N AFRICA SOUTH WEST ASIA Flashcards

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Palestinian/Israeli occupied territories

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Six-day War of 1967, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank including East Jerausluem

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Arab-Israel conflict, in genera

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The birth of Israel in 1948, the attack on Palestinian

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Islam’s origins and holy cities

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Mecca and Medina, the wall strip. Muhhamad, the Quran holy book, 85% of Muslims are sunni, Salafism/Wahhabism- fundamentalist

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North Africa’s biggest cultural minority

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The Arabs

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Major divisions in Islam – especially between Sunnis and Shi’ites

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The dominat religon, sunnis have a less elaborate religous hierachry than shiites. Salafism officla relion in saudi arabia

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Countries ISIS partially conquered

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third of syria, 40% of iraq

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The most famous “empire” states

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iran,turkey,

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Turkey and Mustafa Kemal

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Mustafa Kemal is the father of modern Turkey in1923, Westernized in 1920, the Kurdish population of 14 million.

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Concerns about Iran

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Nuclear weapons in 2016

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Cultural differences between Iran and its neighbors

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Speak Farsi, predominantly Shi’ite

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The Arab Spring

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Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya Revolution/Catastrophe violent reaction against their dictators in 2011

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Civil wars in Syria, Libya, and Yemen

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civil war from overthrowing dictators

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Arab immigration to the US

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1966-1990 400,000

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