Unit 9: The Middle East Flashcards
1
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Westernization
A
Becoming like the West
2
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Modernization
A
Traditional Muslim
3
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Zionism
A
Jewish nationalism and desire for a homeland in the original kingdom of Israel
4
Q
Balfour Declaration
A
1912; British handout statement favoring the idea of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
5
Q
United Nations partition of Palestine
A
To create a homeland for Jews
6
Q
What tragic similarity do Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, and Yitshak Rabin have in common?
A
They were all assassinated
7
Q
Gamel Abdel Nasser
A
- Second president of Egypt
- led the overthrow of the Egyptian monarchy ruled by the British
8
Q
Anwar Sadat
A
- Third president of Egypt
- established peace agreements with Israel
- won the nobel peace prize in 1978
9
Q
Lord Balfour
A
- divided Palestine into Jewish and Arab parts
- British
10
Q
Mustapha Kemal
A
- succeeded in westernizing and modernizing Turkey and gained it’s independence in 1922
11
Q
Yasir Arafat
A
- Former chairman of Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
- Used terrorism against Israel
12
Q
Shah Reza Pahlavi
A
- was the king and Shah of Iran
- westernized Iran
13
Q
Ayatollah Khomeini
A
- Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, revolutionary, politician
- Was the founder of Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979
14
Q
Saddam Hussein
A
- 5th president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
15
Q
Intifada
A
The Palestinian uprising against occupation of the west bank and gaza strip
