Jeopardy Arab/Israeli Wars Arab/Israeli Conflict etc. Middle East Terrorism War on Terror Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question What nation seized control of the Suez Canal and started a conflict with its neighbor Israel?

$100 Answer Egypt

$200 Question Israel almost doubled their territory when they gained control of the old city, Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights & West Bank after this event

$200 Answer Six-Day War

$300 Question This was a sneak attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year where Israel was caught off guard, but still held their own and barely gave up any territory won in the 6 Day War.

$300 Answer Yom Kippur War

$400 Question Why did Israel attack its Arab neighbors at the start of the 6-Day War?

$400 Answer As a preemptive strike against them

$500 Question What happened as a result of the U.S. helping Israel in the Yom Kippur War?

$500 Answer –The Arab nations of OPEC placed an oil embargo on the U.S. and the West

$100 Question Who was the leader of the PLO? *What does PLO stand for?

$100 Answer Yasir Arafat -Palestinian Liberation Organization

$200 Question What were the Palestinian protests and uprisings called?

$200 Answer Intifada

$300 Question What Israeli government policy has led to resistance by radical Israelis?

$300 Answer The government wants to withdraw from the conquered areas or occupied territories(from 6-Day War) and radicals do not want to withdraw

$400 Question How had the PLO stance in regard to Israel changed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s?

$400 Answer They denounced terrorism as a means of accomplishing their goal. *They recognize Israel but they still want Palestinian land for Israel to withdraw from the agreed upon areas.

$500 Question How did the US respond to the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR (2 things)?

$500 Answer -Imposed economic sanctions -boycotted the 1980 Olympics -Provided the Mujahideen (resistance fighters) aid

$100 Question What body of water connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?

$100 Answer Suez Canal

$200 Question What country was invaded by Iraq in 1990?

$200 Answer Kuwait

$300 Question The Sinai Peninsula is part of what country today?

$300 Answer Egypt

$400 Question This was the term for the rebels, from rival Shite and Sunni groups, that targeted civilians and government workers.

$400 Answer Insurgents

$500 Question Describe the Camp David Accords?

$500 Answer Land for Peace, Israel gave back the Sinai to Egypt (taken in the 6 Day war) in exchange for Egypt’s recognition of Israel’s right to exist

$100 Question The international alliance of Islamic terrorist organizations founded and led by Osama bin Laden is called what?

$100 Answer Al Qaeda

$200 Question Give two goals of terrorist groups

$200 Answer CHANGE OR OVERTHROW A GOVERNMENT GAIN INDEPENDENCE SEEK JUSTICE FOR A WRONGED GROUP OBTAIN CONCESSIONS FROM A GOVERNMENT GET NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION

$300 Question Islamist Nationalist movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.

$300 Answer Taliban

$400 Question What terrorist group used Sarin gas in its attack on the subway system of Japan?

$400 Answer Aum Shinrikyo

$500 Question What is meant by Arab Spring?

$500 Answer A time period when there was a wave of pro-democracty protests (violent and nonviolent) in North Africa and the Middle East beginning in 2010.

$100 Question What was the federal agency created by President Bush that is responsible for defending the U.S. against terrorism at home

$100 Answer Homeland Security

$200 Question The location of the controversial detention camp for suspected terrorists captured in the “war on terrorism”.

$200 Answer Guantanamo Bay

$300 Question the code name for the War in Afghanistan, together with several smaller military actions around the world, as part of the Global War on Terrorism begun by President George W. Bush.

$300 Answer Operation Enduring Freedom

$400 Question What does the Patriot Act allow U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies to do (two examples)?

$400 Answer FIGHT TERRORISM IN THE U.S. & OVERSEAS SEARCH TELEPHONE, , MEDICAL & FINANCIAL RECORDS DETAIN AND DEPORT IMMIGRANTS SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM REGULATE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS

$500 Question What were the reasons given by President Bush for invading Iraq in 2003 (give 3)?

$500 Answer SUSPECTED IRAQ OF PRODUCING WMDS: –WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION –NONE FOUND CLAIMED IRAQ SUPPORTED AL- QAEDA & PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES SPREAD DEMOCRACY TO IRAQ

Final Jeopardy Who was president when the Camp David Accords were signed?

Final Jeopardy Answer Jimmy Carter