World History Chapter 26: Sectino 26.6

supported a national Jewish homeland in Palestine

supported a national Jewish homeland in Palestine

Balfour Declaration

advocates of a Jewish national state

Zionists

founding of the modern nation of Israel

1948

(1967) Israel preemptively attacked and defeated surrounding Arab nations

Six-Day war

what year did the Six-Day war take place?

1967

(1973-1974) Egypt and Syria invaded Israel’s territory but they were defeated

Yom Kippur War

what are the dates to the Yom Kippur War (years)?

1973-1974

what does OPEC stand for?

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

formed to control supply and price of oil

OPEC

(1978) peace treaty between Israel and Egypt negotiated by president Jimmy Carter; first Arabic/Jewish treaty in history

Camp David Accords

sought to establish a Palestinian state in Israel through force and terror

PLO

what does PLO stand for?

Palestine Liberation Organization

leader of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)

Yassir Arafat

pro-American government under The Shah was overthrown by Ayatolla Khomeini (1979)

Iran

overthrown by Ayatolla Khomeini in 1979

The Shah

overthrew The Shah in 1967

Ayatolla Khomeini

Khomeini’s rebellion (63 Americans were held hostage)

Iranian Hostage Crisis

became dictator of Iraq in 1979

Saddam Hussein

how did the war of Iran end?

stalemate

advocated civil disobedience against the British in a movement for independence

Mahatma Gandhi

was given independence from Britain in 1947

India

when did India get independence from Britain?

1947

After WWI, fell under the influence of Communism assisted by Soviet and Cuban troops

Africa

the 1st black African nation south of the Sahara to gain independence

Ghana

Prime Minister and eventual dictator of Ghana

kwame Nkrumah

Belgium’s largest African colony; freed and named The Republic of the Congo

The Congo

pro-Communist Premier of the Congo

Patrice Lumumba

became the dictator of the Congo; it was renamed Zaire in 1971

Joseph Mobutu

leader of the black African nations

Nigeria

2 oldest African indpendent states

Liberia and Ethiopia

last of the original monarchs of Ethiopia

Haile Selassie I

policy of racial segregation in South Africa

Apartheid