Exam 8: Background To The Middle East

Sunni Muslims believe_________________ is the fourth and last Rightly Guided Caliph.

In 1978,Israel launched a minor invasion of_________________ ,followed by a full-scale attack in 1982.

The Zionist movement was ultimately successful in their desire to create a Jewish state (Israel)in what year?

What world leader was assassinated by Muslim fundamentalists in 1981 for agreeing to peace?

Who were the Abbasids and Umayyads?

Which of the following wars was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors in October 1973?

The initial split of the Islamic faith into the Sunnis and Shi'ites was based on the issue of_________________ .

Gamal Nasser took power over_________________ in 1954.

When forced to flee for his life,Ayatollah Khomeini received asylum in_________________ .

The _________________Declaration,signed by the United Kingdom in November 1917,promised a homeland for Jews in the geographical area of biblical Israel.

The things Mohammed had said and done were recorded and his actions became the basis for interpreting the_________________

Mainstream Muslims following the caliph were conventionally called Sunnis,while the followers of Ali became known as Shi'ites.

Following the split of the Islamic faith,the family of _________________assumed control of the Islamic movement and ruled the first Arab empire.