Section 1- Creating the Modern Middle East (Packet)

Question 1

The Ottoman Empire is basically:

Answer 1

Turkey

Question 2

Arab state refers to:

Answer 2

Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Question 3

What countries did France get as mandates

Answer 3

syria and lebanon

Question 4

What countries did Great Britain get as mandates?

Answer 4

Palastine, trans-Jordan, Iraq

Question 5

when was Israel established?

Answer 5

1948

Question 6

The Israel-Palastinian war after Israel was established, what happened?

Answer 6

Israel won and Palastine left without homeland

Question 7

What is the chonological order of ruler people in the middle east area?

Answer 7

1) Arabs
2) Seljuks
3) Ottoman Empire
4) WW1
5) Modern Middle East

Question 8

what is the Balfour Declaration:

Answer 8

Britain’s support for Jewish national home

Question 9

the PLO is a

Answer 9

terrorist group that originated from Lebanon

Question 10

After WW2, Israel was

Answer 10

established

Question 11

a mandate:

Answer 11

was land to be governed on behalf of the League of Nations until it was ready for independence

Question 12

a Zionist:

Answer 12

is a member of a movement founded to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state in Palestine

Question 13

Arabs in Palestine were angered when they thought the British took away their right of:

Answer 13

self-determination

Question 14

World War 1 had a great impact on the Middle East because:

Answer 14

1) Allies decided how to divide the Ottoman, promised Arabs a big country, but broke promise and gave different countries mandates
2) Arabs and Jews both declared Palastine as homeland but Arabs thought British let them have Palastine
3) Holocaust pushed for Jewish Homeland, UN suggested to divide into 2 states
4) Israel created, Arabs started war, lost all Palastinian land

Question 15

Describe why both Arabs and Jews had historical ties to Palestine

Answer 15

Arabs lived there for centries and were area’s first settlers, Hews ansectors migrated around 1900 BC-1700BC (the Isralites) lead to Kingdom of Judah and Jordan

Question 16

In 1947, the British turned over the problem of Palestine to the

Answer 16

United Nations

Question 17

The united Nations decided to split Palestine into

Answer 17

one Arab and one Jewish state, the Jews accepted, the Arabs did not, still approved and Israel was created but hours after Arabs attacked and after the war Palestinians were left with out homeland