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The Middle East Flashcards

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Who were the three Presidents who went to Camp David Accords? And where were they from?

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Anawar Sadat (Egypt) 
Jimmy Carter (USA) 
Prime minister Begin (Israel)
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What was Camp David Acords?

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Cárter invites the leaders of Israel and Egypt to USA to negotiate peace agreement

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What were the two agreements reached in Camp David Acords by Sadat and Begin?

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  • Egypt agrees to to recognize Israel as a nation

- Israel agrees no to fight and remove troops from Egypt.

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When was Camp David Acords?

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1978 or 79

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What was the result of the peace treaty btw Egypt and Israel?

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No lasting peace and Sadat assacinatwd 2 years later.

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When was the Iranian Revolution?

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1979

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What was the Iranian revolution

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Shah is overthrown by Islamic students lead by Khomeini.

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What was Carters Role on the Irenian Revolution?

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The Shah flees Iran and seeks Medical treatment in the US. Carter allowed the Shah to come and stay here.

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What did the Iranian students due in response to the actions of the US in 1979? How many American Hosteges?

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The students seized the US embassy.

52 American hosteges.

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What was Carter’s response to the hosteges?

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Cárter said that’s he would not negotiate with the terrorists and that they will not trade the shah for the students.

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What were the results go the Iranian Hostage crisis?

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The Iran raleases the hostages after 44 days when Carter left office and Regan became president.

Nurtured anti-American among Muslims.

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What years was the Iran-Contra Affair?

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1983-1988

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Why was the US concerned about the Latin American country of Nicaragua?

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Regan felt that the government was pro-communists.

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Who were the Contras?

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Rebells trying to overthrow the communist government.

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Who are the Sandinistas?

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Pro-communists of Nicaragua

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What happened in the Iran-Contra Affair? (2)

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Regan secretly sold weapons to Iran for release of the hostages in Lebanon.

Used profit from these sales to fund a rebellion in Nicaragua.

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What was the results of the Iran-Contra Affair? (3)

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Scandal
Congress investigation
Regan’s worst foreign policy failure.

18
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Who was president during the Persian Gulf war?

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Gorge H.W Bush

19
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What year was the Persian Gulf war?

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1991

20
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What were the reasons for the Persian Gulf War? (2)

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Sadam Hussein invades and occupies Kuwait for it’s oil.

UN and US libérate Kuwait.

21
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What happened in the Persian Gulf War? (5)

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  • Iraq ignores the UN deadline.
  • US begin a booming campaign in Iraq.
  • US began ground invasions and within 100h
  • Iraq agrees to cease-fire.
  • Kuwait gets rid of Sadam Husain
22
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Who is Sadam Husain?

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The leader who wanted control of Kuwait, but was defeated at the end.

23
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What are the results of the Persian Gulf War? (5)

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  • Kuwait liberated
  • Econ sections in Iraq
  • No fly zones
  • Weaponds Mass Destruction (WMD) inspections.
  • Leads to war with Iraq in 2003
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When was the Persian Gulf War?

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1991

25
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Where did many Europeans Jews settle in waiting to reclaim the Jewish home land? (Timeline)

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Palestine

26
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What happened in 1947? (Timeline)

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Palestine turns into two nations Arab and Jewish. Fighting begins for control of the area.

27
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What happened in 1948?(timeline)

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Nations of Israel is created from Jewish section of Palestine.

US and UN recognized Israel as aN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY.

28
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What happened in 1948? (second Timeline) And what is it knows for?

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After Israel is recognized as a country it is attacked the next day by Egypt and Arab nations.
Arab-Israeli War

29
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What happened in 1949? (timeline)

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The war ends and Israel extends its borders,

Jews from around the world come to Israel.

30
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What happened in 1964? (timeline)

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Egypt and other countries form the PLO displaced Palestinians

31
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What happened in 1967? (timeline) What is it known as?

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Israel attacks Egypt

Six days war.

32
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What was the result of the six days war?

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Israel had doubled their territory.

33
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What happened in 1973? (timeline)

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Egypt’s Sadat seeks UN solution but it is vetoed by the US.

34
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What does the veto by the US lead Egypt to do? (timeline 1973)

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Yum Kippur leads Egypt attack on Israel

Ceasefire arranged by the US and USSR.

35
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What happens in 1977? (timeline)

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Egypt Sadat’s agrees to a peace treaty and go to Israel.

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