1. 7th Grade Historical Understandings
JEOPARDY

2. The Ottomans
Just Maps
US Invasions!
Palestinian
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3. Q: 100
True or False?
One of the reasons for the fall of the Ottoman Empire was its large size and incapable leaders.

4. True

5. Q: 200
At the height of its glory, the Ottoman Empire spanned which three continents?

6. A:200
Africa
Asia
Europe

7. Q: 300
How did European involvement in Southwest Asia impact the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?
Many Europeans moved to Southwest Asia.
Countries in Southwest Asia modeled their governments on European governments.
Political borders were decided by European powers without consideration of the political and historic connections in the region.
European powers presence in Southwest Asia established a long period of peace and improved relations with non-Muslim western nations

8. A: 300 C
Political borders were decided by European powers without consideration of the political and historic connections in the region.

9. Q: 400
What was one lasting result of the division of the former Ottoman territory in Southwest Asia following WWI?

10. A:400
Borders now divide or combine cultural groups, leading to conflict within nations

11. Name at least three countries carved out of the Ottoman Empire.
Q:500
Name at least three countries carved out of the Ottoman Empire.

12. Turkey Palestine (Israel) Iraq Can you think of others?

13. Q:100
Which letter identifies the country that was once ruled by Saddam Hussein?

14. A:100
A-Iraq

15. Q:200
Which letter identifies the country that was the aggressor in the Persian Gulf War?

16. A: 200
A-Iraq

17. Q: 300
Which letter represents the location of a country created in part as a result of the Zionist movement?

18. A: 300
B-Israel

19. Q: 400
Which letter identifies the country that was condemned by the United States for hiding Osama Bin Laden?

20. A: 400
D-Afghanistan

21. Identify the region marked A.
Q: 500
Identify the region marked A.

22. A: 500
The Ottoman Empire in 1648

23. The invasion of which country led to the Persian Gulf War?
Q: 100
The invasion of which country led to the Persian Gulf War?

24. A: 100
Kuwait

25. Q: 200
A well-financed terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.

26. A: 200
al-Qaeda

27. Leader of Iraq during the Invasion of Iraq and the Persian Gulf War

28. A: 300
Saddam Hussein

29. Q: 400
Two countries in Southwest Asia that lie on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf

30. A: 400
Iraq
Kuwait

31. Q: 500
In response to the to the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001, the United States invaded which country?

32. A: 500
Afghanistan

33. Q:100
The main cause of the Arab-Israeli conflicts from 1948 to 1973 was the clash between
Islamic Fundamentalism and Orthodox Judaism
Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism
Israeli technology and Saudi Arabian economic goals

34. Arab nationalism and Jewish nationalism

35. Q: 200
The desire of the Kurds and of the Palestinians for independent states is based on the principle of
free trade
terrorism
nationalism
modernization

36. A: 200
The desire of the Kurds and of the Palestinians for independent states is based on the principle of
free trade
terrorism
Nationalism (Answer)
modernization

37. Q: 300
Religious connection to land, anti-Semitism, Holocaust, and Zionism in Europe, all played a role in the _______________

38. A: 300
Establishment of the state of Israel

39. Q: 400
True or False?
The Zionist movement in Europe had nothing to do with the establishment of the State of Israel.

40. A: 400
False

41. Q: 500 the philosophy of Zionism British Mandates Six Day War
The terms above are most closely associated with which conflicting issue in the Middle East?

42. A: 500 The Palestinian and Israeli Conflict
( more specifically the control of land in the Middle East by
Palestinians and Jews)

43. Q:100
A nationalist movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the creation of a Jewish homeland.

44. A: 100
Zionism

45. Terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.
Q: 200
Terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.

46. A: 200
Al- Qaeda

47. A group that controlled the government of Afghanistan in 2001
Q: 300
A group that controlled the government of Afghanistan in 2001

48. A: 300 .
Taliban

49. Q: 400
The _________ empire controlled Palestine and much of the Middle East for centuries.

50. A: 400
Ottoman

51. Q: 500
After World War I, the League of Nations gave Britain the authority to rule Palestine. What is the official term that describes the word authority.

52. A: 500
Mandate

53. The Ottoman Empire was given what nick name during its downfall?
Q: 100
The Ottoman Empire was given what nick name during its downfall?

54. A: 100
The Ottoman Empire in 1914 was commonly known as 'the sick man of Europe', a sign that the once-great power was crumbling.

55. Q: 200
Who drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I?

56. A: 200
European countries -specifically Great Britain and France (Allied Powers)

57. Palestinian perspective or Israeli perspective?
Q: 300
“You took extra land from us after the Six Day War.”
“We will use terrorism to attack and get our land back.”
“We have lived here for thousands of years – the land is ours.”
Palestinian perspective or Israeli perspective?

58. Palestinian perspective
“You took extra land from us after the Six Day War.”
“We will use terrorism to attack and get our land back.”
“We have lived here for thousands of years – the land is ours.”
Palestinian perspective

59. Palestinian perspective or Israeli perspective?
Q: 400
“We will not talk to you until your terrorists stop attacking us.”
“We need a safe land of our own where there can never be another Holocaust.”
“This was our God-given land until we were forced to leave thousands of years ago.”
Palestinian perspective or Israeli perspective?

60. Israeli perspective A: 400
“We will not talk to you until your terrorists stop attacking us.”
“We need a safe land of our own where there can never be another Holocaust.”
“This was our God-given land until we were forced to leave thousands of years ago.”
Israeli perspective

61. Q: 500
The United States’ primary reason for the Persian Gulf War was a war to protect their interests in what natural resource?

62. A: 500
Oil