Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is the most valuable resource in the Middle East:
|
oil
|
|
|
What document established British support for the creation of Israel:
|
Balfour Declaration
|
|
|
What term describes the Zionist underground army who conducted brutal raids on Palestinian
villages: |
Haganah and Palmach
|
|
|
Why was the nation of Israel created as a homeland for the Jews in Palestine in 1948:
|
The United Nations voted to recognize the land as a separate Jewish state
|
|
|
Which of the following is an outcome of the Suez Crisis:
|
Egypt exerted control of the Suez Canal
|
|
|
What did Israel gain after the Six-Day War of 1967:
|
The Gaza strip
|
|
|
What land is under contention between Israel and Syria:
|
Golan Heights
|
|
|
Why did the oil producing Arab nations in the Middle East proclaim an oil embargo on the
United States: |
Massive military aid the U.S. had sent to Israel during the 1973 war
|
|
|
Why were the Camp David Accords an important milestone in Middle East Peace
|
It was the first time Israel was officially recognized by Egypt, an Arab nation
|
|
|
What are consequences of Israel’s “state of military preparedness”
|
Required all civilians to participate in military service
Spent a large amount of their budget on the military Caused wars so they could get the spoils of conflict |
|
|
The rebellion by the Palestinian Youth in the occupied territories was called the:
|
Intifada
|
|
|
What are views of Palestinians living in the occupied territories
|
It is a humiliation of race, culture, religion, and land.
The Zionist settlers do not belong. Israeli occupation causes desperate people to do desperate things. |
|
|
What did Yassir Arafat fight for:
|
an independent Arab-Palestinian state
|
|
|
What did the PLO use as its original means of dealing with the Arab-Israeli situation:
|
terrorism
|
|
|
What did U. N. Resolutions 242 try to do
|
withdraw Israeli troops from occupied areas
|
|
|
Who signed the Camp David Accords agreement in 1978:
|
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
|
|
|
Why do Islamic fundamentalist terrorists attack the United States:
|
the United States is an ally of Israel and moderate Arab countries
|
|
|
What did Iranian militants do in 1979 that outraged the United States
|
Took American's hostage in the embassy
|
|
|
What is the name of the Lebanese terrorist organization which seeks to rid it country of
outsiders |
Hezbollah
|
|
|
Movement to create a homeland for the Jews
|
Zionism
|
|
|
Country that wants to start a nuclear program
|
Iran
|
|
|
Excessive pride in a nation
|
Nationalism
|
|
|
Homeland of the Arabs
|
Palestine
|
|
|
Country which is involved in the Middle East, even though it is not in the Middle East
|
United States
|
|
|
War that quadrupled the size of Israel
|
Six Day War 1967
|
|
|
War that was started by the Arab coalition on a Jewish holiday
|
The Yom Kippur War
|
|
|
Event considered by the Arabs to be the cause of the first Arab-Israeli War
|
UN Partition Plan
|
|
|
War that started over a dispute with Egypt
|
1956 War
|
|
|
One who flees or is expelled from their home by force or in order to be safe.
|
Refugee
|
|
|
Country that needs to rebuild after a war with Israel
|
Lebanon
|
|
|
Uprising of Palestinians in attempt to resist Israeli occupation
|
Intifada
|
|
|
Country which is fighting over the Golan Heights with Israel.
|
Syria
|
|
|
Homeland of the Jews
|
Israel
|
|
|
Country whose king serves as a moderate voice in the Middle East
|
Jordan
|
