| A | B |
|---|
| Suleiman the Magnificent | Ruler of Ottoman Empire, brought great territorial growth and cultural achievments |
| Dome of the Rock | Structure built upon the Noble Santuary over the place where Muhammad ascended into Heaven |
| Millets | religious minority communities that were permitted to follow their own laws |
| Mohammed Ali | Military leader became Pasha of Egypt in order to counter the British |
| Suez Canal | links Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea |
| Sherif Hussein bin Ali | descedant of Muhammad, only legitimate religious figure that could challenge Ottoman caliph |
| Sykes-Picot Agreement | France and Britain divided Ottoman territory |
| Sykes-Picot Agreement - France got | Syria and Lebanon |
| Sykes-Picot - Britain got | Iraq and Transjordan |
| Balfour Declaration | document persuading Britain to support an Independent Israel State |
| King Abdullah of Transjordan | Son of Sherif Hussein bin Ali, was King of Transjordan after WWI |
| Palestine Congress | located in Jeruselum, was for Arabs in 1919 |
| Wailing Wall Crisis | Jews put screen up to separate women & men. Violence felt wrong - violence broke out. |
| Passfield White Paper | limited Jewish immigration |
| Robert Peel | Eliminated Jewish immigration |
| King David Hotel Explosion | Jewish terrorist blew up hotel of British authorities |
| Al Nakbah | what Arabs called Israel's state of independence. Means "The Catastrophe" |
| Un Relief for Palestinian Refugees | provided money, housing and medicine for Palestinian refugees |
| Resolution 194 | Right of Return |
| King Hussein | King of Jordan for 47 years, expelled the PLO |
| Ba'athists | Pan-Arab, anti-western were able to unite the population |
| Nasser | President of Egypt, became one of the MOST influential men in the Middle East modern history |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization |
| Yasser Arafat | leader of Fatah, president of Palestinian Authority and PLO |
| Moshe Dayan | Israli Defense Minister |
| PFLP | Front for Liberation of Palestine pushed communism |
| Dr. George Habash | formed the PFLP, pushed communism |
| Black September | King Hussein threw allterrorists groups out of Jordan in deadly conflict |
| Druze | Lebanon mix of Christian and Muslim |
| Abu-Nidal | leader of PLO during Lebanon War |
| Intifada | Mean "shaking off" war of sticks and stones |
| UNLU | unified national leadership of uprising |
| Hamas | largets Palestinian terrorist group led by Ahmad Yassin |
| Islamic Jihad | "Holy War" Palestinians will destroy Israel |
| Al-Aqsa Intifada | 2nd Intifada bewteen Israel and Palestine, A. Sharon visited Al-Aqsa - violence |
| Palestinian National Authority | Government of Palestine |
| Gaza | Palestinian land |
| West Bank | Palestinian land |
| Ramallah | Capital of Palestinian National Authority |
| Abbas | Leader of Palestinian Authority and PLO |
| Fatah | political branch of PLO |
| Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigade | used elderly men, women and childre suicide bombers |
