History; Trouble Spots Around the World

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The 1961 attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs was ______.

A failure

Zionist

A supporter of the idea of a Jewish national homeland.

mandate

An order placing a territory or colony under the administration of another nation.

The ______ created a framework for peace between Egypt and Israel.

Camp David Accords

Anwar Sadat

Egyptian President

In 1959, the control of Cuba was seized by:

Fidel Castro

self-determination

Freedom of the people of a nation to choose their form of government.

What was a result of the Six-Day War?

Israel gained territory.

Menachem Begin

Israelí prime minister

_______ was founded as a homeland for freed African slaves from the United States.

Liberia

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

truce

Peace for a short time.

apartheid

Racial segregation in South Africa

The system of apartheid in ______ segregates the races and gave privileges to the white people.

South Africa

Cuba originally belonged to:

Spain

The United States voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.

True

Zionist

a supporter of the idea of a Jewish national homeland

The United States set up a(n) ______ government time administer affairs in Cuba until Cuba wrote a constitution.

militaristic

Why did the United States sever diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961?

•Cubans seized American-owned businesses •Cuba became a Communist community •Cuba was receiving aid from the Soviet Union

What caused problems in the newly independent African nations?

•fighting among tribes •unstable governments •issues resulting from the Cold War


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