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Question 1: FALSE
Explanation= The Ottomi Empire was divided after the end of the WW1.
Question 2: FALSE
Explanation= The partitioning was planned in agreements made by the Allied Powers after the end of WW1.
Question 3: TRUE
Explanation= The Allied Powers supported Arabia against the Ottomi Empire during the WW1 and they promised them to fight for self-governance. However, Arab oil fields as well as economic and political motivations made them break their promise.
Question 4:
1 - Israel
Argument= Palestinian authority denied Israel's right to exist.
3 - Iran
Argument= Iranian Revolution.
2 - Shiites
Argument= They both were in conflict for several reasons.
4 - Gaza Strip
Argument= This was part of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Question 5: Saddam Hussein
Explanation= He tried to annihilate the Kurdish race through military operations in 1988 that killed lots of civilians and villages.
Question 6: Chronological dates
1. Antisemitism starts to develop in Europe (1496)
2. The Nazi Party comes to power in Germany (1932)
3. Jews are persecuted in Germany (1933).
4. Many Jewish immigrants flee Europe for Palestine (1935).
5. Israel is created as a country (1948).
Question 7: The three main reasons for the establishment for Israel are: Antisemitism, Zionism and <em><u>the European partitioning.</u></em>
Question 8: The United States had interest in the stability of the Middle East because it wanted to protect the supply of <em><u>oil</u></em> and combat terrorism.
Question 9: Saddam Hussein
Explanation= During the Gulf War, this Iraqi leader ordered the invassion of Kuwait.
Question 10: The Iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Kuwait, but not before setting fire to many <em><u>oil well</u></em> fields.
Question 11: TRUE
Explanation= On 2003, President W. Bush addresses the Operation Iraqi Freedom to eliminate Hussein's ability to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Question 12: Matching.
4 - Palestinian Israeli Conflict
3 - Iraq Invasion
2 - Afghanistan Invasion
1 - Persian Gulf War
Question 13: In 1990 Iraq invaded <em><u>Kuwait.</u></em>
Question 14: <u><em>The United States</em></u> led coalition air and ground war led the international coalition invading Iraq.
Question 15: <u><em>United Nations</em></u> impose a trade embargo against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait.
