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Decolonization, Creation of New States, and Genocide Flashcards

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Six day war

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  • Mainly Israel vs. Egypt and Jordan
  • Israel defeated the Arabs
  • became a distinguished military power in the region
  • gained territory 4x its original size
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What was the Palestinian Liberation Organization goal

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  • to lead the struggle against Israel
  • destroy Israel
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Who was the Palestinian Liberation Organization leader

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Yasir Arafat

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Who were the Palestinian Liberation Organization supporters

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ppl who lost lands tot eh isrealies or ppl who fled their homes

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camp david accords

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  • peace settlement between Israel and Egypt
  • one of the first peace agreements between Israel and any of its neighbors
  • Stated that
    - Israeli military would withdraw from the Sinai peninsula
    - Egypt would recognize Israels right to exist
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Name 4 ways the PLO gained the worlds attention

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  • Hijacking planes
  • kidnapping and killing some Israeli athletes (German summer Olympic games)
  • Gurella warfare against Israeli army
  • suicide bombers would strike where there were lots of ppl (bus stops, restaurants, stores etc)
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How did Isreal react to the PLOs grasps at attention (3 ways)

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  • sealed off Palestinian towns
  • destroyed homes of suicide bombers and their families
  • targeted terrorist leaders and killed many Palestinians
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What does PLO stand for

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Palestinian Liberation Organization

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Decolonization def

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action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent

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Reasons for decolonization (5)

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  • European powers got tired of fighting after ww2
  • effective leadership of independence movements by native leaders
  • pressure from u.s to decolonize or forefit aid
    -nationalistic and education desires in Africa (ex Kenya)
  • The west realized they cant be hypocrites (they have to live up to their own values)
  • Colonies began to cost more then their worth
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Who was India ruled by before Sepoy rebellion (1958)

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British East India Company

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How did the Sepoy rebellion change power in India

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It made it a colony ruled by Britain

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Amritsar Massacre

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  • Amritsar was a city in northern India with high British v Indian tensions
  • despite the ban on public meetings, a large peaceful crowd packed into an enclosed field to protest the arrest of nationalistic Independence leaders, while Indian leaders spoke British soldiers opened fire on the crowd
  • furthered Indians want for self- rule
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Gandhi history

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came from a middle class Hindu family and studied law in England at 19 then went to Africa to fight discriminatory laws against Indians

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Ahimsa

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nonviolence and respect for life (Gandhi)

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Civil disobedience has been labeled to

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Gandhi

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examples of civil disobedience

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boycotts, sitins, and marches

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18
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This phrase is tied to Gandhis methods of peaceful, nonviolent protests

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passive resistance

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The Salt March

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Gandhi protested the British monopoly on salt by marching 240 miles to the sea
- he was arrested (but thousands of Indians followed his lead)

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How did Britain react to the world outcry against them (relating to India)

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He gave the Indians more power and met their demands

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sole force

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wanting change though peace
- passive

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sole force

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wanting change though peace
- passive

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body force

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wanting change thorough violence

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partition

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divided

25
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What caused Britain to finally docolonize

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many indians enlisted in the world wars and after ww2 the British coulnt resist Indian demands for Independence

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What was the problem with Independence in India, and the resoulition?

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It was split between Hindus and Muslims (2 completely different religions)
- Hindus were the majority and leaders from both sides wanted a united India but Muslims feared discrimination (against themselves) and demanded a new country (where Muslims were the majority) and Pakistan was created

27
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Why were around 10 million people displaced/moved after British decolonization in India and why did over 1 million die on their way

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Hindus living in Pakistan fled to India
Muslims living in India fled to Pakistan

Along the roads leading to Pakistan and India were members of each religious wanting to kill

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Struggles for Kashmir

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Kashmir was a state in the himalayans, it has a hindu leader but a muslim majority that wanted to join pakistan (still fighting between the 2 for Kashmir)

29
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Nehru

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leader of the congress party who became the prime minister
- encouraged economic growth & social change
- food output grew
- set aside jobs and places in universities for dalits

30
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dalits

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people of the lower castes (social class)

31
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Bangladash

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they didnt want to be ruled by pakistan (Muslim) so (with help of India) they were able to form their won country

32
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did India benefit from strong ledership early on

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yes

33
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What 3 factors led to conflict in Iraq

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oil wealth
Religious diversity (2 types of Muslims)
Ethnic conflict

34
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What are the 2 types of Muslims in Iraq

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Sunnis vs shittes

35
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What event caused some to say there was a act of genocide going on in Iraq

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The kurds tried to rebel and create their own homeland in northern Iraq and the Iraqi government responded brutally by using chemical weapons on the kurds

36
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Events leading up to the Iraqi- Iranian war

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Saddam Hussein came to power (ruled as a dictator)
About the same time, Iran has a revolution
With unrest in Iran Hussein decided to seize a disputed border area
which led to prolonged war

37
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Who led the revolution in Iran

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Ayatollah Khomeini

38
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Why did the u.s send 500,000 troops to the Arabian desert in 1990

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the Iraqis invaded the smaller but oil rich county of kuwait and the u.s. wanted to protect its oil interest in the region

The u.s joined with the U.N. and crushed the Iraqi military and drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait

39
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1)Why did the U.S, Britain, and France set up no fly zones
2) who was it aimed at
3) what was the reaction

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1) to protect the shittes and kurds and the U.N. worked to keep Hussein from creating WMD with his oil profits

2) Iraq and Hussein

3)they violated the no fly zones and didn’t comply with U.N. weapon inspectors

40
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US forces defeat Hussein

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President Bush accuses Hussein of supporting terrorist activity
- U.S and Britain joined to invade Iraq which defeated Iraqi army and occupied the country and it brought an end to Husseins reign

41
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How did the people feel about the end of Husseins regime

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some welcomed it and others resented foreign occupation

42
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WMD stands for

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weapons of mass destruction

43
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OPEC stands for

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the organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

44
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What did OPEC do

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allowed the co-operation of leading oil companies in order to collectively influence the global market and maximize profit

45
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what was the name of the people in Iraq who resented foreign occupation

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insurgents

46
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original members of OPEC

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Saudi Arab, Iran, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

47
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how is OPEC relevant to the U.S.

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in certain times (in the 60s-80s) OPEC nations restricted production or charged more per barrel in relation to the Arab-Israli crisis

48
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Why did gas rises rise 350%

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the economic turn down of the 1970s with the OPEC oil embargo which created major gas station lines or no gas at all in the U.S.

49
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during the Arab-Israli crisis, where does most of the fighting occur

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gaza strip, west band, and gohlan heights

50
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The religious and government leader of Iran

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The Ayatollah

51
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Islamic law based on the teachings of the Koran

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sharia

52
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lowest tier of the Indian caste system

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untouchables

53
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Muslim majority country created out of British India that was once called East Pakistan

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Bangladesh

54
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North Indian province claimed by both India and Pakistan

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Kashmir

55
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country known for having a theorcracy

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Iran

56
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US sent 600,000 troops to help liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein and Iraq

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Desert storm

57
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Invaded Kuwait which brought in the U.S. and its allies

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Iraq

58
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labeled homeland for the jews which led to numerous conflicts

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Isreal

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