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HIST232 Final Exam - Modern Middle East and Southwest Asia
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HIST232 Final Exam - Modern Middle East and Southwest Asia
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1. The 1991 Gulf War resulted from Iraq's invasion of what country?
2. The term 'White Revolution' refers to which of the following?
3. According to Mike Shuster of NPR, what resource has always been the United States' top priority in the Middle East?
4. Which president of Iran was criticized for his comments denying the Holocaust?
5. Following World War I, the League of Nations created a mandate to partition the Ottoman Empire.Under the mandate system, which country received the mandate over modern day Syria?
6. Which of the following people was most closely associated with Arab nationalism?
7. In 1916, French and British diplomats secretly concluded the ________________ agreement, which defined their various spheres of influence in the Middle East.
8. What was the British document that promoted the establishment of a national homeland for the Jewish people called?
9. What does 'Al-Qaeda' translate to in English?
10. According to Helen Chapin Metz, what was the Arabs' first move after the June 1967 War?
11. The British officially granted Iraq independence in what year?
12. Who was the leader of the Young Turks, as well as first president and founder of the Republic of Turkey?
13. In September 1973, war broke out between which two countries?
14. Fill in the blank. The Eisenhower Doctrine was an indirect result of Gamal Abdel Nasser's program of _________________.
15. According to Helen Chapin Metz in the 'Iraq-Iran Conflict' chapter of Iraq: A Country Study, what event '…strained Iraqi political and social life, and led to severe economic dislocations?'
16. During his five-year reign, Daoud's relationship deteriorated with which country?
17. According to Helen Chapin Metz in the 'Nasser and Arab Socialism' chapter of Egypt: A Country Study, what document '… showed a change in orientation from the nationalist goals of the original revolution and emphasized that Egypt was an Arab nation based on Islamic principles'?
18. Reza Shah Pahlavi was forced to abdicate the Iranian throne in which year?
19. Which of the following was created in 1921 from territory taken from the eastern portion of Palestine?
20. What agreement was brokered by the Algerian government in January of 1981 to end the Iranian hostage crisis?
21. Which two countries invaded Iran in August 1941?
22. Who is most closely associated with the policy of 'New Democracy' in Afghanistan in the 1970s?
23. Fill in the blank. Between April 25, 1914 and January 9, 1915, the British attacked the Ottoman Empire at the ______________ peninsula.
24. In 1953, the United States overthrew the democratically elected prime minister of which country?
25. In 1922, the League of Nations gave Britain a mandate to administer what country?

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