Can you name the notable events/leaders/landmarks of the modern Middle East Since 1900?

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  • Can you identify major events, notable persons, and important landmarks relevant to the modern Middle East?
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System created after WW1 whereby Europeans aimed to prepare Arab nations for self-government.
International body that decided to partition Palestine in 1947
1 of the 3 Countries ceding the 'Occupied Territories' to Israel
1978 Agreement between Israel & Egypt moderated by Carter
Holiday war of 1973: both sides declare victory
Leader of PLO from 1969 to 2004
Current Prime Minister of Israel
Who invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
Movement to create a national home for Jews
Winner of Arab-Israeli War of 1948
Iraq invaded this country in 1990.
Leader of the first Zionist Congress
Location of PLO headquarters in 1982
Egyptian leader assassinated in 1981
Control of this trade route led to 1956 war.
International body created after WW1
Date of Israeli Independence
Major Israeli leader fell into a coma in 2006
Secretive UK-France treaty of 1916.
Group of reformers that restored Turkish Constitution in 1908
Religious leader of 1979 Iranian Revolution
1st Prime Minister of Israel
1930 report investigates settlement in Palestine
Term for uprisings among PLO supporters inside Israel
1993 treaty that created the Palestinian National Authority
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Length of 1967 Israeli War that resulted in the 'Occupied Territories'
Empire of the Middle East through early 1900s
Iranian Dynasty that ended in 1925
UN resolution declares Jerusalem 'separate body'
Site of pivotal 1948 massacre where over 100 Arabs were killed.
Founder of Al-Qaeda and 9/11 mastermind
Coalition of oil producing nations.
Remnant of the second temple of Jerusalem.
Obama addressed the Islamic world from this city (June 2009)
1950s Egyptian leader promoted Pan-Arabism
2009: US began pulling troops out of this country
Initiated the Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran
Location of the Ka'aba Stone (city)
Site of the Rock of Moriah.
600,000 people fled Israel in 1948 creating massive...
1942 Declaration that made Zionist goals explicit (hint: NYC)
British Declaration of 1917 supporting Jewish homeland in Palestine
2nd Intifada sparked by an Israeli leader's visit to this mosque
Country that invaded Iraq in 2003
War hero a founder of the Republic of Turkey
Rebel group that seized control of Kabul in 1996
Natural Resource found in Iran in 1908
1 of the 2 main countries dividing up Middle East after WW1
Current Palestinian Authority Leader
President that launched an attack on Iran in 1980
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Modern Middle East Quiz

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  • Created Jan 4, 2010 in History
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