Ch. 15 Section 2- Conflict in the Middle East
1. Define the following terms:
a) Pan Arabism:
b) intifada:
c) resolution:
2. Why was Palestine divided into an Arab and Jewish State by the United Nations in 1948? What controversy did it
create?
3. Who was Gamal Abdel Nassar and what were his goals for the nation of Egypt? What caused the Suez War of
1956?
4. What were the effects of the Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
5. How could the Suez crisis have affected Soviet-American relations?
6. What was OPEC and why did it form?
7. What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords?
8. What was the purpose of the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization? Who led the PLO?What was the
purpose
of the Camp David Accords?