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Mr. Sullivan Name _______________________

AP World History Date ___________________

Textbook Guided Reading POD #22 Religion, Oil & War in the Middle East Period _______

Directions: Please complete these questions as a means to BEGIN studying and preparing for the upcoming POD test. It is your responsibility to complete this task by the due date. You may wish to refer to your class notes and materials, as well as your textbook for assistance in the completion of this task.

All answers should be placed on the answer worksheet below

Each Question is worth 1 point

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1. Which of the following was not a factor in starting World War I?

|a. |Nationalism |

|b. |Weakening of the Ottoman Empire |

|c. |Competition for resources in colonial territories to fuel ongoing technology development |

|d. |Alliances and interactive military plans |

|e. |The Monroe Doctrine |

REF: p. 765-766

2. In the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire was referred to as the

|a. |"sick man of Europe." |

|b. |"Turkish Colossus." |

|c. |"Evil Empire." |

|d. |"Threat from the East." |

|e. |"Scarlet Knights." |

REF: p. 766

3. According to the text, why was war considered a good thing at the start of the twentieth century?

|a. |Spread of nationalism |

|b. |For the past century, most wars had been swift and ended with decisive European victories. |

|c. |Widespread desire for revenge for past wrongs |

|d. |Eagerness to assert superiority of weapons technology |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 766

4. What turned the political assassination of Franz Ferdinand into a world-wide event involving all of the Great Powers was:

|a. |competition among industrialized nations. |

|b. |the pre-existing system of alliances. |

|c. |the familial squabbles of the royal houses of Europe, all grandchildren of Queen Victoria. |

|d. |the opportunity to incite revolution in China and Russia. |

|e. |the entry of the United States into the fray of war. |

REF: p. 766

5. What was one of the fundamental weaknesses limiting the development of military strategy in Europe?

|a. |Mobilization was dependent on railroads rather than individual motor vehicles. |

|b. |Proximity of nations to one another in forming alliances |

|c. |Lack of a common currency to pay war debts |

|d. |Conflicting political ideology regarding constitutional monarchies |

|e. |The role of women in the workplace |

REF: p. 766-767

6. The early-twentieth-century system of alliances pitted the British, French, and Russians against

|a. |the Japanese, Italians, and Germans. |

|b. |the Ottomans, Italians, and Chinese. |

|c. |Austria-Hungary, Japan, and Poland. |

|d. |Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. |

|e. |Syria, Egypt, and Germany. |

REF: p. 767

7. Which of the European nations was least prepared to go to war?

|a. |Germany |

|b. |Russia |

|c. |France |

|d. |England |

|e. |Austro-Hungary |

REF: p. 767

8. What was the mandate system?

|a. |The League of Nations members divided a percentage of wealth generated by all colonies. |

|b. |Colonial rulers administered territories but were held accountable to the League of Nations. |

|c. |Colonialism was eliminated. |

|d. |Colonies were incorporated into various nations with all the rights and liabilities of ordinary citizens. |

|e. |An immigration system of guest workers was designed to supply the former colonizers with inexpensive laborers. |

REF: p. 781

9. In 1923, Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) turned Turkey into

|a. |a sultanate. |

|b. |an Islamic state. |

|c. |a secular republic. |

|d. |a Communist state. |

|e. |a "mega-state" through its merger with Greece. |

REF: p. 782

10. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed following the First World War, the modern Turkish state1

|a. |was particularly harsh toward women's rights. |

|b. |instituted many progressive reforms. |

|c. |found security in embracing Islamic tradition. |

|d. |clung closely to traditional Turkish customs. |

|e. |returned to feudalism. |

REF: p. 781-782

11. Egypt in the 1920s

|a. |had "phony" independence instead of official British colonialism. |

|b. |was finally independent of British influence. |

|c. |remained a British mandate. |

|d. |seized control of the Suez Canal from Britain. |

|e. |had become one of the dominant world powers. |

REF: p. 785

12. Which of the following did not result when far more Jewish immigrants than anticipated arrived in Palestine?

|a. |The British tried to limit Jewish immigration. |

|b. |Jewish settlers were smuggled in by militant Zionists. |

|c. |The country was torn by strikes and guerilla war. |

|d. |Britain was hated by both sides and much of the Arab world. |

|e. |The unauthorized immigrants were deported. |

REF: p. 786

13. According to the Memorandum of the General Syrian Congress in 1919 and their classification under the mandate system, the Syrians desired to have technical and economic assistance from:

|a. |Britain |

|b. |France |

|c. |The United States |

|d. |Turkey |

|e. |Egypt. |

REF: p. 783

14. Third World nations were

|a. |unwilling to flirt with either the US or the USSR. |

|b. |ignored by the Soviet Union. |

|c. |mostly in Latin America. |

|d. |usually newly independent, poor nations. |

|e. |all in the Northern Hemisphere. |

REF: p. 865

15. In 1956, Israel, Great Britain, and France joined together to

|a. |invade Egypt and seize the Suez Canal. |

|b. |drive the Palestinians from Jerusalem. |

|c. |make a treaty against the dictatorship in Iraq. |

|d. |create a demilitarized zone in the Middle East. |

|e. |block China's entry as a member of the United Nations Security Council. |

REF: p. 865

16. Since World War II, the most important political issue in Arab countries has been the

|a. |struggle with Israel. |

|b. |Suez Canal crisis. |

|c. |military coup in Iraq. |

|d. |independence of OPEC nations. |

|e. |decision to join the European Common Market. |

REF: p. 867

17. Which of the following is not true of Israel?

|a. |It was declared an independent Jewish state in 1948. |

|b. |It defeated armies sent by Arab countries in 1948. |

|c. |It displaced 700,000 Palestinian refugees. |

|d. |It lost land to Jordan in 1948. |

|e. |It regained Jerusalem in 1967. |

REF: p. 867

18. Which of the following cannot be said of the Six Day War of 1967?

|a. |It was a loss for Israel. |

|b. |It resulted in Israel's acquisition of all of Jerusalem and the West Bank. |

|c. |It resulted in Israel's acquisition of the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula. |

|d. |It was a victory for Israel. |

|e. |It was a preemptive attack by Israel on Egyptian and Syrian airbases. |

REF: p. 867

19. The superpowers didn't view the struggle between Israel and the Arab states as a vital concern

until

|a. |Israel developed nuclear capabilities. |

|b. |Anwar Sadat was assassinated. |

|c. |the Oslo Accords were signed. |

|d. |the oil wealth of the Middle East was discovered. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 867

20. The Egyptian-Israeli war in 1973 led directly to the

|a. |autonomy of the Palestinian people. |

|b. |Arab oil embargo. |

|c. |creation of the PLO. |

|d. |Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. |

|e. |United Nations troops being stationed in the Gaza Strip. |

REF: p. 869

21. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an Iranian revolt in 1979 against the former shah and then implemented

|a. |a communist regime. |

|b. |a pro-American (but anti-Carter) policy. |

|c. |a nationalization of the oil industry, gaining the enmity of the UAE and OPEC participants. |

|d. |persecution of all non-Shi'ites. |

|e. |a parliamentary republic with strict control by religious officials. |

REF: p. 878

22. The Shah of Iran was supported strongly by:

|a. |the religious factions of Iran. |

|b. |secular reformers and industrialists. |

|c. |The United States. |

|d. |Amnesty International |

|e. |None of these |

REF: p. 877

23. One of the reasons for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was

|a. |Saddam Husain's fear that the revolutionary government of Iran would incite Iraq's Shi'ites to rebellion. |

|b. |US pressure on Iraq to invade Iran. |

|c. |Khomeini's desire to gain control of Iraq's oil industry. |

|d. |regional instability as a result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. |

|e. |Saddam Husain's desire to spark an Islamic revolution in Iran. |

REF: p. 879

24. In order to finance arms to Iran to secure the release of American hostages, President Ronald Reagan illicitly sold arms and financed the war against:

|a. |Contras. |

|b. |Sandinistas. |

|c. |Juan Peron. |

|d. |Afghan rebels |

|e. |Salvadore Allende |

REF: p. 879

25. Which country was engaged in an "unwinnable war" with Afghanistan in the 1980s?

|a. |The United States |

|b. |Iran |

|c. |France |

|d. |Iraq |

|e. |The USSR |

REF: p. 880

26. Increases in global immigration are due in large part to

|a. |growing populations in developing nations. |

|b. |a third industrial revolution in Asia and Europe. |

|c. |development of Third World nations. |

|d. |nations providing "guest" visas for those wishing to work for five to seven years. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 892

27. Despite the unprecedented global economic growth since 1945, the majority of the world's population

|a. |is disinterested in consumer goods. |

|b. |remains in poverty. |

|c. |views education as only a "necessary evil." |

|d. |owns some shares of stock. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 890

28. Internal migration in developing nations resulted in

|a. |migrants enjoying a better life in the cities. |

|b. |the destruction of the nuclear family. |

|c. |the return of the migrants to their former homes. |

|d. |migrants being generally less economically well-off. |

|e. |migrants facing "class warfare" when they took jobs from city dwellers. |

REF: p. 891

29. Although immigrants from developing nations bring many benefits to a new country, they

|a. |normally returned home after only a few months. |

|b. |vote for conservative candidates in general elections. |

|c. |were expelled from most European countries in the late 1990s. |

|d. |face anti-immigrant discrimination and resentment. |

|e. |None of these |

REF: p. 892-893

30. Anti-immigrant feelings in industrialized nations are mostly due to

|a. |labor shortages in the host country. |

|b. |illegal activity among immigrant groups. |

|c. |an ethnically derived sense of nationality. |

|d. |expanding economic opportunity. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 893

31. The motives for the September 11, 2001, attacks included

|a. |the price of oil. |

|b. |access to American education in the non-Western world. |

|c. |anger over American control of the Suez Canal. |

|d. |anger at American influence in the Middle East. |

|e. |all of these. |

REF: p. 903

32. What is globalization?

|a. |The warming of the earth's core |

|b. |The attempt to colonize planets in space |

|c. |The growing global economic, cultural, and political integration and interaction |

|d. |Protecting the markets in your country by raising tariffs |

|e. |The call for a one-world government |

REF: p. 904

33. The stated purpose of the United States' invasion of Iraq was

|a. |to find Usama bin Laden. |

|b. |to take control of oil enterprises in Iraq. |

|c. |to find the weapons of mass destruction. |

|d. |to prevent Saddam Husain from uniting the Arab Emirates and blocking oil sales to the United States. |

|e. |to re-liberate Kuwait, which had fallen back into the hands of Shi'ite extremists. |

REF: p. 910

34. Failing to find Weapons of Mass Destruction, the revised intention of the United States' war in Iraq was announced to be:

|a. |seizure of Iraqi oil fields to compensate for military expenses. |

|b. |installation of a pro-democracy government |

|c. |to make the borders safe for Jordan. |

|d. |to prevent a preemptive strike against Israel. |

|e. |elimination of Shi'ite radicals. |

REF: p. 911

35. A conspiracy between Saddam Husain and Usama bin Laden

|a. |was announced at a press conference by Karl Rove. |

|b. |was responsible for the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. |

|c. |was insinuated in mass media by photographs of the two together. |

|d. |was established by a paper trail linking purchases of bioterror weapons such as anthrax. |

|e. |has never been substantiated despite extensive analysis and search. |

REF: p. 910

36. The purpose of "the surge" in Iraq was

|a. |withdraw the Blackwater security team in favor of local policing. |

|b. |restore electric power and infrastructure in Baghdad. |

|c. |eliminate the Taliban. |

|d. |organizing and paying segments of oppositionists to join the coalition. |

|e. |troop buildup to enforce American interests |

REF: p. 911

37. The Hezbollah are

|a. |Shi'ites in Jordan |

|b. |Sufi and Kurdish. |

|c. |Sunnis in Syria |

|d. |Shi'ite in Lebanon. |

|e. |Muslims in Israel. |

REF: p. 911

38. Terrorist tactics such as bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations have been practiced by

|a. |Chechen rebels in Russia. |

|b. |Basque separatists in Spain. |

|c. |Protestant and Catholic extremists in Northern Ireland. |

|d. |Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka. |

|e. |All of these |

REF: p. 913

39. What is the goal of terrorism?

|a. |To kill as many people as possible |

|b. |To extort money |

|c. |To create peace in a world full of conflict |

|d. |To convince people that their government is incapable of protecting them from pervasive threats |

|e. |To maintain the status quo |

REF: p. 913

40. Where did Usama bin Laden initially recruit fighters for al-Qaeda?

|a. |Iraq |

|b. |Pakistan |

|c. |Iran |

|d. |Afghanistan |

|e. |Saudi Arabia |

REF: p. 913

41. Anti-American attacks prior to September 11, 2001, included bombing the

|a. |United States Embassy in Tanzania. |

|b. |United States Embassy in Kenya. |

|c. |U.S.S. Cole in port in Yemen. |

|d. |All of these |

|e. |None of these |

REF: p. 913

42. An example of the United States government's aggressive policy toward terrorism was

|a. |the invasion of Crete. |

|b. |sending paratroopers to Cyprus. |

|c. |the invasion of Panama. |

|d. |the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan. |

|e. |the assassination of the Shah of Iran. |

REF: p. 911

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