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| 1. Which faction of Islam believes that the leader of Islam should come from Muhammad's family? |
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| 2. Which faction of Islam believes that the leader of Islam should be chosen by consensus? |
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| 3. Which faction of Islam is the largest? |
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| 4. What was the name of the agreement between France and Britain to divide up the lands of the Ottoman Empire? When did this agreement occur? |
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| 5. With which Mideastern country did France have a close relationship? |
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| 6. Which country was the center of Arab nationalism? |
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| 7. What country did Iraq believe was historically theirs? |
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| 8. Which country did Britain create out of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra? |
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| 9. In whose interest were many Middle Eastern countries created? |
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| Western (U.S., Britain & France) |
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| 10. Did the Shah of Iran embrace Western governments and companies? |
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| Yes. He made policies that gave western companies access to oil and other resources. |
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| 11. Is Iran a secular nation? |
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| Yes. They have a religious leader controlling the government and laws are based on Islamic law and western-style constitutional law. |
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| 12. Who led the Islamic Revolution in Iran? |
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| 13. When was the Islamic Revolution? |
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| Iranian Nationalist Movement began in early 1940's, but the Shah was overthrown in 1979. |
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| 14. Which British document expressed sympathy for a Zionist homeland in Palestine? When was this document written? |
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| Balfour Declaration, 1917. |
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| 15. Which Western country's representative first gained oil rights in the Middle East? |
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| 16. What organization was established to provide oil-rich nations more control over the production and price of oil? |
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| OPEC-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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| 17. Which group proposed a partition plan for the lands of Palestine in 1947? |
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| 18. What resulted from that partition plan? |
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| May 14, 1948, creation of Israel despite dissension from Islamic nations and Palestine; the neighboring countries invaded Israel (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria). |
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| 19. What event occurred in 1956 when Nasser of Egypt seized control of certain French and British business interests in Egypt? |
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| 20. What led to Israel's 1967 annexation of the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, and the West Bank? |
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| 21. Who was the Israeli premier during the 1973 Arab-Israeli war? |
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| 22. Who signed the Camp David Accords for Egypt? |
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| 23. Who signed the Camp David Accords for Israel? |
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| 24. Who became the Egyptian president in 1981 after the assassination of the former president? |
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| 25. Why was the former president of Egypt assassinated? |
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| A muslim extremist assassinated him for his attempts to make peace. |
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| 26. What organization conducted a violent campaign against Israel in the 1970s and 1980s? |
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| The military wing of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) |
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27. What does intifada mean?
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Uprising. Palestinian youth throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers.
Put pressure on Israelis to negotiate peace with Palestinians. |
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| 28. Which Palestinian leader won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his work at Oslo? |
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| 29. Which Israeli prime minister signed the Oslo peace accord and won the Nobel Peace Prize? |
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| 30. What happened to that prime minister? Who was responsible? |
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| Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by a right-wing Jewish extremist. |
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| 31. Who started the “Arab spring”? |
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| 32. Where did the Arab spring begin? |
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| 33. Identify two “causes” of the Arab spring. |
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1. Unemployment
2. Corrupt government officials |
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| 34. Why did Western governments support these authoritarian regimes? |
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| They gave us access to oil and other resources. |
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| 35. Who used to rule Tunisia? |
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| 36. Who used to rule Egypt? |
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| 37. What’s the capital of Egypt? |
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| 38. What’s the capital of Libya? |
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| Palestinian Sunni Islamist Organization, like Palestinian Liberation Organization with a military wing, recently has been elected to govern Gaza Strip |
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| Which states did France receive after WW1? |
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| Which states did Britain receive after WW2? |
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| Moral law and religious code of Islam. Forms part of the basis for law in Iran since revolution. |
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