Palestine

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Palestine
India And China
1930s Europe and the outbreak Of war
Cold War
World War I
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What was the primary political American interest
in the Middle East?
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Making sure the Soviets and their allies didnt
get too strong of a presence.
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What was the Balfour Declaration?
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A statement from a 1917 British cabinet meeting
on their plan for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
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By the end of World War I, when there were just
under 100,000 Jews in Palestine, how many Arabs
were there?
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Around 700,000.
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What happened to the map of Palestine as a result
of the Six-Day War in 1967?
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Israel gained much territory the Sinai Peninsula
from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan, and the
Golan Heights from Syria.
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• When Britain tried to wash its hands of the mess
  in 1947 and turned things over to the U.N., what
  plan for Palestine did they come up with?
• What was the position of the Jews?
• What was the position of the Arabs?

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• The UN came up with a plan to partition Palestine
  into Jewish and Arab sections. 2. The Jews
  accepted it.
• 3. The Arabs rejected it.

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What did the British do in India, in an attempt
to resolve the inabilities of the Hindus and
Muslims in India to get along?
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They decided to partition India into a Hindu
area, with independent Muslim countries on each
side (Pakistan on the west, and Bangladesh on the
east).
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What did Maos communist Chinese forces do in
1934, that helped their survival?
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The Long March, a retreat of several hundred
miles away from Nationalist Chinese forces, who
had been victorious over them in western China.
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Idenify two reasons why Nathuram Godse, A Hindu
nationalist, Felt justified in killing Gandhi.
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• He didnt oppose Muslim violence against Hindus
  strongly enough
• He didnt oppose the partition of India strongly
  enough
• He accepted the promotion of Hindustani, a slang
  tongue, to the status of a national language.

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What two major benefits did the Chinese
Communists obtain from the Russian intervention
against Japan at the end of World War II?
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The use of abandoned Japanese military equipment,
Korean soldiers remaining in China, and
assistance from the Soviet Union.
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Identify two shortcomings of Maos Great Leap
Forward (1957-1961)
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• Some ten to forty million Chinese people died.
• Chinese attempts at backyard furnaces produced
  low-quality iron that was useless for factories,
  and kept them from working in farms.
• Widespread famines

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Identify 2 of the following Kaiser Wilhelm
II Archduke Ferdinand Otto von Bismarck
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Crown Prince of
Austro-Hungarian Empire his assassination
ignited WWI Otto von Bismarck power behind
German unification wanted a strong Germany
within a peaceful Europe Kaiser Wilhelm II ruler
of Germany fired Bismarck
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What was the major change that came about because
of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
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Germany acquired huge chunks of Russian territory
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Identify 3 of the planks in Woodrow Wilsons 14
Points
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self-determination of nations public treaties
League of Nations arms reductions tariff
reductions (SPLAT!)
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Identify three provisions of the Treaty of
Versailles, ending WWI
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Germany accepted blame for WWI (the war-guilt
clause) the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was
nullified 30 billion war indemnity was forced
upon Germany German disarmament and
demilitarization of the Rhineland
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Identify three causes of World War I
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assassination of Archduke Ferdinand naval arms
race between England and Germany colonial
competition interlocking, secret treaties war
strategies assuming a two-front war
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What were the two provisions of the
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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Germany and Russia partitioned Poland Germany
and Russia signed a non-aggression treaty
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Identify two steps that Hitler took in
repudiating Versailles, and expanding Germanys
borders before his invasion of Poland
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Naval treaty with Britian giving Germany 35-60
percent of British naval force Remilitarization
of the Rhineland Incorporation of Austria into
Germany Incorporation of the Sudetenland
(Czechoslovakia) into Germany.
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Identify three of the purposes of the Neutrality
Acts
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No selling arms to nations at war No selling
military supplies (including oil) to nations at
war No selling arms or supplies to a nation
involved in a civil war Cash-and-carry policy
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Arrange in chronological order D-Day Operation
Barbarossa Pearl Harbor Hitler invades Poland
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Hitler invades Poland (Sept. 39) Operation
Barbarossa (June 41) Pearl Harbor (Dec 41) D-Day
(June 44)
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Identify the nations that the following men were
leaders of 1. Benito Mussolini 2. Joseph
Stalin 3. Adolph Hitler 4. Neville Chamberlain 5.
Franklin Roosevelt
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• Italy
• Soviet Union
• Germany
• Great Britain
• United States

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Correct this statement about the Berlin
AirliftAfter World War II, the United States
shut off access to East Berlin, (via roads and
railways) to the communists.
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After World War II, the Soviet Union shut off
access to West Berlin, (via roads and railways)
to the US and its allies.
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In the middle of which war was General MacArthur
recalled, and why?
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In the middle of the Korean War, because he
continued to make threatening statements about
bombing and attacking China.
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• Answer both questions correctly
• Identify the two different provisions of the
  Marshall Plan
• What group of nations did NOT participate in this
  program?

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• Grants and loans to European countries, to
  purchase goods made in America alongside grants
  to develop their own industries with loans
• Eastern bloc/Warsaw Pact

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For what historical reasons did the Russians feel
justified in occupying eastern Europe?
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The Germans had invaded their country twice in
the forty years prior to 1945, with devastating
effect.
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Identify four elements of the Reagan Revolution.
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1. increased defense spending2. tax cuts3. Star
Wars (SDI)4. proxy conflicts in Third World
(Nicaruagua, Afghanistan, Granada, El Salvador)5.
fall of Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact
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Final Jeopardy
Make your wager
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Final Answer
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Final Question