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What are the 4 pillars of Islam |
prayer, almsgiving, fasting, faith, and pilgrimage |
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2 things that islamics reject |
they reject that men and women are equal and the seperation of church and state |
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Name three israelis wars |
War for independence 6 day war yom kippur war |
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what happened in Persian gulf war |
Iraq invaded Kuwait and did not leave by desired date told to and were attacked by u.s. and some other countries |
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Why did Iraq attack kuwait |
they thought Kuwait was slant drilling also thought Kuwait was puting oil prices to low |
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Israel gained in war for independence |
West Bank, Golan Heights, Gaza strip and Sinai peninsula |
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How did Iran Iraq war start |
Iraq invaded Iran |
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when was Iran Iraq war |
september 22, 1980 |
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how long was Iran Iraq war |
it was 8 years and ended july 20 1988 |
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PLO |
palestinian Liberation Organization |
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OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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Monothiestic |
a nation ruled by religigon |
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Glasnost |
more openness |
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perestroika |
reform |
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Ferile Crescent |
Iraq lebanon Jordan Israel and Syria |
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Mandate |
an order or commision granted by the League of Nationsto a member or nation for the establishment of a government |
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Arid |
dessert like |
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shaiaism |
Islamic section origanally had supporters of muhummads cousin and son in law |
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Palestine |
a historical name for an area between medd sea and Jordan river |
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Palestinians |
arabs living in Israel |
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Nasser |
Leader of egypt took control of suez canal and nationalized it |
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Begin |
Prime minister of Israel during Camp david accords |
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Nixon |
President of U.S. during oil embargo |
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Saddat |
leader of Egypt during Yom Kippur war and assasinated by Islamic Jihad |
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Arafat |
Leader of PLO from 1962 to 2004 |
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Zionists |
someone who believes Jewish people need a homeland |
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Three things that ended cold war |
Glasnost Perestroika Intermediate Ranged Nuclear forces Treaty |
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put in order Suez Crisis War for independence Oil Embargo Yom Kippur War 6 day war |
War for Independence May 14 1948 Suez Crisis 6 day war june 5-10 1967 Yom Kippur War October 6-26 1973 Oil Embargo 1973 sept. to 1977 |
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3 main religions in the Middle East |
Christianity Judaism and Islam |
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Countries NOT considered Arabic |
Turkey Israel Iran |
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PLO goal |
to destroy Israel |
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When was PLO created |
1964 |
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Goal of terrorism |
Install fears in civilians to force government tod do what terrorists want |
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Golan Heights |
Syrian territory since 1967 |
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Gaza strip |
long peice of coastal land |
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West Bank |
locatedwest of the Jordan river |
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6 day war what |
Israel attacked 4 nations Syria Jordan Iraq and Egypt |
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Why 6 day war |
Egypt acted aggresively toward Israel and preped for war |
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result 6 day war |
12 hours to destroy all of Egypts Syria and Jordan Air forceIs and wipes out Syria and Jordans Army egypt surrendered June 8th Israel quadrupled |
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How many Palestinians in Israel |
1 million |
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independence war what |
Israel ( david gurion) attacked by armies of Jordan Syria Egypt Iraq and Lebanon |
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independence war when |
May 14 1948 |
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independence war why |
Palestinians lost their land and holy city because of Israel |
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Camp David Accords |
President Carter invited sadat leader of egypt and Israeli leader Begin to peace talks at camp |
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what did carter do |
He acted as mediator go between talks it lasted 13 day |
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when was Camp David Accords signed |
Sept 1978 |
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1st arab nation to recognize Israel as a country |
Egypt |
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Israel gives what for peace with Egypt |
Sinai Peninsula |
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OPEC members |
Iran Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia UAE Venezuela Qatar Libya |
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how do terrorists set out to get what they want |
By creating terror to the people in the country and then the people force their government to do what they want |
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Nations that have also been targeteed by terrorists |
US Ireland Britian Spain greece and italy |
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Results of oil embargo in the U. S. |
Max speed limit 55 mph Dept energy creatted Petroleum reserve eatblished downsized cars and engines |
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Iranian hostage crisis when what and result |
500 angry students attacked US embassy took 52 hostages in November 4 1979 seized 8 billion dollars worth of iranian deposit from US banks |
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Soviet Afghan war who |
Soviet Union and muhajedeen or holy warriiors |
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Soviet afghan war when |
Dec. 24 1979 |
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how many troops did soviets send into afghan |
100,000 |
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result of afghan soviet war |
Muhajedeen held them due to knowledge of land and geurillas war fighting skills. |
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iran i raq war who |
Iraq Iran Kurds UN US USSR |
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where iran and iraq war |
iran iraq specifically tehran and baghadad |
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when iran and Iraq war |
sept. 22 1980 to august 20 1988 |
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Why iran iraq war |
shatt al arab waterway seized by Iraq and border disputes |
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how much did Iraq borrow for war and what did they use |
7 billion a lot of chemical weapons |
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Persian gulf war what |
iraq invade Kuwait |
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Persian gulf war why |
iraq thought Kuwait was slant drilling claimed iraq wa hurting economy with low oil prices wanted kuwait to cancel war debts |
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Persian gulf war result |
US and other Countries invaded Iraq aand drove them out of Kuwait because Iraq did not leave at desired time. |