democracy where the leader (usually called a Prime Minister) is elected as “PART” of the legislature/Parliament

Accepted Answer

Parliamentary Democracy

Question 9

Person who isforced to use their home as a result of war, famine, etc.

Accepted Answer

Refugee

Question 10

What are the 3 ethnic groups we study in SW Asia?

Accepted Answer

Arabs, Persians, and Kurds

Question 11

The Balfour Declaration (British) & the Truman Letter (U.S.) both recognized the creation of what country for the Jews?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 12

What religion originated on the Arabian Peninsula & considers the cities of Mecca & Medina holy?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 13

What term means "movement to bring Jews back to homeland in Palestine"?

Accepted Answer

Zionism

Question 14

Type of democracy where the leader is SEPARATE from the legislature.

Accepted Answer

Presidential Democracy

Question 15

Declaration by the BRITISH in 1917 that showed their support for the creation of a JEWISH homeland.

Accepted Answer

Balfour Declaration

Question 16

When the Ottoman Empire ended, what problems did the boundaries for new nations cause?

Accepted Answer

new countries had people who didn't have much in common.

Question 17

What term means "hatred of Jews"?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitism

Question 18

What is the United States’ main economic interest in Southwest Asia?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 19

"Say" (profession of faith), Pray (5 times/day); "Go" (on a pilgrimage to Mecca); "Give" (to the poor)...

Accepted Answer

These are some of the "5 Pillars" of Islam

Question 20

Where do the Jewish people live?

Accepted Answer

in Israel

Question 21

Who is considered the “father”/founder of Judaism (he’s also ancestor to all 3 religions)?

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 22

Where do the Arabs live?

Accepted Answer

All over the Middle East. Mainly, the Arabian Peninsula

Question 23

Controlled much ofthe Middle East from the 1300s until the end of WWI

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Ottoman Empire

Question 24

City in Israel that is considered holy for all 3 religions. Contains the “Dome of the Rock” (Islam); Wailing Wall

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 25

What are the 5 basic obligations of Muslims called?

Accepted Answer

5 Pillars

Question 26

Type of government where the king has absolute power & inherits his job.

Accepted Answer

Absolute Monarchy

Question 27

U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Accepted Answer

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Question 28

Why is there a split between Sunni and Shia Muslims?

Accepted Answer

leadership within Islam

Question 29

Saddam Hussein was the leader of what country?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 30

What is Zionism?

Accepted Answer

belief that Jews should be able to return to their homeland

Question 31

What term means "belief in one god"?

Accepted Answer

Monotheism

Question 32

The largest/majority ethnic group found in Middle East & speaks Arabic.

Accepted Answer

Arabs

Question 33

Where do the Persians live?

Accepted Answer

in Iran only

Question 34

What did the European leaders NOT consider when they made new boundaries/partitioned the former Ottoman Empire?

Accepted Answer

The historical conflicts among the different groups.

Question 35

What country was created in 1948 by the United Nations as a result of the Holocaust and Zionism?

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 36

What is an ethnic group?

Accepted Answer

group that shares a common race, language, and culture

Question 37

How did the Palestinian Arabs feel about the creation of the new state of Israel?

Accepted Answer

They rejected the partition plan as unfair to them

Unit 1B (SW Asia Gov, History, Culture)

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