After WW1, the Ottoman Empire grew larger and became stronger for many years.

Question 1 options:
True
False

Question 2 (1 point) Question 2 Saved
Arab countries were not consulted about how to partition.

Question 2 options:
True
False

Question 3 (1 point) Question 3 Saved
Europe wanted to control the region's oil, and that influenced how they partitioned.

Question 3 options:
True
False

Question 4 (1 point) Question 4 Saved
Match the following descriptions with the correct country or area

Question 4 options:

Israel

Iran

Shiites

Gaza Strip

1.
Palestinians deny its right to exist.

2.
Iraqi Sunnis are in conflict with this group in Iran.

3.
Fundamentalist Muslims overtook the government of this country in 1979.

4.
Site of continual conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Question 5 (1 point) Question 5 Saved
This Iraqi Dictator attempted to eliminate his country's Kurdish population.

Question 5 options:

Osama bin Laden

James Balfour

Saddam Hussein

Theodore Herzl

Question 6 (1 point) Question 6 Unsaved
Number the events in the order in which they took place.

Question 6 options:
Jews are persecuted in Germany.
The Nazi Party comes to power in Germany.
Israel is created as a country.
Antisemitism starts to develop in Europe.
Many Jewish immigrants flee Europe for Palestine.
Question 7 (1 point) Question 7 Unsaved
The three main reasons for the establishment of Israel are: Antisemitism, Zionism, and _______.

Question 7 options:

Nazi party

The European partitioning

The economy

The Holocaust

Question 8 (1 point) Question 8 Unsaved
The United States had interest in the stability of the Middle East because it wanted to protect the supply of _ and combat terrorism.

Question 8 options:

Question 9 (1 point) Question 9 Unsaved
Also known as "Operation Desert Storm," the Persian Gulf Conflict took place because Iraq's dictator wanted access to the Persian Gulf as well as access to this country's many oil fields.

Question 9 options:

Syria

Kuwait

Israel

Jordan

Question 10 (1 point) Question 10 Unsaved
The Iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Kuwait, but not before setting fire to many ___ fields.

Question 10 options:

Question 11 (1 point) Question 11 Unsaved
The invasion of Iraq also known as "Operation Iraqi Freedom," took place in 2001, after the September 11th attack on the United States.

Question 11 options:
True
False
Question 12 (1 point) Question 12 Unsaved
Match the war with the correct description of what it was, why it occurred or how it ended. There is a duplicate answer intentionally.

Question 12 options:

Palestinian Israeli Conflict

Iraq Invasion

Afghanistan Invasion

Persian Gulf War

1.
Iraq wanted to control Kuwait's oil fields.

2.
Bin Laden was found and killed after hiding for 10 years.

3.
The U.S. believed Saddam Hussain was hiding weapons of mass destruction

4.
They fought over claims to land that each say is theirs. They also fight about religion.

Question 13 (1 point) Question 13 Unsaved
In 1990 Iraq invaded

Question 13 options:

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Question 14 (1 point) Question 14 Unsaved
Which country led the international coalition invading Iraq in 1991?

Question 14 options:

United States

Israel

Iran

Question 15 (1 point) Question 15 Unsaved
Who imposed a trade embargo against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait?

Question 15 options:

United Nations

United States

Israel

Explanation= The Allied Powers supported Arabia against the Ottomi Empire during the WW1 and they promised them to fight for self-governance. However, Arab oil fields as well as economic and political motivations made them break their promise.

Question 4:

1 - Israel

Argument= Palestinian authority denied Israel's right to exist.

3 - Iran

Argument= Iranian Revolution.

2 - Shiites

Argument= They both were in conflict for several reasons.

4 - Gaza Strip

Argument= This was part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Question 5: Saddam Hussein

Explanation= He tried to annihilate the Kurdish race through military operations in 1988 that killed lots of civilians and villages.

Question 6: Chronological dates

1. Antisemitism starts to develop in Europe (1496)

2. The Nazi Party comes to power in Germany (1932)

3. Jews are persecuted in Germany (1933).

4. Many Jewish immigrants flee Europe for Palestine (1935).

5. Israel is created as a country (1948).

Question 7: The three main reasons for the establishment for Israel are: Antisemitism, Zionism and the European partitioning.

Question 8: The United States had interest in the stability of the Middle East because it wanted to protect the supply of oil and combat terrorism.

Question 9: Saddam Hussein

Explanation= During the Gulf War, this Iraqi leader ordered the invassion of Kuwait.

Question 10: The Iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Kuwait, but not before setting fire to many oil well fields.

Question 11: TRUE

Explanation= On 2003, President W. Bush addresses the Operation Iraqi Freedom to eliminate Hussein's ability to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Question 12: Matching.

4 - Palestinian Israeli Conflict

3 - Iraq Invasion

2 - Afghanistan Invasion

1 - Persian Gulf War

Question 13: In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait.

Question 14: The United States led coalition air and ground war led the international coalition invading Iraq.

Question 15: United Nations impose a trade embargo against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait.