UNIT 2 20th Century History of the Middle East and Modern Day Governments

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UNIT 220th Century History of the Middle
Eastand Modern Day Governments
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Conflict creates Change
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The student will understand that when there is
conflict between or within societies, change is
the result.When you have conflicts with your
friends does it change your friendship? If
so, how? Can change be both positive and/or
negative?

• Conflict Creates Change

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SS7H2aExplain how European partitioning
in the Middle East after the breakup of the
Ottoman Empire led to regional conflict.

• Concept
• Conflict Creates Change

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Vocabulary Words To Know

• Balfour Declaration
• Imperialism
• Mandate

• Ottoman Empire
• Partitioning
• Protectorate

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OTTOMAN EMPIRE

• Islamic empire that existed from the 1300s to
  1923. Protected the Muslim world from Christian
  European empires. Empire gained wealth through
  trade and controlled much of the Middle East
  region.

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IMPERIALISM

• the policy of claiming territory or establishing
  economic political power over other nations
  and/or cultures.

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MANDATE

• country placed under the control of another power
  by international agreement, typically given
  independence by a certain date

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PROTECTORATE

• a relationship of protection and partial control
  assumed by a superior power over a dependent
  country or region

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PARTITIONING

• to divide up a piece of land into separate
  portions representing different ethnic or
  religious groups.

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European Mandates and Protectorates
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BALFOUR DECLARATION

• statement issued by the British government in
  1917 in favor of a Jewish state located in
  Palestine

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So, what have we learned about the European
partitioning of the Middle East after the
collapse of the Ottoman empire?

• Muslims lost control of their land and trade
  routes to foreign European western powers (Great
  Britain and France)
• Boundary lines were drawn without considering the
  ethnic and religious groups already living there,
  which caused conflicts (Israel)
• Struggle for independence
• All of the conflicts led to great changes
  throughout the Middle East

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Middle East, The Land of Contrast