Unit 4 Key words

Ottoman Empire

• • Controlled much of the Middle East before World War I.

• • British and French divided the Ottoman Empire’s land into zones of control.

• • Non-Turkish parts of the Ottoman Empire were given to Britain and France.

• • Increased as more Jews moved to Palestine, fearing loss of land.

Sykes-Picot Agreement

• •  Seek independence from Israeli control.

• • Al Qaeda hijacked planes, leading to US invasion of Afghanistan.

• • British and French divided the Ottoman Empire’s land into zones of control.

• • Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran seek their own homeland.

League of Nations Mandates

• • US involved to protect oil reserves.

• • Non-Turkish parts of the Ottoman Empire were given to Britain and France.

• • History of hatred and violence against Jews.

• •  Seek independence from Israeli control.

Ethnic Boundaries Ignored

• Do not match ethnic and religious boundaries, causing instability.

• • Increased as more Jews moved to Palestine, fearing loss of land.

• • Belief that Jews need a homeland in Israel for religious reasons and protection.

•  Mandates combined different ethnic groups, leading to conflicts.

Jewish Migration to Palestine

• • British allowed many Jews to move to Palestine during their mandate.

• • Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran seek their own homeland.

• US involved to protect oil reserves.

•  History of hatred and violence against Jews.

Zionism

• • Kurds in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran seek their own homeland.

• Belief that Jews need a homeland in Israel for religious reasons and protection.

• Increased as more Jews moved to Palestine, fearing loss of land

• • Do not match ethnic and religious boundaries, causing instability.

Anti-Semitism in Europe

• • Seek independence from Israeli control.

• • British allowed many Jews to move to Palestine during their mandate.

• • History of hatred and violence against Jews.

• • Jews rebelled against British after WWII.

Arab Hostility

• • Increased as more Jews moved to Palestine, fearing loss of land.

• •  US involved to protect oil reserves.

• • Do not match ethnic and religious boundaries, causing instability.

• US fights terrorist groups in the Middle East.

Arab Uprising

• • Belief that Jews need a homeland in Israel for religious reasons and protection.

• • Arabs rebelled against British due to Jewish immigration.

• • History of hatred and violence against Jews.

• • Controlled much of the Middle East before World War I.

Jewish Uprising

• • Jews rebelled against British after WWII.

• Do not match ethnic and religious boundaries, causing instability.

• • Seek independence from Israeli control.

• • Non-Turkish parts of the Ottoman Empire were given to Britain and France.