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Chapter 30
Africa and the Middle East
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History
9th Grade
05/27/2012

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Anwar el-Sadat
Definition
replaced Nasser as Pres.
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apartheid
Definition
form of racial segregation
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Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Definition
ed the Iranian Rev., referred to the US as the “Great
Satan”
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Gamel Abdel Nasser
Definition
became Pres. of Egypt, strong nationalist, wanted to destroy
Israel, wanted to end Euro influence in the Mid. East
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Intifada
Definition
uprising
(of Palestinian Jews)
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Definition
the shah) leader of Iran
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Six Day War of 1956
Definition
(Third Arab-Israeli War) Israel routed Egyptian forces and it’s
allies, Israel captured the Sinai Pen., and the W. Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan
Heights = Arab states were humiliated
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Suez War of 1956
Definition
(Second Arab-Israeli War) GB, Fr. and Israel attacked Egypt,
Egyptian forces were thoroughly routed, pressure from the US and the USSR ended the
Suez War
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U.S. invasion od Iraq(reasons)
Definition
Iraq ignored 17 UN Security Council resolutions,
repeatedly violated the Persian Gulf War treaty, Hussein brutalized his people, suspected
of stockpilings
US invasion of Iraq = Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Yasir Arafat
Definition
became Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman, launched
terrorist attacks against civilians in Israel
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