Ch4 the suez crisis of 1956

Question 1

reprisals

Answer 1

act of retalliation against enemies to stop them from doing something again

Question 2

fadayeen

Answer 2

men trained to carry out raids = those who sacrafice themselves in arabic

Question 3

imperialism

Answer 3

the practice of extending a countrys power + influence over other territories

Question 4

guerrillas

Answer 4

soldiers who avoid fighting in open battle when possible, they prefer to use tactics like ambushes and hit and run raids

Question 5

nationalise

Answer 5

to transfer from private to public govt ownership

Question 6

blockade

Answer 6

the blocking of a place or region by troops or ships to prevent goods or people reaching

Question 7

israeli relationship with syria afer 1948 war

Answer 7

demilititarised zone between their boarders

Question 8

israeli relationship with jordan afer 1948 war

Answer 8

many palestinian arabs had flet to jordan + gained citizenship (around 1mil_ but most were still expected to return to palestine

boarder issues + raids

Question 9

1951 jordan changes monarch

Answer 9

king abdullah of jordan was assinated by a palestinian. hussein henceforth is king in 1953

Question 10

aggresion of the israelis upon jordan

Answer 10

oct 53 , israeli forced attacked jordanian village of qibya, blowing up 45 houses + killing 50 people

Question 11

israeli relationship with egypt after 1948 war

Answer 11

coastal area of gaza which was home to 300,000 palestinian arabs came under egyptian control. most fled

boarder issue

Question 12

july 1952 egypt forever changed

Answer 12

free officers stage a coup, announce a revolution over the radio. egypt becomes a republic

Question 13

causes of tension on israeli boarders

Answer 13

lack of peace agreements

Question 14

egypt 1954

Answer 14

nasser becomes president, nationalist + socialist views

Question 15

why did the egyptian coup by the free officers happen

Answer 15

bitter about defeat in the arab israeli war in 1949

Question 16

western powers are wanting to be on good terms with egypt

Answer 16

GB wants ease of trade through suez canal

US wants international support as they face the cold war

Question 17

gaza attack 1955

Answer 17

feb 1955
israeli troops attack the egyptian HQ in gaza , 35 soldiers dead

an attack to teach nasser a lesson by making his military seem weak

Question 18

nassers response to the 1955 gaza attack by the israelis

Answer 18

upped budget on fedayeen + guerrillas

czech arms deal announced in sep 55 (in conjunction with making friends with the USSR)

Question 19

brits are the master mind mind of a master but end up ruing it

Answer 19

1956 sevres protocal, agreement between gb france + israel that they would invade egypt but provoke them first

Question 20

the issue of the aswan dam

Answer 20

dam built on the river nile to create hydro power for egyptian industry
funded by us & gb

in an attempt to persuade nasser to stop being neutral + be more friendly, cancel their loans to support the aswan dam

but nasser isnt like other girls

Question 21

july 1956 nasser pulls the natioalised card

Answer 21

suez canal will be nationalised to pay for the building of the aswan dam

gb + france are furious, withdraw all help that they have at the dam

Question 22

ugly move by the west in response to the nationalisation of the suez canal

Answer 22

oct 1956 british + french planes bomb egyptian airfields - uncalled for
nov troops land looking for trouble

but egypt has the backing of all arab countries + the UN here so a ceasfire is called and gb should be embarrassed
even the us + ussr condem british actions

Question 23

how does nasser come out of the drama of the nationalisation of the suez canal

Answer 23

increases his popularity
makes arab states more anti-western bc they embarrassed themselves there
unites arab states in hatred of brits???