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Fascism
far-right form of government in which most of the country’s power is held by one ruler or a small group
Totalitarianism
The dictatorship style of government
cold war
proxy war between the united states and the soviet union, they didnt fight eachother directly
proxy war
A proxy war is a military conflict in which a third party supports one side or the other but doesn’t directly participate in the fighting.
Mutually Assured Destruction
military strategy that assumes that if one nuclear-armed country attacks another, both countries will be destroyed:
zionsim
is the movement to establish and support a Jewish homeland in Israel. political, cultural, religious
Jerusalem (Why is it important in Christianity, Judaism & Islam?)
Jerusalem is sacred in Christianity for Jesus’ crucifixion, in Judaism because it was the site of the ancient Jewish temples
Sykes-Picot
1916 deal between Britain and France to divide the Ottoman Empire’s land in the Middle East after World War I.
Balfour agreement
1917 letter in which Britain expressed support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
Theodore Herzl
founder of modern Zionism, promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine
iran iraq war
conflict from 1980 to 1988 between Iran and Iraq, mainly over territory and political differences.
First Gulf War
conflict where a coalition of the United States fought to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait,
second gulf war
United States, along with allies, invaded Iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power
sunni
the largest branch of Islam, which believes that the leader of the Muslim community should be chosen by agreement
shia
one of the two main branches of Islam
Kurd
member of an ethnic group native to the Middle East, primarily found in regions of Turkey,
arab
a person who belongs to a cultural group originally from the Arabian Peninsula .
also can be an ethnic group
