Middle
East
Study
Guide
Chapter
35,
Section
1
1.
What
was/is
“Pan‐Arabism”?
What
organization
was
created
to
promote
it?
2.
Why
did
some
Jews
believe
they
deserved
their
own
state
in
Palestine?
3.
Describe
the
situation
in
Palestine
just
prior
to
the
1947
partition
plan.
4.
What
were
the
two
sides
in
the
debate
over
the
partition
plan?
5.
Describe
the
events
of
May
14,
1948
and
their
immediate
aftermath.
6.
What
changes
took
place
in
Egypt
following
the
1948‐49
war?
7.
What
prompted
the
United
States
to
withdraw
its
offer
to
finance
the
construction
of
the
Aswan
High
Dam?
How
did
Egypt
react?
8.
Why
did
Great
Britain
and
France
invade?
Did
the
US
support
them?
9.
What
was
the
United
Arab
Republic
(UAR)?
Why
did
it
fail?
10.
How
did
the
US
respond
to
violence
in
Lebanon
in
1958?
11.
Which
side
did
Turkey
support
in
the
Cold
War?
Why
was
this
position
threatened?
12.
Why
did
Iranians
begin
to
hate
the
West
and
the
shah?
Why
was
he
deposed
and
how
did
he
return
to
power?
Chapter
35,
Section
2
1.
When
did
the
“Six‐Day
War”
take
place?
What
was
its
impact?
2.
Who
was
Yasir
Arafat
and
what
were
his
aims?
3.
Describe
the
1973
Yom
Kippur
War.
How
was
it
ended?
4.
How
did
Arab
countries
respond
to
US
support
for
Israel?
5.
Who
were
the
major
players
at
the
1977
Camp
David
Accords?
What
were
the
results
of
the
negotiations?
6.
Why
do
you
suspect
Sadat
was
assassinated?
Who
took
over
for
him?
7.
What
is
an
intifada?
8.
Do
you
think
Arafat
really
intended
to
renounce
terrorism
and
negotiate
peace?
9.
What
steps
did
Yitzak
Rabin
take
to
advance
the
peace
process?
10.
Why
was
he
assassinated?
11.
What
sparked
the
civil
war
in
Lebanon?
Why
did
Israel
become
involved?
12.
Why
did
international
peacekeeping
forces
pull‐out?
13.
Why
was
Shah
Mohammad
Reza
Pahlavi
so
despised
by
many
Iranians?
14.
Why
did
relations
with
the
United
States
deteriorate
so
dramatically
after
Ayatollah
Khomeini
took
power
in
the
Iranian
Revolution?
15.
Why
did
Iraq
invade
Kuwait
in
1990?
16.
Describe
the
major
events
of
the
Persian
Gulf
War.