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group of countries that controls where oil goes and how much it costs
OPEC
influence from the West, when extremists use violence to make changes
Islamic fundamentalism
wars won by Israel with conflict between its neighbors in occupied territories
Six Day War 1967
Yom Kipper War 1973
wars won by Israel with conflict between its neighbors in occupied territories (1973)
Yom Kipper War
Israel's prime minister during the wars
Golda Meir
leader of Egypt, who signed the Camp David Accords with Egypt
Anwar Sadat
leader of Israel, who signed the Camp David Accords with Egypt
Menachem Begin
1977 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
Camp David Accords
led by Arafat, formed to destroy Israel and replace it with a Palestine state
PLO (Palestine liberation organization)
a violent uprising by Palestinians against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the late 1980s
intifada
prime minister of Israel that signs the OSLO Accords, shot by a Jewish college student against this peace process
Yitzhak Rabin
radical group from Lebanon, who does not want to make peace
Hamas
takes over after Yasir Arafat, dies in 2004
Mahmoud Abbas
becomes prime minister and eases tension between PLO and Israel by making Israel settlers leave Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank
Ariel Sharon
religious leader of Iran who captures embassy when the U.S. doesn't give the shah back
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran-Iraq War because
1. argue over where the border is at
2. Iran wants the Shiite Muslims in Iraq to revolt against Saddam
Iranian Revolution