Western alamance high school njrotc academic team study guide 2013 edition drill Manual 6
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- The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- The Persian Gulf Wars
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Global AwarenessMiddle EastThe Middle East: An Introduction1. What country borders both the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea? A Iran B Egypt
C Kuwait D Lebanon 2. What country shares much of Israel’s eastern border? A Lebanon B Egypt C Iraq
D Jordan 3. How far east did Alexander the Great’s empire extend? A To the Indus Valley where India and Pakistan are today B To the western border of where Iran is today C Down the Arabian Peninsula to where Yemen and Oman are today D To the eastern border of where Turkey is today 4. What is an example of the Romans’ fascination with ancient Egyptian culture? A Several Roman emperors were named after Alexandria B Obelisks appeared in Roman architecture C Roman leaders adopted pyramids as tombs D Egyptian hieroglyphics were often incorporated into Latin documents
A Three centuries and 15 sultans B Four centuries and 19 sultans C Five centuries and 25 sultans D Six centuries and 36 sultans 6. What was required of non-Muslim peoples during the Ottoman Empire? A Attend weekly Muslim services in exchange for freedom to attend other religious services B Send their children to Muslim schools C Pay tithes to the sultans in exchange for their rights D Work for the Ottoman government 7. What religious group believes that God created the universe and appointed them to be his chosen people? A Judaism B Christianity C Islam D Hindu
A Old and New Testaments B New Testament, the wisdom writings, and the writings of the prophets C Torah, the wisdom writings, and the writings of the prophets D Torah and the writings of the disciples 9. What do Christians believe was the role of Jesus? A Prophet sent to show mankind how to live rightly B Son of God sent to save mankind from death and sin C God’s messenger sent to warn followers about the end of the world D Religious scholar that wrote the Bible
umbrella of the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (Istanbul)? A Eastern Orthodoxy B Western Orthodoxy C Roman Catholicism D Protestant Evangelical 11. What is NOT a pillar of the Islamic faith? A Praying five times a day B Giving to charity and living simply C Making a pilgrimage-the “Haj”-to Mecca at least once in a lifetime D Forcing non-believers to convert to Islam 12. What branch of Islam arose from a minority of Islamic followers who wanted Ali to be caliph after Muhammad died? A Shia B Kurdish C Sunni D Coptics 13. What country was cut off from the Ottoman Empire after the British unilaterally made it a protectorate? B Egypt C Syria D Iraq
A North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) B European Union (EU) C League of Nations D United Nations (UN) 15. What action did the new United Nations take in 1947 regarding Palestine? A It formalized British control of Palestine indefinitely B It made Palestine into an Arab state and encouraged Jews to move to the United States C It made Palestine into a Jewish state and encouraged Arabs to move to Jordan and Lebanon D It partitioned Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states 16. How are the Arabs as a people largely defined? A By their religion B By their physical appearance C By their DNA D By their language 17. What Israeli Jewish ethnic group traces its ancestry to western, central, and eastern Europe?
A Sephardim B Oriental C Ashkenazim D Reformed 18. What language did Jewish Israelis recreate and make the everyday language of the country?
A Ladino B Hebrew C Yiddish D Druze
B Christianity C Sunni Islam D Eastern Orthodoxy 20. What language do the Persians (Iranians) speak? A Arabic
B Aramaic C Farsi D Azeri
southwest Asia? A Assyrians B Kurds
C Persians D Turkmens 22. What people have so far been unsuccessful in their quest for their own state? A Assyrians B Persians C Israelis D Kurds
A Turkmens B Israelis C Kurds
24. What territory did the ancient Assyrians govern? A Turkmenistan B Syria
C Mesopotamia D Persia 25. What small minority group has clashed with Kurds and Arabs in northern Iraq? A Turkmen B Ashkenazim C Assyrians D Kazakhs 26. A concern of this ethnic group is a generally hostile relationship with the State of Israel A Persians B Arabs C Assyrians D Israelis E Kurds
A Persians B Arabs
C Assyrians D Israelis E Kurds
28. Members of this group are mainly Shiite Muslim but not Arab A Persians B Arabs
C Assyrians D Israelis E Kurds
A Persians B Arabs C Assyrians D Israelis E Kurds 30. This group is traditionally Christian A Persians B Arabs
D Israelis E Kurds
A American B Arab
D Jewish
A He was told a Jewish state would not be viable B He thought it was unfair to support one religious group over another C He supported Palestinian control of the entire area D He supported establishment of a Jewish state elsewhere 3 What country annexed the West Bank after the Israeli War of Independence? A Syria
B Jordan C Iraq
D Egypt 4 What part of Jerusalem did Israel control after the War of Independence? A Old City B Western Wall
D The Temple Mount 5 What country nationalized the Suez Canal in July 1956? A Egypt B Israel
C Britain D France
A Defensive B Naval
C Preemptive D Nuclear 7 What country repeatedly shelled Israeli border villages from the Golan Heights in the 1960s? A Syria B Lebanon C Jordan D Iraq
A Announced he would nationalize the Suez Canal
C Threatened to use a nuclear missile against Israel D Threatened to push the Israelis out of Jerusalem
A 50
B 200 C 700
D 2000 10 What country routed its opponent’s ground forces in a swift and stunning victory in the Six-Day War? A Egypt B Syria
C Jordan D Israel 11 What did the 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242 commit Israel to doing? A Allow Palestinian refugees to return to their homes that they fled during the recent conflict B Withdraw Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict C Never build settlements in disputed territories where the recent conflict was waged D Accept UN oversight of all Israeli military bases and potential UN sanctions if Israel acted pre-emptively
B Carry out pre-emptive attacks on Saudi Arabia C Build nuclear weapons D Take over all of Lebanon and Syria as security measures 13 What condition did Egyptian President Sadat include in his peace initiative toward Israel? A Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza B Withdrawal of US military aid to Israel C Return of the Golan Heights D Israel’s withdrawal of forces in the Sinai 14 Why did Egyptian President Sadat feel the need to change the diplomatic status quo and to win legitimacy at home? A Golda Meir rejected his peace overture B He was afraid of a preemptive attack by Israel C Nasser’s sympathizers threatened a coup D He needed to demonstrate his loyalty to the Soviets 15 What country started the Yom Kippur War in 1973? A Israel
B Soviet Union C Egypt
D Lebanon 16 How far did Israeli forces get into Syria during the Yom Kippur war? A Up to the eastern border of the Golan Heights B Twelve miles from Damascus
D Up to the western border of the Golan Heights 17 What action did the Soviet Union take after Israeli forces advanced into Syria in 1973? A It responded by sending forces into the Golan Heights B It threatened to bomb Israel C It proposed a peace treaty between Syria and Israel D It responded with huge military airlifts to Damascus and Cairo 18 What country pressured Israel to let up on the Egyptians, leading to a cease-fire? A France
B Britain C United States D Soviet Union 19 What was an outcome of the Yom Kippur War for Israel? A The war cost the Israelis an estimated $7 billion B The Israeli military was defeated C An estimated 50,000 Israelis were killed in the war D Israel felt invincible due to its victory 20 What did Israeli citizens question as a result of the Yom Kippur War? A The US role in Israel B The competence of their Labor Party government C The continued building of settlements in occupied territories D The value of pre-emptive strikes
A Syria launched a major attack on Israel and the international community got involved in the war B Egyptian president Sadat offered to address the Israeli parliament C Jordan refused to attend an international conference D Very few nations were interested in a conference
A Anwar Sadat B Jimmy Carter
D Yasser Arafat 23 What was a part of the Oslo Accords? A Israel turned the Sinai over to Egypt B Syria turned the Golan Heights over to Israel C Palestine accepted Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem D Israel recognized the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) 24 What action set off the Intifada in 2000? A Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem B President Clinton cut off all aid to Palestine C Israel bombed the West Bank D Israeli troops assassinated the PLO leader
A Hamas handed control of Gaza over to the Palestinian Authority B Hamas controlled Gaza while the Palestinian Authority governed the West Bank C Hamas negotiated with the Palestinian Authority for control of the West Bank in exchange handing over Gaza D The UN ordered Hamas to give control of Gaza over to Israel
A Moshe Dayan B Yom Kippur War C Gamal Abdul Nasser D Suez Conflict E Anwar Sadat 27 Leader who ordered UN forces out of Gaza and Sinai A Moshe Dayan B Yom Kippur War
D Suez Conflict E Anwar Sadat
B Yom Kippur War C Gamal Abdul Nasser D Suez Conflict E Anwar Sadat 29 The Arab-Israeli conflict in 1973 A Moshe Dayan
C Gamal Abdul Nasser D Suez Conflict E Anwar Sadat 30 Leader who made a bold diplomatic move addressing the Knesset A Moshe Dayan B Yom Kippur War C Gamal Abdul Nasser D Suez Conflict E Anwar Sadat The Persian Gulf Wars1. What type of government did Iraq have before the Baathist Revolution? A Democracy B Dictatorship C Constitutional monarchy D Communist Party rule 2. What led to the Baath Revolution in Iraq? A The assassination of President Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr B A series of coups C Britain’s efforts to re-establish control D An attack by the Arab League
B Attacks by Iran on Iraq’s oilfields C Iranian threats to overthrow Hussein D Iraq’s need for Iranian natural resources 4. What was a consequence of the Iran-Iraq war? A Iraq took over portions of Iran B The Baathists were expelled from the Baghdad government C Iran annexed a disputed area of Iraq D Iraq found itself with the largest military establishment in the region 5. Why did the Hussein regime go after the Kurds with a vengeance? A Kurdish separatists in Iraq sided with Iran during the war B The Kurds threatened to close off all oil pipelines C Kurdish separatists staged a coup against the regime D The Kurds were in the majority before the Hussein regime
B Christians C Shiites D Baathists 7. What did Iraq hope to gain by claiming Kuwait as a province? A More than just its one port on the Persian Gulf B Control of the Suez Canal C A base to attack the United Arab Emirates D An end to border disputes between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia 8. What oil drilling technique did Iraq accuse Kuwait of using? A Slant drilling B Shale extraction
D Cable-tool drilling 9. What international organization called for the “immediate and unconditional” pullout of Iraqi forces from Kuwait? A International Monetary Fund (IMF) B World Bank
D Geneva Convention 10. What was the Western world’s first reaction to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait? A Immediate and crippling sanctions B Immediate military action
D Emergency negotiations with Iraq 11. What was crucial in the coalition against Iraq? A Arab engagement B Lack of interference by the UN C Arab leadership of military action D Guerilla warfare 12. What did UN Resolution 678 authorize during Desert Shield? A An “immediate ceasefire” and sending in UN peacekeeping troops B A peace conference to be held in Geneva
D A unilateral attack by the US on Iraq 13. What group did the Hussein regime attack with helicopters they were allowed to keep after the war? A Iranians B Shiite rebels C Israelis D Turkmen
A To drive out the Baathists B To take over Iraq’s northern oilfields
D To rid the Kurdish area of all foreign influences 15. Why did hundreds of Kurdish refugees die? A They fled to Turkey but then were attacked by Turks in acts of ethnic violence B They drowned in spring floods in the mountains as they tried to escape capture by Iraqis
D They mostly died of infectious diseases that spread rapidly in the refugee camps they were stuck in 16. What did the coalition set up in southern Iraq to keep Hussein from massing forces to invade Kuwait again? A A security fence B A UN peacekeeping force C Hundreds of US and UN tanks D A no drive zone 17. What human rights offense did the Baghdad regime carry out in southern Iraq? A Exploding a “mini-nuclear” bomb in the dessert for testing, killing minorities living there B Draining the wetlands where marsh Arabs lived C Training Islamic terrorists in secret D Polluting ground water shared by Kuwait
B Anthrax C Botulism D Nuclear warheads 19. What did the Israelis believe was the purpose of the Osirak plant outside Baghdad? A To make poison gases B To build chemical weapons
D To dismantle bombs used in the war 20. What did the 2002 Iraq War Resolution authorize the president to do? A Open peace negotiations with Saddam Hussein to end the war B Commit US forces to protect the United States from the threat posed by Iraq C Use weapons of mass destruction to attack Iraq D Support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein
A Finland B Austria C Italy
D Britain 22. What weapons did the insurgents use after the end of major combat in Iraq? A Biological weapons B Improvised explosive devices C Chemical weapons D Drone attacks
A Shiite Golden Mosque in Samarra B US Army headquarters in the Green Zone in Baghdad C Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf D Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad palace
A An escalation of air strikes against insurgents to root them out of Baghdad B An increase of 30,000 more troops for a time to help stabilize Iraq C A push to capture the remaining Baathists from Hussein’s government D A move to capture Kurdish territory in the north
A Sunnis boycotted the elections B American troops had to protect voters in many towns
D Iraqis signaled a desire for a religious approach to governing 26. Name of the revolution that brought General al-Bakr to power as president of Iraq in 1968 A Sunni
B Basra C Baghdad D Baath E Anfal
A Sunni B Basra
C Baghdad D Baath
E Anfal 28. Name of Iraq’s one port on the Persian Gulf A Sunni
B Basra C Baghdad D Baath E Anfal
29. Name of the city that fell in April 2003 during the Coalition forces’ invasion of Iraq. A Sunni
B Basra C Baghdad D Baath E Anfal
A True B False
A True
A After the American Civil War B After World War I
D After the Korean War 2. What doctrine called Persian Gulf oil a vital US interest to be defended “by any means necessary?” A Monroe Doctrine B Reagan Doctrine
D Kissinger Doctrine 3. How much of the oil the United States uses is imported? A About one-quarter B About one-third
D More than three-quarters 4. Where are most of the world’s oil reserves? A South America B Middle East C Southeast Asia D United States
B Ponds. C Veins. D Lodes. 6. Where is the majority of the fuel in the United States refined? A In the Middle East B In Latin America C In Central Asia D At home in the US 7. What controlled production, distribution, and pricing of oil before OPEC was formed? A United Nations (UN) Economic Agency B International Oil Regulatory Commission C Saudi Arabia’s government D A group of Western oil companies 8. Why did OPEC begin an embargo against the United States in 1973? A To force American oil companies to leave the Middle East B To protest US support of Israel during the war C To demonstrate OPEC’s control of the market D To protest a new North American oil cartel
A The Koran favors authoritarian rulers, not democracies B Constitutions are not used in Middle Eastern countries C Views on separation of church and state are often different D Middle Eastern governments must have a sharia law system 10. What part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) did one Pakistani Islamic scholar disagree with? B Freedom of expression C Women’s rights D Freedom of assembly 11. What was the most important civil liberty for Muslims Pew talked with in its research? A Freedom of the press B Right to bear arms C Impartial judiciary and honest elections D Freedom to practice their religion 14. What do many Middle Eastern countries require of women? A That they work outside the home B That they wear a headscarf C That they bear at least three children D That they vote and participate in politics
B Nuclear proliferation C Nuclear energy transformation D Nuclear degeneration 14. What group is NOT a major concern for US policymakers regarding nuclear proliferation? A Enemy states B Unstable countries C Terrorists D Neo-nazis 15. What is the gist of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? A It confines nuclear weapons to governments that were democratic when the treaty was negotiated B It prohibits nuclear power generation in developing countries and autocratic societies C It confines nuclear weapons to the countries that already had them when the treaty was negotiated
A Performing nuclear reactor testing, but stopping short of building a bomb B Exploding a nuclear bomb in a non-inhabited area, such as dessert
D Enriching uranium 17. Who was tasked with enforcing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? A UN Security Council B North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
D Global Nuclear Regulatory Commission (GNRC) 18. How is the Non-Proliferation Treaty enforced? A By inspecting nuclear facilities B By tracking the sale and movement of uranium
D By closely watching countries on the “black list” 19. Why do outside observers express skepticism that Iran needs electricity from nuclear sources?
B Iran has plenty of oil to generate electricity C Iran doesn’t use large amounts of electricity D Iran has been a leader in solar electricity 20. Why is the United States worried about Iran’s nuclear activities? A Iran might sell nuclear weapons to the Iraqi government B Iran has said it wants to take over its neighboring Arab states C The United States considers Iran a state sponsor of terrorism D Iran wants to use force to disrupt pipelines through Turkey
A Oil
B Natural gas C Uranium D Water 22. Why does water play an important role in Israel’s occupation of the Golan Heights? A Israeli troops have no access to water in this area B The heights provide about one-third of Israel’s water C The heights depend on Israeli sources for water D Israel controls Syria’s water use by cutting it off here
A 2%
B 20% C 30%
D 40% 24. What water-related practice have Palestinians called on Israel to change? A Draining wetlands for settlements B Growing water-intensive crops C Polluting the Jordan river with industrial waste D Selling water in unsafe plastic bottles 25. What has helped Middle East governments avoid conflict over water deficits? A UN oversight of fair water usage B More rain in the region due to climate change
D Imported water 26. Underground pools where crude oil is usually found A Superpowers B Virtual
D Black gold E Fissionable
A Superpowers B Virtual C Reservoirs D Black gold E Fissionable 28. Material whose atoms can be split: A Superpowers B Virtual C Reservoirs D Black gold
B Virtual C Reservoirs D Black gold E Fissionable
A Superpowers B Virtual C Reservoirs D Black gold E Fissionable 31. An American woman has recently become a pen pal with a Middle Eastern woman, an arrangement set up by a mutual friend. As the two women exchange letters, the American woman is very surprised that her Middle Eastern pen pal stays at home most of the time and does not have a job outside the home. What does this example illustrate regarding opportunities for women in the Middle East? A They tend to have far fewer opportunities than women in the West, although this is changing. B They choose to stay home with their children as they are very traditional. C They stay home because it is too dangerous to go outside during the day. D They tend to not have jobs because there are very few jobs and they allow the men to take them. Directory: cms -> lib02 -> NC01001905 -> Centricity -> Domain lib02 -> Pledge of allegiance moment of silence lib02 -> Cellular Phones/Communication Previous Inventions: Telephone and Telegraph lib02 -> Session 1 – Calculators allowed lib02 -> No Video at Computer screen or Smart Board screen lib02 -> Advanced Placement United States History – Period 1: 1491-1607 lib02 -> Paul Revere’s Ride Domain -> Summer Enrichment Programs at nc colleges and Universities Statewide University Programs Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics Domain -> 1. 02 Activity 4 Curriculum Standards Domain -> Fun with Fonts Activity Download 5.36 Mb. Share with your friends:
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