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Mandate

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Referred to land being governed by an outside power on behalf of the League of Nations

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Zionist

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A name some Jews called themselves

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Drip irrigation

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Preserves precious water resources by letting precise amounts of water drip on plants from pipes

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Potash

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Used in fertilizer and explosives

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Anarchy

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Lawlessness

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Embargo

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Severe restriction on trade

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Desalination

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Process of removing salt from seawater

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Infrastructure

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A countries basic support facilities - roads, schools, airports, seaports, communication systems

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Ayatollah

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Conservative religious leader in Iran who believed in strict Islamic law

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Which Turks did not impose Islamic law on non-Muslims?

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Ottoman Turks

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Who was called the sick man of Europe by mid-1800s?

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Ottoman Empire

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Allied powers of ww1:

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Great Britain, France, Russia

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Central powers of ww1

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German, Austria-Hungary

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Which side did Ottoman Empire join?

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Central powers

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What part of Ottoman Empire would be given independence after the war?

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Arab peninsula

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Two people involved in Great Britain/Arab secret dealings

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McMahon and Husayn

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What did British promise Arabs if they revolted against Ottoman Empire?

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British support for one Arab homeland

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Sykes picot agreement

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Limited independent Arab state to area that is now Saudi Arabia and Yemen. French control of Syria and Iraq now to great to Britain.

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Who was Sykes picot agreement between

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France and Great Britain

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Fin results of peace conference after ww1

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Ottoman Empire reduced to single independent country- Turkey
Arab state limited to what is now Saudi Arabia and Yemen
France and Great Britain divided the m rest

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By mid 1940s which country’s fate remained undecided?

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Palestine

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Which two groups claim Palestine as their homeland?

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The Arabs and the Jews

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Why were countries sympathetic to Jews after ww2?

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Six million Jews died in holocaust

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Why did the Jews claim Palestine?

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Ancient historical ties to region

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Why did the Arabs claim Palestine
Arabs had lived there for centuries
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Arab League
Created in response to worldwide support of Jewish homeland in Palestine
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What did the UN decide to do with Palestine after Britain pulled out?
You and decided to partition Palestine into two states one Arab and one Jewish
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May 1948
Creation of the new independent state of Israel
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Creation of the state of Israel led to
1948 war. Arabs were furious because they had been given less than half of the land and it was mostly desert
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What was the result of the 1948 war
Israel controlled more than three quarters of the land and Palestine was left with no country at all
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What has been Israel's environmental goal?
To turn desert into productive land
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Israel's driest region
Negev desert
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National water carrier
A series of pipelines canals and tunnels that irrigates the Negev desert
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Where is the Dead Sea?
Tween Israel and Jordan
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Where is potash extracted from?
The Dead Sea
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How was Israel getting people to move to the desert?
By offering hi pay an extra time off
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This is real world leader in producing?
Medical laser technology, weaponry, aerospace equipment, and electronics
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Two groups of Jews in Palestine
European Jews – wealthier, mostly from Europe, and immigrated before 1948 Sephardic Jews - mostly from Southwest Asia, north Africa, and Asia; lower standard of living in earned less money
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Knesset
Israel's democratically elected parliament
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Major political challenge facing Israel
To build lasting peace with Palestinians and other Arab neighbors
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Where do you Palestinians first take refuge after the 1948 war?
Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon
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When did Israel take the Gaza Strip and West Bank?
During the second war in 1967
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PLO
Palestinian liberation organization – Palestinians government in exile
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What have PLO extremist been known to do
Extreme is hijacked planes kidnapping in killing Israeli civilians. Mostly viewed as terrorists
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Where has most PLO activity been conducted from
Lebanon
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When did Israel invade Lebanon
1982
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When did Israel and the PLO officially recognize each other?
1993
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What for modern countries make up the Middle East?
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq
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Richland useful for farming in the ancient middle east
Fertile Crescent.
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Farming and first civilizations first developed in
The Fertile Crescent
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What land did Jordan gain after the 1948 war
The West Bank
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Why was the West Bank important to Jordan
Supplied Jordan with fertile land for growing crops. One third of GDP came from West Bank
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Who attacked Israel in 1967
Jordan, Syria, and Egypt
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What was the result of the 1967 war for Jordan
They lost the West Bank and second largest city, East Jerusalem. Their economy was devastated
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Half of Jordanian population is made up of
Palestinian refugees
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Lebanon before the Civil War
Mild climate, beaches, and open social and political platform
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Other name for Beirut
Paris of the middle east
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Before the Civil War what religious group in Lebanon had the most power
Maronite Christians
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Set up base in Lebanon
PLO
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Why did US soldiers pulled out of Lebanon in 1984
Americans were being targeted
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What groups were fighting in Lebanon during the Civil War?
Christians and Muslims
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Militia
Citizen army
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Mid-1980s Lebanon was in a state of
Anarchy
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When did Lebanon reach peace and start rebuilding infrastructure
1990s
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When did Israel withdraw its troops
2000
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Who threatens peace with Israel,
Hezbollah guerrillas
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Who is the leader of Syria now
Bashar al-Assad
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The Syrian people rebel against the leader because because
Little freedom
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Two main groups of stepped in to try to stop the fighting in Syria
Russia and the Islamic state
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How many Syrian refugees are there
4.5 million
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Where does most of Iraq lie
On watered plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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What replaced farming is the most important economic activity in Iraq in the 1920s
Oil
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Rack find an eight year were with leaving both countries in debt,
Iran
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Who did Iraq invaded 1990
Kuwait
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Was the leader of Iraq for a long period of time
Saddam Hussein
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The US and you and intervene doing what war that was started in 1990
The Persian golf war
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Worlds largest stateless minority
Kurds
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Where are the Kurds now
And Curtis Stan which is located in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Armenia
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Capital of Oman
Muscat
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Capital ofYemen
Sanaa
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Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
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Capital of united Arab emirates
Abu Dhabi
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Capital of Kuwait
Kuwait
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Capital of Iran
Tehran
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Capital of Iraq
Baghdad
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Capital of Lebanon
Beirut
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Apple of Israel
Jerusalem
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Capital of Turkey
Ankara
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Capital of Bahrain
Manama
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Capital of Qatar
Doha
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Capital of Jordan
Amman
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capital of Syria
Damascus

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