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1. War fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
Crimean war
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
Because they were a victim of imperialism

2. Who is responsible for the Balfour Declaration
Britain
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

3. What is important about the West Bank?
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Crimean war
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War

4. Why did the UN Plan of 1942 fail?
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than the Middle East
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
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War

5. Why is the Middle East in the State it is in today?
Israel
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Crimean war
Because they were a victim of imperialism

6. What is important about the Golan Heights?
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Ottoman empire
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

7. What were the wars between Israel & Arab countries in the middle est?
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Ottoman empire
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians

8. How is the Middle East similar to Africa
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements

9. How is the Middle East similar to Africa
Britain
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

10. What is important about the Golan Heights?
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
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.
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)

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

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12. Lasted 600 years - was an Islamic empire - leaders were known as sultans
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
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
Ottoman empire

13. What is important about the Arab-Israeli Peace Process?
Israel
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
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East

14. What is the Sphere of influence?
Imperial control of Persia
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.
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
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

15. What are factors that contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

16. What are demographics?
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements

17. What is important about the West Bank?
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Crimean war

18. What is the Balfour Declaration?
Crimean war
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East
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

19. What is the UN plan of 1947?
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Palestinians
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

20. What middle east countries are friendlier to the United States?
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey

21. 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
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Were both imperial powers at one time in the Middle East

22. War fought between Russia and the Ottoman Empire
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Plan to create both an Arab and Jewish homeland in preset day Israel - failed because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Crimean war

23. 3 Important things about the Middle East
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions

24. Lasted 600 years - was an Islamic empire - leaders were known as sultans
Israel
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Ottoman empire

25. What is important about the Arab-Israeli Peace Process?
Israel
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
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Crimean war

26. What countries are more stable - safer and friendlier to the United States?
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

27. What countries are more stable - safer and friendlier to the United States?
Ottoman empire
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates

28. What is important about the Gaza Strip?
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
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.

29. Why did the UN Plan of 1942 fail?
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
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
Ottoman empire

30. What are demographics?
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.
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
US continued friendship w/ Israel - US's military &economic dominance - US's approach to dealing w/ the Middle East

31. What is economic concession?
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Israel
Palestinians
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt

32. Who ranks # 1 to receive foreign aid from America?
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Israel

33. Who ranks # 1 to receive foreign aid from America?
Israel
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
Contains many vital waterways - strategic crossroads between several continents - the point of origin for 3 major world religions
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.

34. What is geopolitics
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Imperial control of Persia
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
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.

35. What is the Balfour Declaration?
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
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
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars

36. 3 Important things about the Middle East
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
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

37. Who rejected the UN Plan of 1942?
Israel
Palestinians
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution

38. What were the wars between Israel & Arab countries in the middle est?
Ottoman empire
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
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

39. what do the West Bank - Gaza Strip - and Golan Heights have in common?
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Britain
Britain

40. 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
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Imperial control of Persia

41. What is economic concession?
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
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians

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

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43. Why is the Middle East in the State it is in today?
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Palestinians
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt

44. what do the West Bank - Gaza Strip - and Golan Heights have in common?
Imperial control of Persia
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Demographics are are the groupings of a human population. i.e- age - race - sex - etc.
Major points of conflict between Arab and Israelis - Israel took control of this part after victory following the 6 Day War

45. What is the UN plan of 1947?
Qatar - Saudi Arabia - United Arab Emirates
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
The numbers in the United States are typically much better than 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

46. 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
Imperial control of the Suez Canal in Egypt
Currently controlled by Palestinian Authority - contains the major city called Nablus

47. What are factors that contributed to the decline of the Ottoman Empire
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews
The death of Suleyman I - the Greek Revolution
Britain
Palestinians

48. What are major points of conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
Saudi Arabia - Egypt - Turkey
Because they were a victim of imperialism
Golan Heights - Gaza Strip - West bank

49. Who rejected the UN Plan of 1942?
1948 War for Independence - Six Days War - Yom Kippur War - ISREAL WON all the wars
Palestinians
Both experienced imperialism and independence movements
Pledge to create a homeland for the Jews

50. What is geopolitics
Because it favored the Jews over the Palestinians
Currently controlled by Israeli military - formerly part of Syria (they want it back)
Because they were a victim of imperialism
An interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products