GWA Middle East Test Prt. 4

Question 1

What is the largest climate zone in the Middle East

Answer 1

Desert (90%)

Question 2

Where does the majority of the population in the M.E. (Geographically)

Answer 2

Coastlines & River valleys

Question 3

List three resources found throughout the M.E.

Answer 3

-Medals (Iron, Copper)
-Coal
-Natural Gases
-Phosphates

Question 4

What is the most common language spoken throughout the M.E.

Answer 4

Arabic

Question 5

What are other common languages in the M.E.

Answer 5

Farsi (Iran), Turkish, Hebrew (Israel)

Question 6

What are 3 major religions that originated in the M.E.

Answer 6

-Christianity
-Judaism
-Islam

Question 7

How many countries are in the M.E.

Answer 7

17

Question 8

What is the current approximate pop. of the M.E.

Answer 8

450 million

Question 9

What country has the highest pop.

Answer 9

Egypt

Question 10

What country has the lowest pop.

Answer 10

Bahrain

Question 11

What are some of the main ethnic groups in the M.E.

Answer 11

1) Arabs
2) Persians

Question 12

Define Zionism

Answer 12

Movement to create a seperate Jewish homeland

Question 13

Who 1st created Zionism? When?

Answer 13

Theodor Herzl; In the 1890’s

Question 14

Why was Zionism made

Answer 14

Pogrom

Question 15

Define Pogrom

Answer 15

Organized campaigns of violence against Jews

Question 16

Define Anti-Semitism

Answer 16

Political, social, and economical agitation against Jews (Hatred of Jews)

Question 17

Between what years did the Holocaust occur

Answer 17

1939 - 1945

Question 18

Who many Jews were murdered during the Holocaust

Answer 18

6 million

Question 19

What other groups were targeted by the Nazis

Answer 19

Gypsies, Disabled, Homosexual

Question 20

Which country had the highest % of their Jewish pop. murdered during the Holocaust

Answer 20

Poland (91%)

Question 21

What was the most common method used to kill the Jews during the Holocaust

Answer 21

Gas Chambers (Used Zyklon - 13 poison)

Question 22

What was Kristallnacht

Answer 22

“Night of Broken Glass” (Nov. 11, 1938)

Question 23

Why did Kristallnacht happen on that date

Answer 23

Hitler wanted to take away the symbol of the 11th (Embarrassing contract w/ France)

Question 24

Who was the Nazi’s leader in charge of the SS

Answer 24

Heinrich Himmler

Question 25

What was Einsatzgruppen Battalions

Answer 25

A squad that did a mass shooting of the Jews

Question 26

When was the Wannsee Conference

Answer 26

January 1942

Question 27

What was the result of the Wannsee Conference

Answer 27

Final Solution

Question 28

What was the Post-war solution (WW2) for the Jews

Answer 28

Create a separate Jewish homeland for the Jews = Created Israel

Question 29

What was the problem with created Israel

Answer 29

The land chosen was mandated for Palestinian independence

Question 30

When was Israel offically created

Answer 30

1948

Question 31

What % of Palestine was taken away to create Israel

Answer 31

55%

Question 32

Relative location of the Gaza Strip

Answer 32

Area of land found along the Mediterranean Sea & borders Egypt and Israel

Question 33

Relative location of the West Bank

Answer 33

Western bank of the Jordan river

Question 34

Relative location of the Golan Heights

Answer 34

Buffer zone created between Israel & Syria

Question 35

What started the Persian Gulf War

Answer 35

Iraq invaded Kuwait (Claimed that it was their 19th province = was not)

Question 36

How long did the Persian Gulf War last

Answer 36

6 weeks

Question 37

What was Operation Iraqi Freedom

Answer 37

To remove Hussein and his regime from power (Mainly due to the type of gas he used that both killed his opponents & his own troops)

Question 38

What are the 3 largest cities by pop. in the M.E.

Answer 38

1) Cairo
2) Istanbul
3) Tehran

Question 39

Who are the Kurds? Where?

Answer 39

Ethnic group of the M.E? Turkey & Iraq

Question 40

What was the proposed country for the Kurds

Answer 40

Kurdistan

Question 41

What is the Islamic law called

Answer 41

Sharia(h) [Sure-ree-a] - Traditional sacred Law of Islam

Question 42

What was the source of Sharia

Answer 42

Book of Koran

Question 43

What is the common goal of the Sharia

Answer 43

Muslim unity

Question 44

Which M.E. nations still use Sharia today

Answer 44

Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia

Question 45

Define Islamic Fundamentalism

Answer 45

Movement for M.E. nations to return to conservative values set forth in the Koran & remove themselves from Western influence

Question 46

Define Pan-Arabism

Answer 46

Movement to unite all Arab speaking people

Question 47

Define ISIS

Answer 47

Islamic State of Iraq & Syria