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modern middle east
Question | Answer |
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middle east mandates | An attempt to stop people fighting for land now that the Ottoman empire had fallen. the french and England set mandates across the middle east. |
OPEC | a company many countries invested in to help with the crude oil prices. |
War on terrorism | this is what the US president declared on terrorists that attacked on 9/11. |
Zionism | a political party protecting Jewish rights. |
world war I in the middle east | During WWI the ottoman empire fell after four centuries and sent the middle east into total chaos and war for the land the empire had. |
Arab spring | a group of terrorists attacked the US on 9/11 |
Cold war in the middle east | the big countries where spying on each other and they could't take a blow so the asked smaller countries in the middle east to attack for them. this lead the middle east into conflict with one another. |
Balfour deceleration | The Balfour Declaration was a British mandate that was meant to give Jews self-rule in Palestine. |
Ottoman Empire | A Muslim empire based on Turkish beliefs and stood for four centuries. |
Iran Hostage Crisis | an event where a group of militarized Iranian college students overtook the U.S Embassy in Tehran. And took about 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for about 444 days. |