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6th grade s.s test 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mandate | A country that wins who helps the losing side get back on its feet |
| Kurdistan | A country that seized to exist after world war 1 |
| Balfour declaration | England's intention to support efforts,to establish a home for the Jews in Palestine |
| 1948 | The year that Israel became a country |
| The suez crisis | 1. Egypt gets the Suez land from England and France 2. England and France then get the land back 3. The U.S and U.N condemned England and France from taking the land 4. England and France give the land to Egypt 5. Then they embolded the Arab countries |
| The Cold War | A period of great tension between the US and the Sobiat Union from 1945-1989 when congunism is falling it was a time in which both states were fearful of military strike. |
| Yom Kippur War | The Arabs inflicted heavy attacks on Israel on the holiest day they won West Bank and the Gaza Strip |
| Islamic Fundamentalism | An ideology that came about as a result of the pervasive western culture -it's adherents embrassed radical Muslim beliefs including Muslim law. |
| Camp David Accords | When Israel and Egypt leadership met in camp David Israel agreed to give back the Sinai peninsula Egypt officially recognized Israel as a country. |
| Yassir Arafat/Palestinian liberation organization | Yasar Arafat was the head of the P.L.O which was a group determined to create an Islamic state. They engaged acts of terror. In 1970-80 |
| Hamas | A terrorist group that were elected power in Palestine. Aim to establish Islamic state |
| Arab spring | In 2011 a period in which citizens rose up to support western style government in the Middle East |
| Free Syrian army | A series of soldiers who betrayed government and now is fighting against them. |
| Isis | Islamic state of ravac and Syria moved into Syria after civil war. |
| Caliphate | Religious authority over all Muslims |