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History of the Middle East
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OIF | conflict caused by suspicion that Saddam Hussein had WMDs |
| jihad | concept of Islamic holy war that terrorists use to justify attacks on 'enemies' of the faith |
| Patriot Act | laws passed after 9/11 to make America safer |
| Israel | name for the former area of Palestine; Jewish homeland today |
| Afghanistan | location of OEF; we are still involved trying to keep the Taliban from coming back to power |
| Arabs | group in Israel that wants its own state |
| Palestine | disputed territory that both Jews and Arabs believe was promised to them by God |
| anti-Semitism | hatred or mistreatment of Jews |
| Kurds | mountainous ethnic group in the Middle East who want their own state |
| al-Qaeda | Islamic terrorist network responsible for 9/11 attacks on US |
| holocaust | the worst anti-Semitic act in history |
| rebuilding | why did the US stay in Iraq long after Saddam Hussein was dead and the country had a democracy? |
| Saddam Hussein | harsh dictator of Iraq |
| Kuwait | tiny country invaded by Iraq in the Persian Gulf War |
| Zionism | a Jewish movement that encouraged Jews to return to their homeland |
| Great Britain | country that, along with France, gained control of much of the Middle East's land at the end of WWI |
| Palestinian Arabs | group in Israel who does not have equal rights with the rest of the citizens |
| oil | the Iran Iraq War was fought over ___ |
| Jerusalem | capital of Israel |
| Iraq | country who hanged Saddam Hussein |
| Canaan | another name for Israel, Palestine, Zion, Promised Land, Holy Land |
| Arab-Israeli Wars | wars caused by land divided into two parts by the UN and given to two different groups |
| WMDs | biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that kill large numbers of people |
| Osama bin Laden | leader of the terrorist network known as al-Qaeda; killed in Pakistan in 2011 |
| terrorism | the use of violence against people or property to force changes in society or government |
| democracy | the type of government that both Iraq and Afghanistan have due to US involvement |
| Taliban | extreme Islamic group who controlled the government of Afghanistan before being removed by the US |
| Shi'ite | the sect of Islam that wants religious leaders to be political leaders |
| White House | 9/11 target that symbolized the US' government |
| Pentagon | 9/11 target that symbolized America's military |
| World Trade Center | 9/11 target that symbolized US economic strength |
| Persian Gulf War | conflict in the Middle East that caused great environmental damage |
| George W. Bush | US president who declared the War on Terror |
| Homeland Security | the new cabinet department created after 9/11 to help keep our country safe |
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