History Review BellRinger What was the most interesting

History Review Bell-Ringer – What was the most interesting thing you learned about the history of the Middle East, Africa, or Southern and Eastern Asia?

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SOUTHWEST ASIA (THE MIDDLE EAST)

Question 1 • Why did the United States invade Afghanistan in 2001? • a. Afghanistan would not sell its gas and oil to the United States • b. The United States wanted its own leaders to rule Southwest Asia. • c. The United States wanted to capture Saddam Hussein • d. Afghanistan’s government, called the Taliban, had helped the terrorist group al-Qaeda attack the United States.

Question 2 • The major ethnic group living in Israel is • • a. b. c. d. Arab Jewish Kurdish Armenian

Question 3 • By 1924, The Ottoman Empire no longer existed and the region was divided among several European Countries. What was the effect of the downfall of the Ottoman Empire? • a. A lack of oil • b. Economic prosperity • c. A lack of water • d. Regional conflict

Question 4 • Which statement best describes developments in the Middle East since World War II? • a. Manufacturing has become the region’s main economic activity. • b. Religion has played a major role in creating conflict in the region • c. Most citizens in the region enjoy a high standard of living • d. A majority of countries in the region have adopted democratic forms of government.

Question 5 • Why did Hitler persecute (mistreat) Jews in Europe? • a. He believed the Jews were an inferior race. • b. He wanted all Jews to have a high standard of living. • c. He wanted Jews to serve in the military. • d. He wanted to borrow money from Jewish bankers

Question 6 • The modern nation of Israel was established in 1948 as a homeland for Jewish people. Why was this country established? • a. to settle lands in Palestine that had been abandoned • b. to provide a home for Jews who had survived the Holocaust • c. to provide labor for the oil fields of Palestine • d. to establish a border between the Nile and Jordan Rivers.

Question 7 • The Persian Gulf War of 1991 started when Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded which oil rich country? • • a. b. c. d. Syria Egypt Kuwait Saudi Arabia

Question 8 • What two issues continue to cause conflict between Arab nations and Israel? • a. Oil and Money • b. Trade routes and natural resources • c. Land religion • d. Government and education

Question 9 • What is the idea that Jews anywhere in the world can immigrate to their religious homeland of Israel and become citizens? • • a. Zionism b. The Law of Return c. Kibbutz d. The Declaration of the Establishment

Question 10 • How did European involvement in Southwest Asia impact the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire? • a. Many Europeans emigrated to Southwest Asia • b. Countries in Southwest Asia modeled their governments on European governments. • c. Political borders were decided by European powers without consideration of the political and historic connections in the region. • d. European powers presence in Southwest Asia established a long period of peace and improved relations with non. Muslim western nations.

Question 11 • At the root of many conflicts in the Middle East is a religious issue concerning historical ownership of the land. This issue centers on whom? • a. Who settled there first • b. Who was promised the land by God • c. Who won the Battle of Armageddon • d. Who established the city of Jerusalem

Question 12 • The Arab-Israeli War of 1948 was caused by a dispute over what region? • • a. b. c. d. Palestine Egypt Turkey The Nile delta

Question 13 • The people that call • a. An ethnic group themselves Jews can be • b. A religious group considered to belong to • c. Both an ethnic and religious group • d. None of the above

Question 14 • The Ottoman Empire collapsed soon after the • a. Death of Suleiman I • b. Muslim conquest of Spain • c. Renaming of Constantinople • d. End of World War I.

Question 15 • The hatred of the Jewish because they practice the Jewish faith is called • • a. b. c. d. Anti-Semitism Zionism Partitioning Pure Evil

Question 16 • Why did Operation Iraqi Freedom take place? • a. Saddam Hussein was selling nukes to Darth Vader • b. Iraq was thought to possess weapons of mass destruction • c. Frodo needed to throw the one ring into Mount Doom • d. The U. S. needed shrubbery for the Knights of Ni

Question 17 • What does it mean to partition the land? • a. To join all the land together, eliminating borders • b. To separate and divide a large piece of land, making smaller regions and countries • c. To establish new laws among the people of the land • d. To keep the land the same.

Question 18 • What world organization created the State of Israel in 1948? • a. The Arabic Nations • b. The United States • c. The European Nations • d. The United Nations

Question 19 • Why did the United Nations try to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait in 1990? a. The United Nations wanted to destroy the country of Iraq b. The only job of the United Nations is military action around the world c. The economies of many countries depend on oil and Iraq’s actions threatened the oil supply d. The United Nations has to intervene whenever any member nation has a conflict with another country.

Question 20 • Who drew up the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I? • a. United States • b. Ottoman Rulers • c. European Nations. Allied Powers • d. Middle Eastern Governments

Question 22 • What happened in 1947 to change the amount of Palestinian land Jewish land? • a. The Palestinians welcomed the Jewish proudly into their land, giving the Jews half of Palestine. • b. The UN partitioned the land of Palestine to give Jews a homeland after the Holocaust. • c. Jews invaded Palestine to take the land back by force in 1947 after thousands of years of arguing • d. The Palestinians decided they did not want to live in Palestine anymore, so many of them left the country on their own.

AFRICA

Question 1 • George lives in England. Through the use of diplomacy and military, George’s country has been extending their power to other parts of the world like Africa and the Americas. His country has yet to establish a settlement. This is an example of what? • • a. b. c. d. Pan-Africa Colonialism Apartheid Imperialism

Question 2 • Europe first became interested in colonizing Africa because • a. Europeans were engaged in the trans. Atlantic slave trade • b. The idea of imperialism • c. The wealth that can be found on the African continent • d. All of the above

Question 3 • Michelle lives in a settlement in South Africa. She does not consider herself South African, but she considers herself Dutch because she is living in a Dutch settlement. Her nation of Holland encouraged her father to move to South Africa to make use of the economic resources that are found in this new country. Michelle’s home nation has shown an example of what? • • a. b. c. d. Pan-Africa Colonialism Apartheid Imperialism

Question 4 • In the 1800’s, Europe divided Africa which caused conflict. What Europe did is called: • • a. b. c. d. Pan-Africa Partition Colonialism Indirect Rule

Question 5 • Under the rule of the Europeans, Africans were • a. Not treated equally, with less rights and comfortable lives as the Europeans • b. Treated equally and fairly • c. Living their own lives away from European control • d. Europeans never ruled in Africa

Question 6 • What happened when European Nations drew political boundaries? • a. The Africans lived happy lives • b. The Europeans gave Africans only half of the continent • c. The Europeans paid no attention to ethnic and religious groups, mixing different groups together, causing conflict • d. The African nations drew the boundaries

Question 7 • Jackie has a strong loyalty to her homeland of France based off of historical, cultural, and religious connections. Jackie’s loyalty to her homeland represents… • • a. b. c. d. Pan-Africa Colonialism Nationalism Imperialism

Question 8 • When did a majority of • a. 2014 African nations begin to • b. 1800 gain independence? • c. 1960 • d. Never

Question 9 • Samantha lives in a nation that used Guerilla Warfare to gain independence. The Guerilla group was known as the Mau and they were fighting for independence due to a growing sense of nationalism and anger about a loss of land. The fighting lasted from 1952 until independence was won in 1963. What nation does Samantha live in? • • a. b. c. d. Kenya Nigeria South Africa Egypt

Question 10 • South Africa is nation that received independence from Britain in what year? • • a. b. c. d. 1960 1963 1910 1994

Question 11 • Which European • a. Dutch nations colonized South • b. British Africa? • c. Both A and B • d. Neither A nor B

Question 12 • South Africa was first developed as a colony by what nation in what year? • • a. b. c. d. 1652 by the British 1652 by the Dutch 1806 by the British 1806 by the Dutch

Question 13 • What was the main economic reason the British colonized the nation of Nigeria? • • a. Diamonds b. Crops c. Livestock d. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 14 • When did the nation of Nigeria gain independence? • • a. b. c. d. 1960 1963 1910 1994

Question 15 • What are some major • a. Civil war due to problems that existed ethnic tension across Africa as nations • b. Corrupt gained independence governments and the Europeans left? improper leadership • c. The spread of disease and famine • d. All of the above

Question 16 • South Africa did not allow the Afrikaans or the Black Africans to marry, go to the same schools, or use the same bathrooms. Black South Africans were not considered citizens and could not vote. South Africa suffered from what? • • a. b. c. d. Pan-Africa Colonialism Nationalism Apartheid

Question 17 • How did the United Nations react to South Africa still being under the system of separating races? • a. Condemned the system of legally separating races as a crime against humanity • b. Boycotted many South African goods • c. Refused to allow athletes from South Africa to participate in the Olympics. • d. All of the Above

Question 18 • Sarah is of Dutch descent and lives in South Africa. Her father was part of the Nationalist Party that controlled the South African government during apartheid. Sarah represents which ethnic group? • • a. b. c. d. Afrikaans Arab Ashanti South African

Question 19 • What was the name of Nelson Mandela’s political party created to bring an end to apartheid? • a. African Union • b. Anti-Apartheid Union • c. African National Congress • d. Unity of Races Congress

Question 20 • What government official called for an end to apartheid in his first presidential speech? What year did he call for this end? • a. F. W. de Klerk in 1960 • b. F. W. de Klerk in 1990 • c. Nelson Mandela in 1960 • d. Nelson Mandela in 1990

Question 21 • a. Voting was opened up to all races • What happened in 1994 that changed the • b. Nelson Mandela nation of South Africa? was murdered by police • c. F. W. de Klerk was elected president • d. Nothing changed in South Africa in that year

Question 22 • Who was responsible for encouraging the end of apartheid through his antiapartheid movement, eventually becoming South Africa’s first black president? • a. Nelson Mandela • b. Martin Luther King Jr. • c. President F. W. de Klerk • d. Barack Obama

Question 23 • The main goal of the Pan. African movement was to • a. End any support for the African National Congress • b. Immediately overthrow all of the ruling governments in Africa • c. Get all African nations to become members of the United Nations • d. Get Africans to think of themselves as own people and work together

SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ASIA

Question 1 • Mohandas Gandhi is an important symbol for India because he • a. Gained Indian independence from France using non-violent methods • b. Gained Indian independence from Britain using non-violent methods • c. Gained Indian independence from France using violent methods • d. Gained Indian independence from Britain using violent methods

Question 2 • India gained independence in • • a. b. c. d. 1947 1954 1950 1974

Question 3 • Who was the leader of North Vietnam, attempting to gain control of all of Vietnam under Communist rule? • • a. Mohandas Gandhi b. Ho Chi Minh c. Mao Zedong d. General Chai Ung Chai

Question 4 • Vietnam gained independence in • • a. b. c. d. 1947 1954 1950 1974

Question 5 • Who ruled over Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia creating Indochina? • • a. b. c. d. France Great Britain United States Holland

Question 6 • Which of the following represent ways in which the United States helped rebuild Japan after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? • a. The United States provided advice for the nation, helping to write a constitution • b. The United States gave loans to the nation to help in economic growth • c. The United States stopped all production of weapons and threw military officials in jail • d. The United States did all of the above to help rebuild Japan.

Question 7 • Who founded Communist China? What year was Communist China created? • • a. b. c. d. Ho Chi Minh; 1934 Ho Chi Minh; 1949 Mao Zedong; 1934 Mao Zedong; 1949

Question 8 • The Great Leap Forward (1958) was • a. Mao Zedong fleeing from the Nationalist Party with his troops on a 6, 000 mile journey, gaining followers along the way. • b. Mao Zedong’s successful attempt at establishing Communist China • c. The removal of anything that represented ideas and influence that went against Communist ideas • d. The failed attempt at making China an industrialized nation, leading many to starve due to lack of food production.

Question 9 • The Cultural Revolution (1966) changed China by • a. Removing religion and self-expression; any art that was made had to honor Mao Zedong and Communism • b. Forcing all Chinese to honor Communist ideas and values • c. Growing the Red Army through the introduction of the “Little Red Book” that was taught based off of Mao Zedong’s ideas • d. All of the Above were brought on by the Cultural Revolution

Question 10 • Which war ended in a stalemate in 1953, in which each side decided to stop fighting and remain divided to this day at the 38 th Parallel? • • a. b. c. d. Korean War Vietnam War World War II World War I

Question 11 • The United States decided to withdraw from the Vietnam War, with the last troop leaving in 1975 because • a. The United States’ citizens were angry over the amount of casualties and were unsupportive of the involvement in the war • b. The United States’ soldiers contained Communism, making Vietnam and anti-Communist State • c. The United States no longer cared to contain Communism • d. The United States did not withdraw from the Vietnam War