Middle East Flashcards
Sykes-Picot agreement
secret agreement between Britain and France
division of Ottoman Empire
Balfour Declaration
British Prime Minister promised Jews an independent state if they funded the British
Camp David Peace Accords
took place b/c of the 6 day war
Egypt recognized Israel
Jimmy Carter, Sadat, and Begin met to discuss a treaty
Versailles Treaty
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 peace points
League of Nations mandated
Franklin Roosevelt
signs deal with Saudi’s for oil in exchange for military equipment
Woodrow Wilson
14 peace points, self-determination
Jimmy Carter
first president to support the Mujaheddin, led failed mission to rescue Iranian hostages
Harry S. Truman
first President to recognize the independent Jewish nation
Yasser Arafat
Palestinian leader
attempted to make peace w/ Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
former prime minister of Israel
assassinated b/c of his desire to make peace with Arafat and Palestine
Saddam Hussein
leader of Iraq during the Iraq War, we provided him with materials and weapons
was later condemned and accused of having WMD by Bush
Ayatollah Khomeini
fundamentalist forces seized US embassy in Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis
Anwar Sadat
3rd president of Egypt
assassinated by fundamentalists
OPEC
controls petroleum imports/exports
placed an oil embargo on the US after we recognized Israel
Gamal Abd al-Nasser
2nd president of Egypt
worked with Jordan during their civil war