| A | B |
|---|
| Israel | created in 1948 following WWII, for displaced Jews and survivors of the Holocaust. |
| Oil embargo | imposed because the U.S. supported Israel during the Arab-Israeli War of 1973 |
| Iran Hostage Crisis | 52 Americans kidnapped at the U.S. embassy in Iran the U.S. allowed the Shah Reza Pahlavi into the United States to receive medical care |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | led a revolution to install a strict religious order in Iranian government |
| Iran-Iraq War | Iraq invaded Iran to suppress the power of its Shiite regime |
| Persian Gulf War | Iraq invaded Kuwait over its oil |
| Saddam Hussein | leader of Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War, the Persian Gulf War, and the 2nd Iraqi War |
| Osama bin Laden | called Saddam Hussein an apostate, an infidel, someone who is not worthy of being a fellow Muslim |
| 2nd Iraq War | U.S. invaded Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein and destroy Iraq's weapons of mass destruction |
| September 11 2001 | the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 |
| Yom Kippur War | Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a surprise attack against Israel on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. |
| Intifada | uprisings by Palestinians in Israel |
| Camp David Accords | series of agreements signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin |
| Israel Invasion of Lebanon | Israel attempts to destroy the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) |
