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13 Cards in this Set
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Leaders of the PLO |
Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat |
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islamic revolution:1979 led by |
ayatollah khomeini |
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Shah |
Reza Khan (leader) of Iran modernizes iran: schools, roads, womens rights.
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The Ottoman Turks |
Ottoman Turks rule the area of Palestine in late 1700’s- early 1900’s
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Balfour Declaration |
Declares Britain’s support for a Jewish homeland without violating the rights of Palestinians
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Israeli Wars |
Six Days War 1967, Israeli preemptive attack on Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. Gained Sinai Peninsula. Yom Kippur War 1973, Egypt and Syria attack Israel.
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Who was the Iraqi PM? |
Prime Minister al Maliki (Shiite)
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What is NPT? |
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. |
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Zionist |
belief in the creation of an independent and jewish state. immigration continues up to 1914 |
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Sykes Picot Agreement
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Great Britain and France make the Sykes Picot Agreement which limited independence of Arabian Peninsula and Great Britain for Palestine and Iraq and France got Syria
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Iran leaders |
Ahmadinejad, Rouhani, and Ayatollah Khamenei |
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Islamic Revolution |
Resentment vs. the Shah. A lot of poverty. People begin to turn to Islam and strict adherence to Islamic law. Iran becomes Islamic State. Shah flees Iran(the leader of Iran before revolution) and Khomeini takes over and wants nothing to do with the U.S and gets rid of all the western influences the country had. |
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Isreal leaders |
Prime Minister Rabin(killed by palestinians) and Netanyahu. |
