Middle East: Test

Question 1

Founding of Islam

Answer 1

founded by Muhammad

offshoot of christianity and Judaism

Question 2

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 2

belief in Allah (one god)
worship- prayer 5 times a day towards Mecca
charitable giving
fasting during the month of Ramadan
Hajj- the pilgrimage to mecca

Question 3

Spread of Islam

Answer 3

conquest
war
trade
travel

Question 4

Architecture and Advances

Answer 4

Bue mosques-domes and minarets(towers) in Istanbul
was the center of learning for many years
Astrolobe- tracks movement of the stars
Dome of the Rock- in Jerusalem

Question 5

Causes of the crusades

Answer 5

Christian Europe attempted to conquer Holy Lands

Question 6

Effects of the Crusades

Answer 6

Christian, Muslim, and Jewish natural distrust

increased trade and spread of ideas between Middle East and Europe

Question 7

Zionism

Answer 7

support of a homeland for Jewish people in the area of Palestine

Question 8

Founding of Israel and reasons for conflict

Answer 8

founded by the United Nations

jewish immigrants approved, but Arabs disapproved because they had less land

Question 9

Timeline

Answer 9

Founded
Israel attacked by neighbors after creation
6 day war (tripled Israeli territory)
“Yom Kippur War” Egypt and Syria attack (unsuccessfully) in Sinai and Golan Heights

Question 10

Iran Revolution

Answer 10

Shah- tries to westernize Iran but did bad things such as put people to death.

Question 11

Nuclear Issues

Answer 11

may be building nuclear weapons of mass destruction to use against the U.S.

Question 12

Al Queda

Answer 12

terrorist group that attacked U.S. 9/11 Bin Laden has bases in Afghanistan

Question 13

Taliban

Answer 13

take over after civil war, impose harsh laws (ex: cut off hands, bomb Buddhist statues) they were bad people

Question 14

Reasons for 2001 invasion

Answer 14

U.S. is furious about 9/11 and hate the taliban (the base for Bin Laden)

Question 15

Iran 1991 Gulf war

Answer 15

Iraq invades Kuwait over oil, U.S. gets involved. Kick Iraq out of Kuwait

Question 16

2003 invasion Causes

Answer 16

invade because the U.S. heard Saddam Hussein had WMDS and that he was going to use them against the U.S.

Question 17

2003 invasion Effects

Answer 17

Iraq didn’t have WMDS and the U.S. payed the country hundreds of billions of dollars from destruction

Question 18

Syria’s current situation

Answer 18

civil war; government doesn’t want democracy