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Unit 3
SW Asia History
| Description | Term |
|---|---|
| the two groups involved in the struggle over who should rule the land of Israel/Palestine | Palestinian Arabs & Israelis |
| the year Israel declared independence based on the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan | 1948 |
| both groups want to own the land in the West Bank; Jews believe God gave them this land; religious differences between the two groups | causes of the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict |
| hatred of the Jewish people because they are Jewish | anti-Semitism |
| movement started in the late 1800s that encouraged Jewish people to move to their ancestral home of Palestine | Zionism |
| Four reasons for the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 | Jewish religious connection to the land; anti-Semitism; Zionism; and the Holocaust |
| What was it called when the European powers broke up the Ottoman Empire after World War I? | European Partitioning of the Middle East |
| the secret plan that Great Britain and France made during WWI about how to divide up the Ottoman Empire | Sykes-Picot Agreement |
| the response from Arab countries when Israel declared independence in 1948 | immediately invaded the new country of Israel; Israel won |
| scattering of the Jewish people after Romans killed and enslaved the population of Judea | the Diaspora |
| How did the Holocaust contribute to the foundation of the state of Israel? | People around the world felt bad about the treatment of the Jewish people and felt that they should have their own country. |
| How did anti-Semitism lead to the Zionist movement? | Jewish people began to feel they needed their own homeland to avoid discrimination and persecution. |
| How did the Zionist movement lead to the foundation of the state of Israel? | It increased the number of Jewish people moving to Palestine. |
| term for the areas controlled by Great Britain and France; similar to colonies | mandates |
| How did the way the Europeans partitioned the Middle East impact the region? | conflicts between rival groups for control of governments because groups that did not get along were put together. |
| ethnic group wanting a country of their own where Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria come together | Kurds |
| the two groups fighting for control of Iraq and Syria | Sunni Muslims & Shia Muslims |
| caused by countries having different ethnic and religious groups fighting for control of a country | political instability |
| name of the British promise to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine that was issues in 1917 | the Balfour Declaration |
| When did the Persian Gulf War occur? | 1990-1991 |
| Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Kuwait and threatened the world oil supply. This was the cause for ______________. | the Persian Gulf War |
| When did the U.S invasion of Afghanistan occur? | October, 2001 |
| When did the U.S. invasion of Iraq occur? | March, 2003 |
| What were the two goals of the U.S. led coalition in the Persian Gulf War? | protect Saudi Arabia from possible invasion; remove the Iraqi army from Kuwait |
| What were the four goals of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan? | 1. kill/capture the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden 2. shut down terrorist training camps 3. remove the Taliban from power in Afghanistan 4. set up a democratic government in Afghanistan |
| What caused the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003? | suspicion of stockpiling WMDs; harboring of terrorists |
| What was the result of the Persian Gulf War? | Iraqi army moved from Kuwait; Hussein was left in power |
| What caused the U.S. to invade Afghanistan? | The country (the Taliban) was harboring al-Qaeda & Osama bin Laden who had attacked the U.S. on 9/11. |
| Who was the leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and the U.S. invasion of Iraq? | Saddam Hussein |
| Who was the leader of al-Qaeda and planned the attacks on the U.S. on 9/11? | Osama bin Laden |
| What is the term for several nations working together temporarily to accomplish a goal (often a military goal)? | a coalition |
| What was the result of the U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan? | Taliban removed from power; eventual location of Osama bin Laden in 2010, terrorist camps shut down |
| What are WMDs? | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| What are examples of WMDs? | Chemical weapons, Biological weapons, Nuclear weapons |
| What were the 3 U.S. goals in the Invasion of Iraq? | 1. Remove Saddam Hussein from power 2. find and destroy WMDs 3. set up a democratic government in Iraq |
| What were the results of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq? | 1. Saddam Hussein was removed from power 2. No large stockpiles of WMDs were found 3. a democratic government was set up in Iraq |
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