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Middle East Oversimplified Flashcards

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What was the Balfour Decloration of 1917?

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A desire to establish a homeland for the Jews.

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What is Zionism?

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the ideolgy to establish a Jewish homeland

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What, and when, was formed that conflicted with Zionism?

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the Arab League, after WW2

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4
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What did the US proposal of 1947 do?

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partitioned Arab and Jewish areas of Palestine with Jerusalem

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5
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May 14 1948 the British mandate ended so what started?

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Palastinian war

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In the Palastinian war Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq sided with who? WHo did they fight against?

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Palastinians. Israel

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Who won the palastinian war, what did this cause?

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Israel, refeugee problem

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8
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When was the Suez Crisis?

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1956

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9
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When was the second conflict at the suez? what was it nicknamed?

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June 5-11 1967, 6-day war

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10
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Who was the 6-day war between?

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Israel and Egypt

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The attack on Israel by Egypt, Syria and Iraq in Oct 1973 was on what Jewish Holiday? Who won, Why?

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Yom Kippur. Israle, US help.

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12
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What is OPEC?

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Organization of Petrolium Exporting Countries

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What did OPEC do in respose to the Yom Kippur war?

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raided oil prices 70% to any supporters of Isreael

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What dose “hawk” mean vs “dove”?

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hawk - a country or person that favors entry into war.

dove - a country or person that opposes militarty conflict

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Sadat goes from hawk to dove and in 1979 he gose to Camp _____ Accords(aka the _____ ______). These accords were facilitated by _____ ______ and resulted in the agreement to ……

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  • David
  • Isreal-Egypt
  • Pres. Carter
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What is Israel alowed becaue to the Camp David Accords?

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to use the Suez
buy oil form Egypt
negotiate the refugee problem

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Because of Egypts actions int he Camp David Accords what happens?

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OPEC expels them

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18
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What worsens the refugee problem in Israel in 1975

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civil war in Lebanon

19
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Isreael invades Lebanon in ____ with the ____ support because they belive that the _______ is behind the civil war.

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  • 1982
  • US
  • USSR
20
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Revolution in Iran sees the overthrow of __ and __ instaled Shah and Ayatollah _______ comes to power and establishes ________.

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  • US and BR
  • Khomeini
  • martial law
21
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Who is the Pres. of the US after 1981?

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Ronald Reagan

22
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Who dose the USSR invade in 1979? What is the fallout by the US?

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Afganistan. they boycot the olympics

23
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Who invaded Kuwait on Aug 2, 1990?

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Iraq

24
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What is the reaction to the Iraq invasion into Kuwait?

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  • US backed UN force of 48 countries
  • rallied around Pres. Bush
  • his “Operation Desert Storm”
25
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Who is Saddam Hussein?

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President of Iraq 1979 - 2003

26
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What dose Saddam anounce forigniers will be used as?

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human sheilds

27
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When does the Persian Gulf War start? What did Saddam do?

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Jan. 1991

  • Gassed the Curds
  • Lanched missiles at Isreal hopping to elicit a respose so he could gain support of other Arab countries.
28
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When dose the Persian Gulf War end?

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Feb. 1991

29
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Were and weapons of mass destruction used in the Pursian Gulf War?

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No

30
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Over 1 million gallons of oil were released form over 1 000 wells this was considdered…..

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environmental warfare

31
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There were 40 000-100 000 Iraq deaths, how many Allied ones were there?

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150

32
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When was the NY World Trade center bombed

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1993 (Feb)

33
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Who was Osama Bin Ladin

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founder of terrorist gtoup Al-Qaeda

34
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in 1998 how many missiles were used to try and kill Bin Ladin?

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75

35
Q

On Sep 11 2001 four flights hit what locations?

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world trade center, pentagon and a feild in Pensilvania

36
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How many terrorist were invloved in 9/11?

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15

37
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What was the US response to 9/11?

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attack into Afganistan Oct 7 2001

38
Q

The US delcare those who they capptures _______ instead of “prisioners of war”

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“enemy combatants”

39
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What countries were included in the “Axis of Evil” Speech by Georege W. Bush?

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Iraq, Iran, North Korea

40
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Who had misinformation about Saddam’s wapons of mass destruction?

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the US representitives

41
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When did the US lead force invade into Iraq?

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Mar 18 2003

42
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how may countries stared in the Iraq war, what about four years later?

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49, `18

43
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May 1 2003 George W Bush had his _______ _________ photo op

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mission accomplished

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