Question

After WW1, the Ottoman Empire grew larger and became stronger for many years.

Answer 1

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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 the European partitioning.

Question 8: The United States had interest in the stability of the Middle East because it wanted to protect the supply of oil 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 oil well 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 Kuwait.

Question 14: The United States led coalition air and ground war led the international coalition invading Iraq.

Question 15: United Nations impose a trade embargo against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait.