Arab Crisis - Collapse of the Soviet Union

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Organization formed to represent Palestinians and seek an independent Palestinian state

Six-Day War

Short war in which Israel defeated neighboring Arab states and gained territory

United Nations Security Council Resolution 242

UN 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

Agreements between Egypt and Israel that led to a peace treaty

Balfour Declaration

British declaration supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Prague Spring

Period of political reform and liberalization crushed by Soviet forces

Ronald Reagan

U.S. president who increased pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War

Glasnost

Mikhail Gorbachev’s policy encouraging openness and freedom of speech in the USSR

Perestroika

Gorbachev’s policy of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union who introduced reforms that contributed to the end of the Cold War and collapse of the USSR