Arab Crisis: Collapse of the Soviet Union

Unit 4: Section 4 Notecards

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)

Organization created to represent Palestinians and fight for a Palestinian state

Six-Day War

Short war where Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan and gained territory

Resolution 242

United Nations resolution calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories and peace in the Middle East

Yom Kippur War

Surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur

Camp David Accords

Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel negotiated by Jimmy Carter

Balfour Declaration

British statement supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Prague Spring (1968)

Reform movement in Czechoslovakia for more freedom, crushed by Soviet troops

Ronald Reagan

US president known for strong anti-communist policies during the Cold War

Glasnost

Policy by Mikhail Gorbachev allowing more openness and freedom of speech in the USSR

Perestroika

Gorbachev’s policy of restructuring the Soviet economy and government

Mikhail Gorbachev

Last leader of the USSR who introduced reforms that helped end the Cold War