Jeopardy Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1 The United Nations formation of this country explains the root of conflict and unrest in the Middle East.
$100 Answer from H1 What is Israel?
$200 Question from H1 This declared that the British intended to give Jewish people their own homeland as a result of their support during WWI.
$200 Answer from H1 What is the Balfour Declaration?
$300 Question from H1 Arab nations refused to recognize Israel as a state, because they believe the territory belongs to these people.
$300 Answer from H1 Who are the Palestinians?
$400 Question from H1 The Yom Kippur War of 1973 resulted in OPEC cutting off the sale of this resource to the West.
$400 Answer from H1 What is Petroleum or Oil?
$500 Question from H1 This was a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt sign in 1978.
$500 Answer from H1 What are The Camp David Accords?
$100 Question from H2 This is the Persian word for King.
$100 Answer from H2 What is “Shah”?
$200 Question from H2 The Iranian Prime Minister who wanted to establish a modern democracy in Iran and nationalize oil, but was quickly overthrown by the CIA.
$200 Answer from H2 Who is Mossaddegh?
$300 Question from H2 Islamic clergy members and eventually Iranians viewed the Shah as a ____________ enacting progressive policy on behalf of the West.
$300 Answer from H2 What is “puppet”?
$400 Question from H2 This was the leader of the Iranian Revolution in 1979.
$400 Answer from H2 Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
$500 Question from H2 The Iranian Hostage Crisis took ___ American Embassy workers and held them captive for _____ days to ensure the West would recognize the revolution.
$500 Answer from H2 What is 52/444?
$100 Question from H3 Iraq was ruled by this Islamic denomination.
$100 Answer from H3 What is Sunni?
$200 Question from H3 The Sunni Dictator of Iraq who was first built up and then brought down by the United States.
$200 Answer from H3 Who is Saddam Huessein?
$300 Question from H3 This was a ten year military conflict over religious affiliation, borders, and oil.
$300 Answer from H3 What is Iraq-Iran War of the 1980s?
$400 Question from H3 Saddam Hussein’s military grew to be the ___ largest in the world as a result of the Iraq-Iran War.
$400 Answer from H3 What is the 4th?
$500 Question from H3 Saddam Hussein used his military (4 th largest in the world) to invade this country.
$500 Answer from H3 What is Kuwait?
$100 Question from H4 Any act of violence against people or property to force change.
$100 Answer from H4 What is terrorism?
$200 Question from H4 Some Islamic fundamentalists literally interpret the Koran and this word to justify acts of violence to force change.
$200 Answer from H4 What is “Jihad”?
$300 Question from H4 There are Christian Fundamentalists who distort religion to justify violence. True/False
$300 Answer from H4 True
$400 Question from H4 Terrorist friendly government that operated in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
$400 Answer from H4 What is the Taliban?
$500 Question from H4 Compare and contrast President Bill Clinton’s response to terrorism and President George W. Bush’s response to terrorism.
$500 Answer from H4 Clinton: a plea to “not overreact” Bush: “no distinction between terrorists and the countries that harbor terrorists” **9/11 was the single bloodiest attack on American soil
$100 Question from H5 This US President successfully negotiated peace between Egypt (Arab Nation) and Israel (Jewish Nation).
$100 Answer from H5 Who is Jimmy Carter?
$200 Question from H5 This group was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
$200 Answer from H5 Who is Al-Qaeda?
$300 Question from H5 This person was the financial leader of Al-Qaeda, and was later killed by elite American forces in Pakistan.
$300 Answer from H5 Who is Osama Bin Ladin?
$400 Question from H5 War was approved against Iraq in 2003 for this reason.
$400 Answer from H5 What is the belief of the existence of WMDs and the support of terrorism in Iraq? (Look at what terrorist did with a couple of planes, imagine what they could do with nukes?)
$500 Question from H5 President Obama unpopularly ordered a 30,000 troop surge into this Middle East country.
$500 Answer from H5 What is Afghanistan?
Final Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy Answer