jeopardy arab israeli wars arab israeli conflict etc. persian gulf war terrorism war on terror q...
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JeopardyArab Israeli Wars
Arab Israeli Conflict etc.
Persian Gulf War
Terrorism War on Terror
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question
What happened when Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal? What was this event called?
$100 Answer
Britain, France and Israel invaded the Suez canal zone but were urged to withdraw -Called the Suez Crisis
$200 Question
Israel almost doubled their territory when they gained control of the old city, Jerusalem, the Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights & West Bank after this event
$200 Answer
Six-Day War
$300 Question
This was a sneak attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year where Israel was caught off guard , but still held their own and barely gave up any territory won in the 6 Day War.
$300 Answer
Yom Kippur War
$400 Question
Why did Israel attack its Arab neighbors at the start of the 6-Day War?
$400 Answer
As a preemptive strike against them
$500 Question
What happened as a result of the U.S. helping Israel in the Yom Kippur War?
$500 Answer
–The Arab nations of OPEC placed an oil embargo on the U.S. and the West
$100 Question
Who was the leader of the PLO? *What does PLO stand for?
$100 Answer
Yasir Arafat
-Palestinian Liberation Organization
$200 Question
What were the Palestinian protests and uprisings called?
$200 Answer
Indifada
$300 Question
What Israeli government policy has led to resistance by radical Israelis?
$300 Answer
The government wants to withdraw from the conquered areas (from 6-Day War) and radicals do not want to withdraw
$400 Question
How had the PLO stance in regard to Israel changed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s?
$400 Answer
They denounced terrorism as a means of accomplishing their goal.
*They recognize Israel but they still want Palestinian land for Israel to withdraw from the agreed upon areas.
$500 Question
How did the US respond to the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR?
$500 Answer
-Imposed economic sanctions-boycotted the 1980 Olympics-Provided the Mujahideen (resistance fighters) aid
$100 Question
What body of water is sometimes referred to as the “oil highway of the world” because it is bordered by so many oil exporting nations?
$100 Answer
The Persian Gulf
$200 Question
Why was the Persian Gulf a “feel good” war?
$200 Answer
*It was over fast, with few casualties (unlike Vietnam)
*Most of our technology worked well
$300 Question
Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?
$300 Answer
*They were bankrupt (owed Kuwait $ from Iran/Iraq War*Accused Kuwait of slant drilling*considered Kuwait a province
$400 Question
List reasons for UN and US intervention in Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
$400 Answer
1. Violation of Kuwait’s sovereignty 2. Support for Saudi Arabia3. Human Rights abuses 4. Biochemical & nuclear weapons development program
$500 Question
Why was it so important to keep Israel from retaliating against Iraq’s missile attacks during the Persian Gulf War?
$500 Answer
Because if Israel entered it would upset other Arab nations and the coalition against Iraq might break
$100 Question
The international alliance of Islamic terrorist organizations founded and led by Osama bin Laden is called what?
$100 Answer
Al Qaeda
$200 Question
List as many reasons for terrorism as you can
$200 Answer• CHANGE OR OVERTHROW A
GOVERNMENT• GAIN INDEPENDENCE• SEEK JUSTICE FOR A
WRONGED GROUP• OBTAIN CONCESSIONS FROM A
GOVERNMENT• GET NATIONAL OR
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION
$300 Question
Islamist Nationalist movement that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
$300 Answer
Taliban
$400 Question
This country sponsered terrorism in acts like the Berlin Discotheque bombing and the Lockerbie Flight bombing
$400 Answer
Libya
$500 Question
What is meant by Arab Spring?
$500 Answer
A time period when there was a wave of protests (violent and nonviolent) in the Arab world, beginning in 2010.
$100 Question
What was the federal agency created by President Bush that is responsible for defending the U.S. against terrorism at home
$100 Answer
Homeland Security
$200 Question
• the code name for the War in Afghanistan, together with several smaller military actions around the world, as part of the Global War on Terrorism begun by President George W. Bush.
$200 Answer
Operation Enduring Freedom
$300 Question
The location of the controversial detention camp for suspected terrorists captured in the “war on terrorism”.
$300 Answer
Guantanamo Bay
$400 Question
What does the Patriot Act allow U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies to do?
$400 Answer• FIGHT TERRORISM IN THE U.S. &
OVERSEAS• SEARCH TELEPHONE, E-MAIL,
MEDICAL & FINANCIAL RECORDS• DETAIN AND DEPORT IMMIGRANTS
SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM• REGULATE FINANCIAL
TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS
$500 Question
What were the reasons given by President Bush for invading Iraq in 2003?
$500 Answer• SUSPECTED IRAQ OF
PRODUCING WMDS:–WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION–NONE FOUND
• CLAIMED IRAQ SUPPORTED AL-QAEDA & PALESTINIAN SUICIDE BOMBERS
• IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES• SPREAD DEMOCRACY TO IRAQ
Final Jeopardy
What were some of the controversies surrounding the Persian Gulf War?
Final Jeopardy Answer
• The decision to allow Saddam Hussein remain in power
• Highway of death (too harsh) • Failure to protect Kurdish
population• Illness of our soldiers after the war