Arab Crisis - Collapse of the Soviet Union

Palestinian Liberation Organization

A political and military organization created to represent Palestinians and push for an independent homeland.

Six-Day War

A 1967 conflict where Israel fought several neighboring countries and gained large territories in only six days.

Resolution 242

A United Nations measure calling for withdrawal from occupied territories and recognition of every nation’s right to live in peace.

Yom Kippur War

A surprise 1973 attack launched during a major Jewish holiday by Egypt and Syria against Israel.

Camp David Accords

A peace agreement brokered by the United States that improved relations between Egypt and Israel in 1978.

Balfour Declaration

A 1917 British statement supporting the creation of a national home for Jewish people in the Middle East.

Prague Spring

A reform movement in Czechoslovakia that tried to create “socialism with a human face” before being crushed by Soviet control.

Ronald Reagan

The U.S. president during the 1980s known for strong opposition to communism and the Soviet Union.

Glasnost

A policy that allowed greater openness, freedom of speech, and transparency in government and society.

Perestroika

A restructuring program designed to improve the struggling Soviet economy through limited reforms.

Mikhail Gorbachev

The final leader of the Soviet Union who introduced major reforms that contributed to the end of communist rule there.