abeka history 11 section 27.5

eisenhower doctrine

gave the President power to use force against communist aggression in the Middle East and granted $200 million for economic and military aid in Arab states

gamal abdel nasser

president of Egypt who strongly opposed Israel

aswan high dam

energy project in the upper Nile

suez canal crisis

Egypt tried to seize the canal in 1956 after military problems with Israel and financial problems with America

egypt

fill in the blank

with the suez canal crisis, America and the UN pressured ______, and all military forces withdrew

1948

the US and Great Britain sponsored the establishment of the state of Israel in what year?

six-day war

successful preemptive attack by the nation of Israel (1967)

yom kippur war

invasion of Israel during a Jewish holy day; Israel won and a truce was negotiated

camp david accords

first peace treaty signed between an Arabic nation (Egypt) and Israel

jimmy carter

fill in the blank

during the camp david accords, _______ ______ was the US president

anwar sadat

president of Egypt during the camp david accords

menachem begin

prime minister (leader) of Israel during the Camp David Accords

OPEC

because of America’s involvement with Israel, these nations put an oil embargo on America

organization of petroleum exporting countries

what does OPEC stand for?

america

fill in the blank

because of America’s involvement with Israel, OPEC put an oil embargo on ________

trans-alaska pipeline

an American pipeline built to extract oil from Alaska in response to OPEC

shah pahlavi

pro-American emperor in the iranian hostage crisis

ayatollah khomeini

Islamist revolutionary who invaded the US embassy in Iran and took 63 Americans hostage

iranian hostage crisis

hostages were released upon the inauguration of President Reagan after 444 days of being held hostage

reagan

fill in the blank

in the iranian hostage crisis, hostages were released upon the inauguration of President _______ after 444 days of being held hostage