Chapter 16, Mr. Ansell
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 King Farouk | Egypt's last ruling king 1936-1952; shared control with Britain; son of King Faud |
| Gamal Abdel Nasser | Led a military coup in Egypt in 1952; ruled until 1970; established himself as a major Arab force in the Middle East. |
| Mandate | A country placed under control of another power by international agreement |
| Palestine | An Arab region that was controlled by Britain after WWI, and also the land the Jews had lived in 2,000 years earlier. |
| Arab-Israeli Wars | a series of wars between 1948 and 1973 that were fought between Israel and the Arab countries of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon. |
| Kurds | Ethnic group that lives in parts of Iraq and Turkey. They often suffer persecution in both countries, and are currently under the protection of the United Nations in Iraq. |
| Persian Gulf War | a war fought between a coalition led by the United States and Iraq to free Kuwait from Iraqi invaders |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; international cartel that inflates price of oil by limiting supply; Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and UAE are prominent members |
| Primary Product | Raw Material, good example is Oil. |
| Secondary Products | goods manufactured from primary products. |
| Petrochemicals | certain products made from oil. |
| Haj | Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Ramadan | ninth month of the Muslim calendar marked by fasting |
| Aswan High Dam | It was built in 1956 to control the flooding of the Nile River. The dam gives Egyptian farmers a more dependable source of water for their crops. It also gives Egypt electrical power. |
| Tradeoff | An exchange of one benefit for another. |
| Anwar Sadat | Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of Israel) (1918-1981) |
| Muslim Brotherhood | extremist Muslim group that insists Egypt be governed only by Islamic law |
| Fellahin | Farmers in Egypt who live in villages and work on small plots of land that they rent from landowners |
| Zionism | A worldwide movement, originating in the 19th century that sought to establish and develop a Jewish nation in Palestine. Since 1948, its function has been to support the state of Israel. |
| Kibbutz | a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel |
| Law of Return | 1950, says that Jews anywhere in the world can immigrate to Israel and become citizens |
| Orthodox Jews | strict Jews that think Jewish law should help form government policy |
| Rosh Hashanah | Jewish New Year |
| Yom Kippur | Day of Atonement, a day for fasting and reflecting on one's sins. |
| Secular | religious practices play a less important role in their lives. |
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