final test Flashcards
what event is the root of the conflict in the midwest today
world war 1
list 3 midwest countries
iraq
jordan
israel
syria
turkey
what 3 factors were not considered when creating boundaries
ethnic
religious
tribal differences
where do the palistinians want to create their own nation, also known as the 2 state solution
west bank
gaza strip
according to the palastines, what must happen before they can create their own state
jews have to leave the west bank and gaza strip
settlers
jews trying to build permanent settlements in west bank and gaza strip
4 options isreal has
1 ethnic cleaning - genocide
2 allowing the Palestinians to vote- palestinians will vote the isrealies out
3 apartheid- minority (jews) rules out the majority (palestinians)
4 two state solution- create 2 countries, palestine and isreal
what happened when the israel government tried to remove 9 families from the west bank
jews were fighting jews
what is the first thing that just happened for the 2 state solution to work
Israeli/jews must move out of west bank and gaza strip
who is the israeli, who is the palestinians
israeli- jews
palestinians- arabs/muslims
what does the israeli/palestinian crisis go back to? explain?
biblical times
abraham had 2 sons, ishmael and isaac
ishmael is born out of wedlock. isaac is son of abraham and sarah.
oldest son is promised to inherit everything
who is the oldest?
ishmael- arabs
isaac- jews
god promised both the holy land
what is the holy land
present day israel / palestine
what empire is palestine part of
ottoman empire
what is zionism
jews wanting to create their own homeland
in 1947 what did the UN do to palestine
break it up into 2 equal parts.
arabs do not agree w this.
what did jews do in 1948
create their own country (israel)
US quickly recognizes it as a country
what happened in the 6 day war on 1967
israel now controlled sinai peninsula, gaza strip, west bank, golan heights, all of jerusalem
what did america celebrate in 1976
200th bday
why were some americans pessimistic in late 70s
vietnam
watergate
economy is in trouble
what do young people realize they cannot do in the 70s
solve all the worlds problems
new type of music in the 70s
disco
what percentage of marriages ended in divorce
50 %
new president who represented small town values
jimmy carter
2 countries challenging america in the output of steel and electronics
japan
west germany
name of toxic waste dump in niagara falls? result ?
love canal
earth day
problems with the 70s automobile industry
high gas prices
pollution
bad ugly cars
gas guzzling cars
descríbale Vietnam conditions
jungle
very hot
where is vietnam
south east asia
1 reason we fight the vietnam war
contain communism
what did the vietnamese want
to be left alone by foreign nations and to be an independent country
domino theory
if one country falls to communism , they all fall
what half does the US support
south
tonkin golf resolution
america is now at war with north vietnam