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| Last great Muslim Empire in Middle East | Ottoman Empire
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| War which resulted in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire | WWI
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| Present day country which is all that remains of the Ottoman Empire | Turkey
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| Empire which destroyed the ancient country of Israel in 70 CE | Roman Empire
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| Spread of Jews around the world following the destruction of their nation in 70 CE | Diaspora
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| Temporary authority to govern until an area is ready for independence | Mandate
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| Following WWI the British mandate which included modern Israel and Jordan | Palestine
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| Present day countries which were part of French mandate after WWI | Lebanon and Syria
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| Movement, begun in the late 1800's, which encouraged Jews to move back to the "promised land" | Zionism
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| Founder of Zionist movement | Theodor Herzl
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| Document which expressed British support for the creation | Balfour Declaration
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| International organization which decided how to divide the British mandate in Palestine | United Nations
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| Under the plan to partition (divide) Palestine, what city was supposed to be an international city with access guaranteed for all | Jerusalem
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| First nation to recognize the state of Israel | USA
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| War which began day after Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948 | War of independence
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| War in which Israel gained a great deal of land, referred to as the "occupied territories" | !967 Six Day War
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| One of the territories occupied by Israel following the Six Day War | Gaza strip, Golan Heights, West Bank, and Sinai Peninsula
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| The war, initiated (started) by Egypt and Syria with a surprise attack on Israel in 1973 | Yom Kippur War
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| First nation to make peace with Israel | Egypt
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| Egyptian president assassinated by one of his own soldiers for making peace with Israel | Anwar Sadat
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| Name of peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in 1978 | Camp David Accords
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| US president who facilitated the peace agreement between Israel (represented by Menachem Begin) and Egypt (represented by Anwar Sadat) in 1978 | Jimmy Carter
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| The Arab-Israeli war in which oil was first used as a weapon | Yom Kippur War
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| Organization, created in 1964, which had as its goal the destruction of Israel | PLO - Palestine Liberation Organization
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| The Chairman of the PLO from 1964 until his death in 2004 | Yasser Arafat
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| The framework for peace between the PLO and Israel agreed upon in 1993 | Oslo Accords
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| Israeli Prime Minister who was assassinated for agreeing to peace terms with the PLO | Yitzhak Rabin
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| US president who brought Israel and the PLO together in 1993 to work out a framework for peace | Bill Clinton
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| Method used by PLO to achieve its goals | Terrorism: car bombings, hijacking, kidnapping
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| Positive contribution of PLO | Schools, medical care, welfare services
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| Uprising of Palestinian Arabs (mostly young people) to protest Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. | Intafada
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| Palestinian Arab group which came to power in Gaza when this area was turned over by Israel in 2005. | Hamas
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| US special envoy to the Middle East appointed by President Barak Obama | George Mitchell
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