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SW Asia Partitioning
Information about the Partitioning of SW Asia and aftermath
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two groups involved in the struggle over who should rule the land of Israel/Palestine? | Palestinians and Israelis |
| What year did Israel declared independence based on the 1947 UN plan? | 1948 |
| What are the causes of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict? | Both groups want to own the land in the West Bank, particularly the area around Jerusalem. There is also a difference in the religious beliefs of most members of the two groups. Devout Jewish Israelis also believe God gave them the land. |
| What is the term for hatred of Jewish people because they are Jewish? | Anti-Semitism |
| What movement started in the late 1800s and encouraged Jewish people to move to their ancestral home in Palestine? | Zionism |
| What are the four reasons for the creation of the State (country) of Israel that we taught? | Jewish religious connection to the land, Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Holocaust |
| What was it called when the European powers broke up the Ottoman Empire after World War I? | Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire |
| What was the secret plan that the Allied Powers in World War I made to divide the Ottoman Empire? | Sykes-Picot Agreement |
| What happened when Israel declared independence based on the 1947 UN partitioning plan? | They were immediately invaded by several Arab countries but won the war. |
| What is the term for the scattering of the Jewish people after the Romans killed and enslaved the population of Judea? | the Diaspora |
| How did the Holocaust contribute to the foundation of the State of Israel? | Many people felt bad for the Jewish people's suffering and felt they should have their own country so it wouldn't happen again. |
| How did Anti-Semitism lead to the Zionist movement? | Many Jewish people felt they needed their own homeland where they where in charge so people wouldn't discriminate against them. |
| How did the Zionist movement lead to the foundation of Israel? | It increased the Jewish population in Palestine so there was more of a reason to make a country for them. |
| What was the term for the areas controlled by Britain and France through the League of Nations? They were similar to colonies. | Mandates |
| How did the way the Europeans partitioned in the Ottoman Empire impact Southwest Asia? | It led to conflicts between rival groups for control of the Middle East by putting people together who hated each other and separating people that wanted to be together in their own country. |
| Nationalism is leading this modern group to fight for a country of their own where Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria come together. | The Kurds |
| What two groups are fighting for control of Iraq and Syria? | The Sunni and the Shia |
| This is caused by countries having different ethnic and religious groups fighting for control of the country. | Political Instability |
| What is the name for the British promise to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine that was issued in 1917? | The Balfour Declaration |
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