Exam 8: Background To The Middle East

In _________________,the United Nations recognized the partition of Palestine and the modern nation-state of Israel.

Mohammed had a vision of the angel_________________ ,who told him that God had chosen Mohammed to be a prophet to the Arabs.

At the end of _________________,the entire Middle East was controlled by the British,French,and Russians.

Who are the four major prophets of Islam?

The_________________ gave Britain control of Palestine and placed the British in the center of Middle Eastern affairs.

Although theological divisions with Sunnis would eventually arise and the Shi'ites themselves would split into competing sects,the first division in Islam was political.

The _________________were the first Arab and Muslim dynasty,ruling Damascus from 661 to 750.

The political situation at the end of _________________set the stage for developments over the next century,and it is the basis for terrorism in the traditional Middle East.

The__________ refers to a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel brokered by the United States in 1979.

How did the Yom Kippur War reverse the defeat of the Six-Day War for many of Israel's Arab neighbors?

The Zionist movement took place at the same time the Ottoman Empire was forming.

The_________________ Declaration of November 1917 promised to create the state of Israel.

_________________immigration into Palestine played into the political issues of WWI.

Bernard Lewis points to the _________________as the origin of modern confrontations between the West and Islam.

When Israelis practice terrorism,they often refer to it as:

Ismalis believe that there were twelve Imams who followed Mohammed.

Sporadic violence against Palestinian Jews began in 1921,and the Jews formed a defense force known as the_________________

Briefly explain the three sources of violence in the Middle East.

List and discuss the major contradictory promises surrounding the Middle East made by the British during WWI.

Zaidi Shi'ites compose the majority of Shi'ite Muslims.