| A | B |
|---|
| Suez Canal | this connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea |
| Pan Arabism | unity among all Arabs |
| France & Britain | these 2 countries controlled most of Africa as colonies |
| Zionism | a movement to establish a homeland for Jews after WWII |
| Balfour Declaration | formal statement by Britain during WWI promising Jews a homeland in Palestine |
| militant | a person who uses violence in order to accomplish his beliefs |
| Palestine Liberation Org. | a group that supported the Palestinian Arabs' right to a homeland & self rule |
| coalition | a group of nations united to achieve a goal |
| Kurds | people who live in Northern Iraq who have had chemical weapson used on them by Saddam Hussein |
| intifada | an uprising in territories that have been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war |
| Ayatollahs | members of the Muslim clergy |
| weapons of mass destruction | nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that can kill a large number of people |
| terrorism | the use of vilence against civilians to achieve a goal |
| refugee | a person wo flees to another land to escape persecution, natural disasters, or war |
