Download Arab-Israeli Conflict Study Guide

World History and Geography-H
2011-2012
Unit 7 Study Guide – Middle East
What to study
 Textbook: 25.1, 25.2, 26.3, 27.1, 27.2, 28.1, 28.2
 PowerPoint: The Middle East – An Introduction
 PowerPoint: The Arab-Israeli Conflict – An Introduction
 Timeline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (class notes)
 Participants in the Arab-Israeli Conflict Jigsaw – Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Palestinian refugees,
Israeli Government, Jewish settlers, United States (class notes)
 Arab-Israeli Conflict debates – familiarize yourself with the issues. You do not need to know all of the
arguments, but you should be able to take a stand and support it with some basic evidence (don’t need
major details) for each question.
Do NOT need to study
o Geography (Middle East map and Israel/Palestine map)
o Arab-Israeli Conflict Map Analysis Activity
Middle East Topics/Terms – NOT including the Arab-Israeli Conflict
 Middle East as region of cultural diffusion (25.1)
 what are the 5 physical regions of the Middle East and what are their major features (25.1)
 why is the population of the Middle East unevenly distributed (25.1)
 what was the earliest civilization in the Middle East (25.2)
 what are the major accomplishments of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, and Phoenicians (25.2)
 ziggurat (25.2)
 cuneiform (25.2)
 Hammurabi’s Code (25.2)
 Alexander the Great & Hellenistic civilization (25.2)
 what are the features of a village vs. city in the Middle East (26.3)
 characteristics of Muslim family life (26.3)
 characteristics of the lives of women in Muslim society (26.3)
 what are the reasons why the pan-Arab movement failed (27.1)
 what are two multiparty states in the Middle East that hold free elections (27.1)
 what was the main cause of the Lebanese civil war (27.1)
 what is the Islamist movement and what does it advocate (27.1)
 characteristics and consequences of Arab socialism (27.2)
 oil – how does it affect the economies of the Middle East; who benefits? (27.2)
 what is the main reason for the generation gap in the Middle East (27.2)
 what are the factors that have affected the lives of modern Muslim women (27.2)
 cause of the 1973 oil crisis (28.1)
 cause of US involvement in the Iran-Iraq War (28.1)
 cause of the Persian Gulf War (28.1)
 what UN inspectors were looking for in Iraq after the Persian Gulf War (28.1)
World History and Geography-H
2011-2012
Arab-Israeli Conflict Topics/Terms
Diaspora
Zionism
Theodor Herzl
Ottoman Empire
Treaty of Versailles
British mandate
UN Partition Plan
creation of Israel (1948)
Arab-Israeli War of 1948
Arab-Israeli war of 1956
Six Day War (1967)
Yom Kippur / Ramadan War (1973)
Camp David Accords (1978)
Oslo Peace (1993)
Roadmap (2003)
Labor Party
Likud Party
Kadima Party
Jewish settlers
Binyamin Netanyahu
Palestine Liberation Org. (PLO)
Palestinian Authority (PA)
Palestinian refugees
Hamas
Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Mahmoud Abbas
intifada
jihad
Anwar Sadat
Dome of the Rock
Temple Mount
occupied territories
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Golan Heights
Sinai Peninsula
Suez Canal
West Bank barrier/security fence
Format:
 The test is much more heavily weighted toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict. This means that you need
to especially focus your studying on the Introduction to the Middle East & Arab-Israeli Conflict
PowerPoint notes, Timeline of the Arab-Israeli conflict notes, Participants jigsaw notes, and
section 28.2 of the textbook.
 There will be questions of the following types and values, give or take 5 points per section.
o 40 points multiple choice
o 20 points fill-in
o 10 points definitions
o 25 points short answer