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ME Unit Review Flashcards

1
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Majority of people in middle east speak Arabic and practice Islam

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Arabs

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2
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Believed anywhere the Muslim could become caliph are also majority of Muslims

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Sunnis

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3
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Branch it is lawn minority mostly in Iran and Iraq believe that only descendants of Muhamed can be caliph

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Shiites/Shias

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4
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Islamic holy law rules for daily life

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Sharia

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5
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Person having more than one spouse allowed by the Koran

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Polygamy

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6
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Adopted from sharia law made outside the church not religious

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Secular law

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7
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Land fought over by the Arabs and Jews and Palestinians Jewish ended up getting most of it and the fighting continues even today

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Palestine

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Jerusalem mecca Medina arguing over who gets it

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Holy land

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9
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Found in Iraq Iran and Afghanistan historic enemy of Sunni Arabs

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Persians

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10
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Shia holiday that mourn the death of imam Hussein Ali, they cut themselves out of sympathy for the Martyr

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Ashura

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11
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Large empire ruled by turks from 13th century till 1919 and was the center of Islam controlled Mecca and Medina causing the Arabs to revolt in 1916 was ended after World War One

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Ottoman empire

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12
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British Lord declared his support for a Jewish state in Palestine contradicting earlier British agreements

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Balfour declaration

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13
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Founded by the Jews and created in 1948 upsetting arabs and lead to Arab Israeli wars caused by Zionism

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Israel

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14
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Israel is created and then Israelis win the first Arab-Israeli war

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1948

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15
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US invades and liberates Kuwait and February 91 during the Gulf War US-led defense against Iraqi hostility

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Desert Storm

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16
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Islamic terror organization in Middle East also Southwest Asia

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Al Qaeda

17
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Profit of Islam who is believed to have smashed idols and spread Islam

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Muhamed

18
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Successor to the profit dispute over who should be Caliph led to the division of Islam into Sunni and Shia

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caliph

19
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System of government based around god priests rule

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Theocracy

20
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Iraq invaded Kuwait for money and then turned army toward Saudi Arabia US sent troops to defend Saudi Arabia and later invaded and liberated Kuwait Cease fire ended war and Saddam Hussein was then watched by UN

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Golf war I

21
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Eric language made of 28 letters written right to left approximately 150 million people throughout the Middle East and North Africa speak it

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Arabic

22
Q

US invade Iraq and Saddam is killed

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Golf war II

23
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Organization of petroleum exporting countries and the power of Western oil companies over oil prices decide on prices and how much to produce

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OPEC

24
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Movement for the establishment of Jewish homeland grows out of European nationalism and euros being against Jews

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Zionism

25
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Palestine liberation organization to bring about an independent state of Palestine

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PLO

26
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Israel thought the neighboring states of Egypt and gained lots of territory

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Six-Day War

27
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What led to the creation of the state of Israel?

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Balfour declaration nationalism sign is on World War I collapse of the Ottoman Empire British mandate

28
Q

Why is the stability of the Middle East important for US national security and world economy?

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Oil refugees would have a homeland there’s terrorism guns twin pillar strategy

29
Q

Explain the clash between modern and secular nations in the Middle East and traditional religious nations in the Middle East

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Modern nations want to make Western changes like democracy 12 traditional want to keep things as they are i.e. sharia law

30
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Explain the background events and result of the 2010 Arab Spring

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A man set himself on fire in protest it was a social media revolution economy was poor with corrupt dictators protests happened across the nation’s revolutions occurred Syrian Civil War happened most countries are worse than they were before

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