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SS - Oct 28 Test
SW Asia/M.E. History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pogrom | Organized massacres |
| Diaspora | Scattering of Jews for their originial home land |
| Minority | Smaller gorup of people who differs from and who are treated differently than the rest of the population |
| Anti-Semitism | Hatred or discrimination towards Jewish people |
| Holocaust | Killing of people (jews included) that did not fit Hitler's view of the perfect German race |
| Genocide | planned and organized killing of a group of people based on their race,religion or culture |
| Promised Land | Land of Israel promised to the Jews in the Torah |
| Zionism | Idea that people around the world had that the Jews needed their own homeland in Palestine.Later these same people supported the creation of the country of Israel |
| Zion | Term used by Jews to talk about their ancient land of Israel- their "Promise land." |
| What are 4 facts about the Ottoman Empire? | 1.It started in Turkey,2.Capital of the empire is Istanbul,3.Osman started it,4.Currently only in Turkey |
| Why did the Jews leave their homeland in the first place? | The Roman army forced them to leave |
| Where did the Jews go? Describe their treatment in their new land | Anywhere they could go that was safe (they basically went all over the place),they were treated with hatred or discrimination |
| What countries were involved in the Persian Gulf War and what was the cause of this? | Iraq and Kuwait, Kuwait was taking more oil than hey were allowed to from oil fields (Iraq illegally invaded Kuwait) |
| Who and what are the people and key events of the Perisan Gulf War? | Saddam Hussein,George H. Bush, operation desert storm. |
| What was the outcome of the Persian Gulf War? | Kuwait became a offical country,Iraq surrenders,They leave Kuwait and destroy WMDS. (Weapons of Mass Destruction) |
| What countries were involved in the September 11th attacks and what was the cause of this? | U.S. and Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda believed the U.S. was evil |
| Who and what are the people and key events of the September 11th attacks? | Al-Qaeda (terrorist group) led by Osama-Bin-Laden |
| What was the outcome of the September 11th attacks? | 3,000 American citizens died.Starts international effort to fight |
| What countries were involved in the Invasion of Afghanistan and what was the cause of this? | U.S. and Afghanistan. U.S. wants to capture those responsible for the al- Qaeda attacks on 9/11. |
| Who and what are the people and key events of the Invasion of Afghanistan? | Osama bin-Laden, Taliban (radical Muslim government). Taliban protects bin-Laden. U.S. troops topple the Taliban government. |
| What was the outcome of the Invasion of Afghanistan? | U.S. is still fighting to keep Taliban rule from returning. Osama bin-Laden was found and killed. |
| What countries were involved in the Operation Iraqi Freedom and what was the cause of this? | Iraq and U.S. Bush thought Iraq was a threat to the U.S. Hussein was accused of having WMDs and aiding terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda. |
| Who and what are the people and key events of the Operation Iraqi Freedom? | Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush. U.S. invades Iraq. Hussein loses power. |
| What was the outcome of the Operation Iraqi Freedom? | American forces remain in Iraq since the Invasion began,trying to stop the fighting. U.S. in Iraq is also trying to organize a more democratic government. |
| 1800's Jews suffer than flee ____ and ____ in Eastern Europe | Anti-semitism and porgroms |
| 1890's The ____ movement forms in _____ | Zionist and Europe |
| 1914-1918: The ____ were on the losing side of ____ | Ottomans and WW1 |
| 1914-1918: Conflict over land worsened with the ____ of the Ottoman Empire after WW1 | Collapse |
| 1920 ____ got control of _____ (British Mandate) | Great Britan and Palestine |
| 1945 End of WWII;thousands of Jews left ____ | Homeless |
| 1947- Great Britain calls in help of the United nations (UN) to help divide Palestine "____", between ____ and _____ Palestinians | Fairly,Jews,and Arab |
| 1948-First Arab-Israeli War (between Israel and 6 other ____ Muslim nations in the Middle East) | Arab |
| 1948- ____ declare the modern state of ____ a religious and political community for ALL Jewish people | Jews and Israel |
| 1949- ____- ANY Jewsih person from around the world can move to Israel and automatically become a citizen | Law of Return |
Created by:
Avery Lamb
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