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1. what do the West Bank - Gaza Strip - and Golan Heights have in common?
Crimean war
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Britain
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War

2. What is geopolitics
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

3. What is the UN plan of 1947?
Imperial control of Persia
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus

4. What is the Sphere of influence?
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Imperial control of Persia
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Palestinians

5. What countries are more stable - safer and friendlier to the United States?
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Palestinians
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

6. What middle east countries are friendlier to the United States?
Crimean war
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

7. What are demographics?
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Israel
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
American will play a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process - several American presidents have tried to promote the peace - few Arab countries already have peace treaties with Israel

8. How is the Middle East similar to Africa
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements

9. What is important about the Golan Heights?
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

10. 3 Important things about the Middle East
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

11. What is important about the West Bank?
Crimean war
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)

12. Who is responsible for the Balfour Declaration
Britain
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

13. What is economic concession?
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Ottoman empire
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt

14. What happened between Britain and France?
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Israel
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars

15. What is important about the Gaza Strip?
Currently controlled by the radical terror group Hamas - Rafah can be found here - as well as many refugee camps - closest to the Egypt boarder - underground tunnels are used to smuggle weapons into this place.
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
American will play a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process - several American presidents have tried to promote the peace - few Arab countries already have peace treaties with Israel

16. Lasted 600 years - was an Islamic empire - leaders were known as sultans
Britain
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Ottoman empire

17. What countries are more stable - safer and friendlier to the United States?
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Britain
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

18. What is the Sphere of influence?
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Imperial control of Persia
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Israel

19. What is important about the Arab-Israeli Peace Process?
Palestinians
American will play a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process - several American presidents have tried to promote the peace - few Arab countries already have peace treaties with Israel
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Britain

20. Who rejected the UN Plan of 1942?
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Palestinians
Ottoman empire

21. What caused bad-blood between the United States and the Middle East?

22. Who is responsible for the Balfour Declaration
Britain
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East

23. How is the Middle East similar to Africa
Ottoman empire
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements

24. what do the West Bank - Gaza Strip - and Golan Heights have in common?
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East

25. What is the UN plan of 1947?
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

26. What middle east countries are friendlier to the United States?
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions

27. War fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman empire
Crimean war
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements

28. What is important about the Gaza Strip?
Currently controlled by the radical terror group Hamas - Rafah can be found here - as well as many refugee camps - closest to the Egypt boarder - underground tunnels are used to smuggle weapons into this place.
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Britain

29. What are demographics?
Crimean war
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians

30. What caused bad-blood between the United States and the Middle East?

31. Who ranks # 1 to receive foreign aid from America?
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Israel
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

32. What are major points of conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

33. What are factors that contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians

34. What is geopolitics
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

35. Who has more demographics:Arab countries in the Middle East or the US
Currently controlled by the radical terror group Hamas - Rafah can be found here - as well as many refugee camps - closest to the Egypt boarder - underground tunnels are used to smuggle weapons into this place.
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East

36. Why is the Middle East in the State it is in today?
Palestinians
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

37. Why did the UN Plan of 1942 fail?
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

38. Lasted 600 years - was an Islamic empire - leaders were known as sultans
Crimean war
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Ottoman empire
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians

39. What is economic concession?
Ottoman empire
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Crimean war

40. What is important about the West Bank?
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus

41. What is the Balfour Declaration?
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Britain
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey

42. War fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Crimean war

43. 3 Important things about the Middle East
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

44. What are major points of conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel
Imperial control of Persia
American will play a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process - several American presidents have tried to promote the peace - few Arab countries already have peace treaties with Israel
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank
Palestinians

45. Why did the UN Plan of 1942 fail?
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

46. What is important about the Golan Heights?
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus

47. Who has more demographics:Arab countries in the Middle East or the US
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East

48. What are factors that contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
Britain
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution

49. What happened between Britain and France?
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars

50. What is the Balfour Declaration?
Crimean war
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.