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UNIT TWO Middle East
STUDY GAME
The result of the Iran – Iraq war
was?
Ended in a tie
What has happened to many of the
Palestinians refugees since 1948 ?
Many still live in refugee
camps
About how old is Judaism –
within 100 years?
Around 4,000 years
Where is the holy city of Islam?
Mecca
The Camp David Accords led to
peace between which two
countries?
Israel and Egypt
What was the result of the Six
Day War?
Israel almost tripled in size
Or gained the West Bank, Golan
Heights, Jerusalem, & Sinai Pen.
Any Jewish settlements in the West Bank is
considered what by the Palestinians?
An invasion of their land
What year did Israel get their
independence?
1948
What branch of Islam believes that
anyone can be a leader?
Sunni
When did Operation Desert
Storm begin?
After Saddam Hussein
invaded Kuwait or 1991
During Israel’s war of
independence against the Arab
countries, what was the result?
Israel won and doubled in
size
In which country are the Gaza Strip
and the West Bank next to?
Israel
What was the main reason why
al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden
were upset with the US?
US put troops in Saudi Arabia during
Operation Desert Storm and/or US
support for Israel
During the six day war Israel gained
all of the following territories
except which one listed: The West
Bank, Jerusalem, Sinai Peninsula, or
Cairo ?
Cairo
What is Anti-Semitism?
Hatred of Jews
What ethnic group is found in
Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria?
Kurds
Shia’s believe that only these
people can be the leader?
Blood relative of
Muhammad
Iraq’s second largest ethnic
group is?
Kurds
In what modern country did
Judaism start?
Israel
What are the basic obligations that all
Muslims was meet in their lives?
5 Pillars of Islam
What was the result of the
Zionist movement?
Many Jews moved to Israel
after WW II and the holocaust
What is the oldest monotheistic religions
Judaism
Where do Jews pray?
Synagogue
What does “Sultan” mean?
It is the ruler of a Muslim
state.
Where do Muslims pray?
Mosque
When were the Countries of
Jordan and Iraq created?
After World War I & the
fall of the Ottoman Empire
In what two Middle Eastern
countries are Shia Muslims the
majority?
Iraq and Iran
What city is sacred to all three religions of
the Middle East?
Jerusalem
What are the 5 obligations that
Muslims are suppose to meet in
their lives?
The Five Pillars
The Israelis were caught by
surprise during which war?
Yom Kippur War
A person who had to leave their home as a
result of war is known as what?
Refugee
Zionism can be best described as
?
Jewish nationalism – or the dream for
Jews to go back to the Holy Land
Diaspora is known as?
When the Jews were forced out of
their homeland by the Romans around
70 CE
What is the name of the
agency that created the State
of Israel as a homeland for
the Jews?
The United Nations
Why did the U.S. get involved in the first
Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)?
Because Iraq
invaded Kuwait
What year did 9-11 happen?
2001
When the Ottoman Empire ended,
Who drew up the Boundaries for the
new country’s created ?
European Politicians
Three Part Question:
Name an area that is claimed by
the Palestinians
Gaza Strip, the West
Bank, & Jerusalem
What is the second largest sect
of Islam?
Shi’a Muslim
Who ruled Palestine before
Israel gained it’s Independence?
United Kingdom
What is the most dominant ethnic
group in Southwest Asia (Middle
East)?
Arabs
Who founded Judaism?
Abraham
To where did Muhammad flee
in 622?
Medina
What sect of Islam are most Muslims?
Sunni
The West Bank is between what
two country’s?
Israel and Jordan
What was the Camp David
Accords?
Talks that led to an
agreement between
Israel and Egypt
What city does the Palestinians
want as their capital?
Jesusalem
Who supported Palestine after the creation
of Israel in 1948
Neighboring Arab Naitons
What was the Holocaust?
The murder of millions of European
Jews during World War II
About how old is Islam – within
100 years?
Around 1,400 years
Who is responsible for the 9-11
attacks?
Osama Bin Ladin or Al
Qaeda
What country did the US invade
in response to the 9-11 terrorist
attacks?
Afganistan
This is the official language of
the Jewish people?
Hebrew
What angel gave Muhammad
the word of God?
Gabriel
What is the main difference
between Jews and Christians?
Christians believe Jesus was
the Messiah
When did Israel gain control of the Sinai
peninsula?
After the Six Day War with
the Arabs
The year 30 CE is in what
century?
1st
Who is the founder of Islam
Muhammad
What is the U.S. main interest in
Southwest Asia?
Oil
Holy book for the Jews
Torah
When Israel was established,
who is forced to relocate?
The Palestinian Arabs
In the beginning of the Ottoman Empire,
what was stance on religious practices?
tolerance
What country took over the area of
Mesopotamia (land between the
Tigris & Euphrates) during WWI?
Great Britain
What is Zionism?
The belief that Jews deserved
to return to a homeland in
Zion where they had lived in
Biblical times
Which religion do most people
in Southwest Asia practice
Islam
U.S. troops are still fighting in
which Middle Eastern Country?
Afghanistan
Who are the Taliban?
A group of Radical
Muslims – former rulers of
Afghanistan
What year was Israel created?
1948
What is the main reason that
Saddam Hussein invaded
Kuwait in 1990?
Oil
What ethnic group’s
predominant language is Arabic,
and the majority follows the
teachings of Islam.
Arabs
Many countries supported the
creating of a Jewish state in
Palestine because of this event?
Holocaust
The city once called
Constantinople is now called?
Istanbul
What religious leader did both
Jews and Romans see as a
threat?
Jesus
The Ottoman Empire fell apart
after what war?
World War I
When Judaism started, what
was so different about it from
the other religions in the Middle
East?
It was monotheistic
What modern day country is the home to
those who call themselves the Persians?
Iran
The U.S. went to war in 2003 against Iraq
because?
The United States government
saw the Iraqi leader, Saddam
Hussein, developing weapons of
mass destruction
Why did the UN intervene in a
dispute between Iraq and Kuwait in
1990 ?
Because the economies of many
countries depend on oil, and
Iraq’s actions threatened that
supply.
The Balfour Declaration
happened during what war?
World War I
What is the main book of the
Christians?
New Testament
Where has the terrorist group
ISIS or Islamic State taken land?
Iraq & Syria
Bashir al-Assad is the dictator of
what country?
Syria
What terrorist group has control
of the Gaza Strip?
Hamas
These two groups disagreed
over who should be the leader –
caliph – after the death of
Mohammad?
Sunni & Shia