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1
What is the origin of the split between Sunni and Shia Islam?
A disagreement over who should lead the faith after Mohammad's death
A disagreement between Mohammad's relatives over who should advise him
A disagreement over which nation should be Sunni and which should be Shia
2
A US lead military operation to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in 1991.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Persian Gulf War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Arab-Israeli War
3
What affect did the Holocaust have on Jewish immigration to Palestine?
More Jews were permitted to immigrate because of guilt
Fewer Jews were permitted to immigrate because of the Arabs
4
The US President during the Persian Gulf War (1991).
George W. Bush (Jr.)
Sykes-Picot
Barack Obama
George H. W. Bush (Sr.)
5
How was the Israeli Jewish vs. Palestinian Arab Muslim conflict finally resolved?
It has not been solved, conflict lasts to today.
Both sides agreed to work together in one nation.
Both sides agreed to have 2 separate nations.
6
Which of the following BEST describes operation Iraqi Freedom?
a struggle between neighbors over oil rights
a global struggle against the slave trade
a search for weapons of mass destruction
a search for Osama bin Laden
7
The _________ was a secret agreement between Great Britain and France to divide up the Ottoman Empire after World War 1.
Berlin Conference
Central Powers
Sykes-Picot Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement
8
A time during World War 2 when millions of Jews and others systematically were killed by Nazis.
Ottoman Empire
Six Days War
Operation Desert Storm
Holocaust
9
Which of the following BEST describes the cause of the Persian Gulf War?
A search for weapons of mass destruction
A conflict between nations over oil rights
a conflict over Kurdish Nationalism
a conflict over human rights
10
People who believe that the Jewish people deserve a homeland in Israel for religious reasons are called ________.
Semites
Arabs
Zionists
Jewish
11
European politicians paid close attention to ethnic and religious groups on the land they were partitioning.
False
True
12
________Muslims believe that Muhammed's friend Abu Bakr was the rightful leader of Islam after his death.
Sunni
Shia
Persian
Kurdish
13
Leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
Sadam Hussain
Osama bin Laden
Adolf Hitler
Bashar al-Assad
14
The new country of _____________ was formed by the land the Ottomans were able to keep control of after partitioning.
Iran
Kurdistan
Turkey
Iraq
15
By the beginning of World War 1 the Ottoman Empire had ___________.
shrunk in size
been partitioned by Europeans
doubled in size
taken over most of Europe
16
The Kurdish ethnic group formed a majority group in Iraq after the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.
True
False
17
By the time the Ottoman Empire found itself involved in World War 1 it ___________ and ____________.
CHOOSE 2
shrunk in size
grew weaker in power
grew more powerful
gained more land in Europe than it had in the past
18
The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 searching for ___________.
Soldiers who invaded Kuwait
WMDs (Weapons of Mass Distruction)
Taliban
ISIS
19
Name of the government in Afghanistan accused of sheltering Osama bin Laden and his terrorist group.
Al Qaeda
Hamas
PLO
Taliban
20
President of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and the US Invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Osama bin Laden
Sadam Hussein
King Salman
Bashar al-Asad
21
Who did the U.N. give the city of Jerusalem to as part of their Partition Plan of Palestine?
Neither Side
Jewish Israelis
Arab Muslim Palestinians
22
What is the name of the terrorist organization responsible for the 9/11 attacks on the United States?
PLO
Taliban
Hamas
Al Qaeda
23
The United States invaded_________ in 2001 in order to confront the Taliban government which was sheltering terrorists.
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
24
What was the result of the Persian Gulf war?
the UN permitted trade with Iraq
the US found weapons of mass destruction
the Iraqi army was defeated
the Kuwaiti army was defeated
25
What is the Jewish religious connection to Israel?
Jews believe the New Testament of the Bible grants them the land.
Jews believe it is their promised land as part of the covenant with God.
Jews believe that the Messiah granted them the land as part of a covenant.
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What is the non-religious claim to the land of Palestine for Arabs?
The land was promised to them by the Ottomans.
Palestinians believed that it was granted to them by the Saudis
The king of England said they could have it.
Ethnic Arab Palestinians have lived on the land for many years.
27
Who controlled the area of Palestine after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and before Israel was created?
Saudi Arabia
France
Great Britain
