Arab-Israeli Conflict
What is the name of the canal that the British and Egyptians fought over?
What is the Suez Canal
Who argues that the most significant cause of WWI is the mistakes & miscalculations of leaders prior?
Who is Barbara Tuchman
Author of Guns of August
Hitler and Nasser were what kind of leaders?
What is Authoritarian?
How many gallons of water (roughly) are in the Suez Canal?
7.9 trillion gallons
What was the deal between Egypt and the USSR called and what did it do?
What is the Czech Arms Deal
- Nasser made a deal with the USSR for weapons to use against Israel, made them more powerful than before
What was the period before WWI called, and what did it do?
What is La Belle Epoque
- Increased knowledge and innovation
- Bad balance of power in Europe
- Women began fighting for social and economic equality
Being created due to the aftermath of WW1, the League of Nations did what to Palestine?
What is assigning Palestine to the British Mandate
How old was Franz Ferdinand when he died?
50 years old
Name 2 (of the 3) important pieces of British documents/legislation in the conflict.
What is the McMahon Letter of 1915
- Support of Arab independence
What is the Balfour Declaration of 1917
- Supported Jewish desires for a state in Palestine
What is the British Mandate
- Supporting Jewish desires for a state in Palestine
What is the name of the secret political organization that the assassin of Franz Ferdinand formed?
Who is The Black Hand
Name 2 types of nationalism that argued to join nations together
What is Pan-Arabism and Pan-Germanism?
True or False: A single pigeon saved over 500 soldiers during WWI
True!
Cher Ami sent a message to the frontier, relocating the artillery to the Germans and saving about 550 soldiers.
Which US secretary of state was involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict and practiced "shuttle diplomacy"?
Who is Henry Kissinger
The trade dispute between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, where a ban on the export of livestock occured
An economic war, with no direct physical confrontation
What was the Pig War
What were the short-term catalysts of these conflicts?
What is Franz Ferdinand's assassination and the Partition of 1947?
How old was the youngest soldier in WWI?
Sidney Lewis, who was only 12 years old!!
He fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Later, he ran a pub in Frant, East Sussex. He died in 1969.
What decision did Nasser take in 1967, knowing that it would lead to war with the Israelis inevitable?
What is blocking the Straits of Tiran
Who were the initial founders of the League of Nations (established at the end of WWI?)
Who is Great Britain, France, Italy, and Japan
What is a similarity between the ideologies at the beginning of WWI and the Arab-Israeli conflict?
What is Nationalism, Arab Nationalism, and Zionism
On Christmas 1914, British and German soldiers called a ceasefire to celebrate and play soccer. This was called The Christmas Truce. What was the final score of the game and who won?
The British won with the final score being 1-0