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30 Cards in this Set
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Why did britain issues the balfour declaration?
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jews were forced out of palestine (bc believed it was the promised land)
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What did britain issuing the balfour declaration cause
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increased tension bw israelis and palestinis
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why was independent israeli created?
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holocaust and un gave them land
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what did the independent israeli being created cause
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wars broke out (israelis and palestinis)
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why did the 1956 arab-israeli war break out?
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suez crisis
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What did the 1956 arab-israeli war breaking out cause
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left egypt in charge of suez canal bc un establishment
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why did the 1967 six-day war begin
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unresolved suez crisis and increased tension from surrounding countries
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what did the 1967n six day was cause
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israel won and took over sinai penninsula, jerusalem, west bank, and golan heights
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why did the 1973 yom kippur war begin
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6 arab states invaded israel on its most holy day
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what did the 1973 yom kippur war cause
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israeli have a counter attack and recaptures territory
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who was the prime minister of israel during the yom kippur
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goldie meir
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Why did sadat and begin sign the camp david accords(place for pres to earn peace)
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jimmy carter invited begin and sadat for a quest for peace
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what did sadat and begin signin the camp david accords cause
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sadat is going to recognize israel as a nation but israel gave the penninsula and assassination of sadat
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Why did rabin and arafat issue a declaration of principles
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peace talks about occupation of territories
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what did rabin and arafat issuing a decleration of principles cause
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limited self-rule for palestinian on gaza strip and west bank and rabin assassinated by own people
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global dispersal of jews around the world
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diaspora
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people that favored this jewish homeland in palestine
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zionist
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egypt takes over and israel britain and france attack egypt for suez
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suez crisis
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leader of the plo
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yarrer arafat
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campaign of civil disobedience or uprising by palestinians and took on by form of boycotts demonstrations attacks on israel and soldiers and rock throwing by unarmed teenagers
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intifada
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In 1991 who collapsed and 15 independent countries emerged
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soviet union
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the transcaucasian republics include what 3 countries
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armenia azerbaijan and georgia
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uzbekistan, turkmenistan, tajikistan, kazakhstan, and kyrgyzstan make up what
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the central asian republics
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much of the farmlan in the central asian republics has been devoted to a single crop what
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cotton
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azerbaijans economy is based on the income from what
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the oil industry
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afghanistan has endured two wars one with the us and one with
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the soviet union
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islamic holy warriors who fought against the soviet-supported govt wer called ?
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mujahideen
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a conservative islamic group known as what controlled most of afghanistan by 1998
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taliban
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the us drove what from power at the end of 2001
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taliban
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who is the ruler afghanis selected after the defeat of the taliban
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hamid karzai
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