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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