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Middle East History Study Guide for the Final
Exam
The year is finally over…
There is a good possibility there will be a question on:
1. Cleopatra
2. Mesopotamian government structure
3. Some guy named Hammurabi
4. Ancient religions – Egypt, Mesopotamia & the Hebrews
5. The Gunpowder Empires
6. The Umayyads and the Abbasids
7. Why did the Abbasids break from the Umayyads
8. The two factions of Islam
9. The Five Pillars of Islam
10.
The Ottomans and World War I – who’s side were they on?
What happened when the war ended?
11.
Results of the Six Day War & the Yom Kippur War
12.
Who fought the 1st Gulf War? The 2nd? The 3rd?
13.
What was Saddam Hussein’s political party called?
14.
What did Iran’s army consist of when they fought Iran?
15.
Why did Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the U.A.E. support
Iraq when they fought Iran?
16.
What country did Iraq borrow a lot of money from? How
would that affect relations in the Middle East?
17.
Difference between Desert Shield and Desert Storm
18.
What did the US establish to attempt to protect the Kurds
and Shia populations in Iraq after the 2nd Gulf War?
19.
Who did the U.N. send in to Iraq?
20.
What did the Western nations believe Saddam Hussein
had that was very dangerous?
21.
What event sparked the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001?
22.
What party was in power in Afghanistan and who was the
U.S. looking for in particular?
23.
What country has grown in influence and is today an
issue in US foreign policy with their attempts to gain nuclear
power?
24.
Be prepared to locate and identify all 26 countries we have
studied (North Africa and Middle East) – 26 questions
25.
Know all the capitals of all the countries – 26 questions
23 questions
26 country identifications
+ 26 capitals
75 total questions