SS7 Unit 3 Summative: SW Asia History

a movement that encouraged Jewish people to return to Palestine

a treaty between Israel and the Arab World

policies, views, or behaviors that discriminate against Jewish people

the killing of six million Jews in Europe by the Nazis

a requirement of the Treaty of Versailles

a vote by the people of Palestine

the French Mandate system

the Zionist movement in Europe

Palestine

Hajj

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Jews needed a country of their own to be safe from discrimination and persecution.

Jews needed a country of their own because of a belief that God gave them the land.

Jews needed a country of their own because they did not want to share.

Jews needed a country of their own to promote and practice Islam.

Lebanon

Israel

Persia

Egypt

Most of them found new homes in Egypt.

Most of them returned to their homes.

Most of them became refugees.

Most of them moved to Saudi Arabia.

he was hiding al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden

he invaded Iran

the U.S. thought that he was producing weapons of mass destruction.

the U.S. could not allow Afghanistan to have a communist government.

They weren't very nice

To help Kuwait

Because they were harboring al-Qeada and Osama bin Laden

To get rid of Saddam Hussein

Six-Day War

Invasion of Afghanistan

Arab-Islaeli Wars

Persian Gulf War

Arable land is scarce

Water is scarce

The city of Jerusalem is sacred to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism

The climate is harsh and dry

Partitioning

Holocaust

diaspora

conflict

They agreed to create a plan to work it out fairly.

The rejected it as it was unfair to take land away from the Arabs.

The Arab population in Palestine was not affected at all.

They supported it fully and even helped find it financially.

France and Great Britain worked hard to get all the groups to agree before deciding on the new borders.

France and Great Britain only asked the Persians what they wanted the borders to be.

France and Great Britain did not take into consideration the historical religious and ethnic borders.

France and Great Britain asked the Kurds their opinion but no one else.

There were no Jews left after the Holocaust.

People around the world felt that Jews would be best served by assimilating into the United States.

Displaced Jews wished to return to Palestine, and the United Nations voted to support their desires to return to their homeland.

Displaced Jews did not wish to return to their homeland after the Holocaust.

Ethnic and religious groups were moved to new locations.

There were no conflicts. All the people were happy with the partitioning.

France and Great Britain tried to make the people assimilate to their cultures and religions.

Ethnic groups were divided up. Religious groups were forced together.

France

Great Britain

Germany

Italy

After the Holocaust killed 6-8 million Jews, the Zionist movement had the sympathetic ear of the United Nations.

After the Holocaust killed 6-8 million Jews, the Jews attacked Palestine and claimed the land for themselves.

Anti-Semitism had nothing to do with the establishment of Israel.

After the Holocaust killed 6-8 million Jews, the Arabs invited the Jews to come to Palestine and share their land.

a lack of oil

regional conflicts that continue to this day.

economic prosperity

an even greater lack of water

Many Europeans emigrated (moved) to Southwest Asia. This led to an assimilation of cultures by Europe.

European powers decided where to place political borders without consideration of the religious and historic connections in the region. This led to regional conflicts.

Countries in Southwest Asia modeled their governments after European governments. This led to peace in the region.

The presence of European powers in Southwest Asia established a long period of peace in the region.

The Ottoman Empire was overthrown by a nationalist party that demanded a new economic system including consumer input.

The Ottoman Empire joined sides with Germany in World War I and eventually lost the war and its lands.

Many of the rulers of the Ottoman Empire could not defend its territory.

The people of the Ottoman Empire surrendered to European countries because they were starving.

To put an end to terrorism in Kurdistan.

To create an independent country for Kurdish people.

To allow free and open democratic elections in Turkey.

To force Israel to give land back to the Palestinians.