Middle East

Question 0

Palestine Mandate

Answer 0

Entrusted to Britain; only tied to Eastern world by Muslim faith

Question 1

What does the Middle East encompass?

Answer 1

Europe, North Africa, and Asia

Question 2

Zionism

Answer 2

Israel as a separate state

Question 3

When was Israel declared an independent state

Answer 3

1948

Question 4

Why did the Jews and Muslims fight for the land?

Answer 4

Ancestral claims

Question 5

What group formed in 1964 that fought for Israel and who lead them?

Answer 5

Palestine Liberation Organization; Yasser Arafat

Question 6

What war was fought in 1967 between the Muslims and Israel?

Answer 6

“Six-day” war

Question 7

In the 1967 war, who won and what did they gain?

Answer 7

Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan; captured the Gaza Strip, Golan heights, Sinai peninsula, and the West Bank

Question 8

What happened between Israel and Egypt in 1977?

Answer 8

Reconciled and gave back the Sinai Penisula

Question 9

What does T. I. A stand for?

Answer 9

This is Africa

Question 10

What year does the PLO and Israel reconcile? What does Israel give them?

Answer 10

1993; Gaza Strip

Question 11

Why are we allied to Israel?

Answer 11

Democracy, politics, and religion

Question 12

What is the most populated region in the Middle East?

Answer 12

Egypt

Question 13

What happened to Egypt in 1952?

Answer 13

It became an independent from monarch control and President Nasser allied with U.S.S.R

Question 14

What year did President el-Sadat ally himself with the US?

Answer 14

1973

Question 15

What was the Arab Spring

Answer 15

Uprising of people against authorities; in the process President Mubarak was ousted and th Muslim Brotherhood took over

Question 16

What colonial rule owned Jordon? Syria? Lebanon?

Answer 16

British; French

Question 17

What did Iran find in 1950 and who did the Shah ally himself with at the time?

Answer 17

Oil; USA

Question 18

Who seized power in Iran and became the leader in 1979?

Answer 18

Shiite Muslims and Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 19

What caused us to becomes enemies with Iran?

Answer 19

US hostage crisis

Question 20

Who influenced Iraq?

Answer 20

British

Question 21

When did the US go to war with Iraq?

Answer 21

1991

Question 22

Three distinct groups in Iraq

Answer 22

Kurds(most friendly to US), Shiites, and Sunni

Question 23

Green zone

Answer 23

Safe zone