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Middle East Vocab 7C

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Mandate Country placed under another country's control through international agreement
Partition A distrubution of importions
Palestine The holy land (canaan or Israel)
Anti-semitism The descrimination/segregation of Jews
Ottoman Empire An empire that controlled most of the Middle East and North Africa between 632AD-1924AD
Zionism Call for the Jewish homeland
Gamal Abdel Second president of Egypt
Persian Gulf War War between Iraq and US because Iraq invaded Kuwait during 1991
Westernization adapting modern ways of life, common in Europe and US
Mustaga Kemal/Ataturk Turkish army officer, founder of the Turkish Republic
Anwar Sadat Third president of Egypt
Tansu Cillar Turkish economist/politician
Holocaust A time durinng WWII where Jews were segregated by the Jannisares
Sunni Muslims who believe any good muslim can lead Islam
Shia Muslims who believe that only a relative of Muhammad can lead Islam, are good with a theocracy
Law of Return A law passed in 1950 to let Jews return to Israel
Fundamentalism a leader strict with religious rules and laws
Arab largest ethnic group in Middle East
Israeli people who live in Israel and are Jews
Palestinians Arabs in the Palestinian territories, citizens of a stateless nation
Iran-Iraq War War between Iran and Iraq that lasted 8 years over oil
Operation Iraqi War War between Iraq, US and its allies because they thought Iraq was hiding illegal weapons
Invasion of Afghanistan 10 year conflict involving Soviet Union and 700 troops dressed in Afghan uniforms
Wars between 1948-1973 Arab-Israeli Wars, between Arab countries and Israel of Israli territory
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization
Taliban Group of fundamentalis muslims
Stateless Nation Ethnic groupp without its own nation, Kurdistan and Palistan
West Bank Territory to the east of Israel and the west of Jordan
Gaza Strip Srip of land west of Israel and east of Meditteranean
Refugee A fugitive or a person forced to flee
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