Final Study Guide Flashcards
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What was the Holocaust?
Persecution and Murder around 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazi’s. Genocide
What is Anti Semtism
Hatred Towards Jews. A form of Racism
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
Racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on September 15th 1935
What was the boycott of Jewish Businesses?
Aimed to intimidate Germans and discourage them from shopping at Jewish businesses
What was Kristallnacht?
A program against Jews by the Nazi Party. Also know as the “night of the broken glass” and the November program
What is Deportation?
A formal process of a foreign nation being removed from a country for violating immigration laws etc.
What was the final solution?
A plan orchestrated by Nazi Germany during WWll for the genocide of Jews.
What is Liberation?
Act of setting someone free 🆓
What is Zionism?
A nationalist, political and ideological movement for the establishment and sustaining of statehood or a homeland for the Jewish People
What is Imperialism?
One country controlling another country
What was the Sykes- Picot Agreement?
A secret agreement reached during WWl between the British and the French government that divided the Ottoman Empire
What was the Balfour Declaration?
A public statement issued by the British government
What was the Arab Revolt?
An armed uprising by the Hasmite led Arabs of Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire
What was the UN Partition Plan?
It proposed dividing the British mandate of Palestine 🇵🇸 into two independent states
What is democracy?
A form of government led by the people
What is Tolitarianism?
A system of government that is centralized and dictatorial
What is the United Nations?
An intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN charter.
What is the Middle East map?
It is composed of 17 countries including Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, and so on……….
What are the monthestic religions?
Christianity ✝️, Judaism ✡️, Islam ☪️
What is the oil in the Middle East OPEC?
It included member countries in the middle east holding a large share of the worlds proven crude oil reserves.
What was the Ottoman Empire m?
Imperial realm that controlled much of the Southeast Europe, West Africa and North America.🇺🇸
What are some major events in creation of modern Middle East ?
WWll and the fall of the Ottoman Empire
What were the hot spots during the Cold War?
Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall
What were the