Transcript Historical Understandings

Historical Understandings
SS7H2—The student will analyze
continuity and change in Southwest
Asia leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle
East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to
regional conflict
• The _______________ controlled much of the
Middle East from the 1300s until the end of
World War I.
• The Ottoman Empire weakened because its
leaders could not rule such a huge empire
• When World War I started, the Ottoman
Empire joined forces with _______________
and ________________.
a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle
East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to
regional conflict
• The Ottoman Empire was divided up into
smaller countries after World War I when their
side lost the war.
European
politicians
divided up the
Ottoman
Empire without
paying
attention to
ethnic groups
or religious
groups who
were already
living in the
region.
a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle
East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to
regional conflict
• The new boundaries that were drawn did not
take into consideration the concept of
_______________________ (the idea that
countries are most successful if the people
who live there share some common cultural,
historic, or religious beliefs.
• As a result, there has been a lot of
_____________ in the Middle East.
a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after
the breakup of the Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict
1. What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire
at the close of World War I?
2. Who drew up the boundaries of the new
countries created from the Ottoman Empire
at the end of World War I?
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• One of the areas created from the old
Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I
was ___________________.
• Palestine was important to ________,
_______________, and ____________
because this is where much of what is written
in the Old Testament, New Testament, and
Quran took place.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• Before World War II, Palestine was divided
into Transjordan (on the eastern bank of the
Jordan River) and Palestine (on the west).
• Most of the people living in Palestine before
World War II were __________________
___________.
• However, since the late 1800s, large numbers
of Jewish settlers began moving to Palestine.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• Some of the Jewish settlers wanted to create a
homeland for Jews in Palestine because they
believed this land had been promised to them
by _____________.
• These groups were known as _____________
(those who felt the world’s Jews deserved to
return to a homeland in Zion where the Jewish
people lived in Biblical times)
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• ________________ began to break out
between the settlers and the Palestinian Arabs
as each group tried to hold onto the land.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• During World War II, Jewish people suffered at
the hands of the Nazi government in
Germany. There was wide-spread
___________________ (hatred of Jews simply
because they practice the Jewish faith).
• Over 6 million Jews were killed in
concentration camps during the
_____________________.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• Many countries felt great guilt over the
Holocaust and believed something should be
done for the Jewish people because of their
suffering.
• In 1948, the ____________ ____________
voted to create a homeland for the Jews in
part of Palestine.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• The Jews in Palestine accepted the offer from the
United Nations and declared the creation of the
State of ________________.
• The Palestinian Arabs living in this area felt the
United Nations had unfairly given their land away.
• ________ broke out between the new state of
Israel and the Palestinians.
• Israel won the war and gained more land as a
result.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• 1. What was the Holocaust?
• 2. Why did so many countries in the United
Nations feel it was right to create Israel in
1948?
• 3. What is Zionism?
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the
modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious
connections to the land, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and
Zionism in Europe.
• 4. What world organization created the state of
Israel in 1948 as a homeland for the Jews?
• 5. How did Arabs living in Palestine in 1948 feel
about the creation of the new state of Israel?
• 6. When war broke out in Palestine, which
countries joined with Palestinian Arabs against
Israel?
c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for
continuing conflicts in the Middle East.
• In 1948, neighboring Arab countries helped
the Palestinians fight a war against Israel.
• Israel won the war and took over more land.
• Many Palestinians became ______________
(people who leave their homes as a result of
war).
c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for
continuing conflicts in the Middle East.
• Since 1948, there have been many conflicts
between Israel and the Palestinians and many
Palestinians still live in refugee camps or on
land they believe should be a Palestinian
state.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• The United States has had significant political
and economic interests in Southwest Asia.
• Vast supplies of ________ are found in this
area which is critical to the US energy
supplies.
• The US supported the creation of the state of
_____________ after World War II.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• In 1990, Iraq invaded the country of
____________ to control that country’s large
oil supply.
• The Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, claimed
that Kuwait was taking more oil than they
were allowed from shared oil fields.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• Kuwait appealed to the United Nations for
help.
• The United Nations will come to the aid of any
member country that is attacked without
cause by another country.
• The United Nations voted to raise a military
force to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi
invasion. This effort was known as the Persian
Gulf War or Operation ____________
_________.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• The terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda was
found to be responsible for the attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon on
September 11, 2001.
• The US believed that the ___________ , the
group of radical Muslims in control of the
government in Afghanistan, allowed al-Qaeda
members to hide in the mountains of their
country.
• In October 2001, the US launched a series of
attacks on the mountain hideouts in an attempt
to destroy al-Qaeda.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• In 2003 the United States launched an
invasion of Iraq after claiming that Iraq was
developing nuclear weapons and offering aid
to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda.
• This military action was called Operation
__________ _____________.
• The government of Saddam Hussein collapsed
quickly and the US has tried to reorganize the
Iraqi government.
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• 1. What is the United States’ main economic
interest in Southwest Asia?
• 2. Why did the United Nations try to stop Iraq
from taking over Kuwait in 1990?
• 3. Who are the Taliban?
d. Explain the US presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
• 4. Why did the United States bomb and
invade Afghanistan in 2001?
• 5. Why did the United States go to war
against Iraq in 2003?