| Question | Answer |
| Theocracy | government ruled by a religious group
|
Sultan | ruler of the Ottoman Empire
| Nationalism | love for ones country- feeling your country is better than others
| Zionism | movement to unite displaced Jews and settles them in Palestine.
| Anti-Semitism | hatred of the Jews
| Embargo | refusal to trade or to stop trade in a country
| What happened to the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI | It was divided among different countries
| Who took over the land that was one the Ottoman Empire | Great Britain and France
| Explain the conflict caused when new borders were established in what was once the Ottoman Empire | They countries did not take in to consideration that they were separating ethnic and religious groups as well as mixing groups who did not get along.
| Most of the Jewish ____ are located in Palestine | Sacred places
| Where did most of the Jewish people want to go once the Holocaust was over | Palestine
| At the end of WWII, people around the world asked who to help the Jewish people | United Nations
| What did the UN decided to do for the Jewish people | Create a nation for them to live in – They divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab States
| When was Israel created | May 14, 1948
| Since Israel was created what two groups have not been able to live peacefully | Jewish and Arab
| What is the main concern that the USA has with the Middle East countries | Oil
| Who was the dictator in Iraq in the 1990s | Saddam Hussein
| What did the creation of the country Kuwait do in the Middle East | Took away Iraq’s boarder on the Persian Gulf this caused them to lose access to oil
| When Kuwait was invaded by Iraq, Kuwait knew they had to rely on what | Allies
| Who did Kuwait call on to help and why was that country willing to help | United States because of the US gets a lot oil from Kuwait
| This war became known as ____ | Desert Storm
| What happened when Iraq withdrew from Kuwait | Saddam Hussein ordered his troops to set fire to oil fields
| During this time the United Nations set a ____ against Iraq, which stated what | Embargo – they could not export any goods nor could they import any goods
| It is believed that only ______ % of their weapons were actually destroyed by the time the UN stopped searching in Iraq | 85%
| After Desert Storm the US felt that Hussein was hiding ____ and helping ____. | Weapons of Mass Destruction / members of al-Qaeda
| In 2003, the US and other nations launched a military invasion of Iraq called ___ | Operation Iraqi Freedom
| After winning this invasion the United States helped set up ____ in Iraq | new government
| In December 2003, _______ was found hiding in a hole- he was captured, tried, and sentenced to death | Saddam Hussein
| In 2005, Iraq citizens took part in a free election to establish ______ | democratic government
| To this day ____________ are still causing conflict in Iraq | Sunni and Shia Muslims
| 2What was the goal of as-Qaeda | to put an end to western influences
| September 11, 2001 al-Qaeda attacked who | United States
| The al-Qaeda terrorist hijacked ____ planes | Four
| They crashed these planes in to what places | 2 Twin Tours, Pentagon, Field in Pennsylvania (intended to hit White House)
| Who did the US believe was hiding Osama Bin Laden and where | Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan
| October 2001, US troops entered Afghanistan for what two reasons | Disable the Taliban and find bin Laden
| What did the US do to help the people of Afghanistan | Form a new democratic government
| How long did Bin Laden hide for | 10 years
| In 2011, Bin Laden was found where | Living in a compound in Pakistan |
