chapter 24 section 5 Flashcards
six day war
The sinai peninsula was
captured by Israel
Six day war
East Jerusalem was
captured by Israel
the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was a
militant guerrilla organization
formal leader of PLO
Yassir Arafat
president of Egypt elected in 1970
Anwar Sadat
Camp David accords was a _____________ arranged by ___________
peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
arranged by President Jimmy Carter
in the early 1980s the PLO began to
escalate their terrorist activities
in the early 1900s
major oil fields discovered in the middle east
oil producing countries used
revenue to improve their countries
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
reason OPEC was formed
establish common pricing for oil
The big 5 were teh
5 leading oil producing countries
name the big 5
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Venezuela
OPEC began using oil as an
economic weapon
Petrodollars
oil profits
the oil discovery in Alaska and North Sea
reduced dependency on MidEastern OIl
shah of Iran
Reza Pahlavi
Islamic leader in Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iran
in early 1979 the
shah was forced to leave Iran
Iran
by 1980 the
Ayatollah is in control / Islamic Republic
Islamic militants seize the
U.S embassy
Islamic militants in Iran held
60 americans hostage for 444 days
President Reagan arranged for
hostages to be freed
Iraq attacks who
Iran