https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9 Ethan Fromme en-us 2018-05-17 10:35:51 UTC 2018-05-17 10:51:14 UTC hello@padlet.com ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521376  Mandates in the Middle East • Established by the League of Nations • Granted independence after World War II • Resulted in Middle East conflicts created by religious differences French mandates in the Middle East • Syria • Lebanon British mandates in the Middle East • Jordan (originally Transjordan) • Palestine (a part became independent as the State of Israevl)

 ]]> 2018-05-17 10:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521376 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521456  Golda Meir • Prime Minister of Israel • After initial setbacks, led Israel to victory in Yom Kippur War • Sought support of United States Gamal Abdul Nasser • President of Egypt • Nationalized Suez Canal • Established relationship with Soviet Union • Built Aswan High Dam 

]]> 2018-05-17 10:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521456 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521605  Migrations of refugees and others • Refugees as an issue in international conflicts • Migrations of “guest workers” to European cities Ethnic and religious conflicts • Middle East • Northern Ireland • Balkans • Horn of Africa • South Asia ]]> 2018-05-17 10:37:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521605 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521684  Impact of new technologies • Widespread but unequal access to computers and instantaneous communications • Genetic engineering and bioethics ]]> 2018-05-17 10:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521684 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521898  Contrasts between developed and developing nations • Geographic locations of major developed and developing countries • Economic conditions • Social conditions (literacy, access to health care) • Population size and rate of growth ]]> 2018-05-17 10:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261521898 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522001  Factors affecting environment and society • Economic development • Rapid population growth Environmental challenges • Pollution • Loss of habitat • Global climate change Social challenges • Poverty • Poor health • Illiteracy • Famine • Migration ]]> 2018-05-17 10:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522001 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522077  Relationship between economic and political freedom • Free market economies produce rising standards of living and an expanding middle class, which produces growing demands for political freedoms and individual rights. Recent examples include Taiwan and South Korea. ]]> 2018-05-17 10:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522077 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522214  Economic interdependence • Role of rapid transportation, communication, and computer networks • Rise and influence of multinational corporations • Changing role of international boundaries • Regional integration, e.g., European Union • Trade agreements, e.g., North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), World Trade Organization (WTO) • International organizations, e.g., United Nations (UN), International Monetary Fund (IMF) ]]> 2018-05-17 10:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522214 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522430  Examples of international terrorism • Munich Olympics • Terrorist attacks in the United States (e.g., 9/11/2001) motivated by extremism (Osama bin Laden). • Car bombings • Suicide bombers • Airline hijackers ]]> 2018-05-17 10:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522430 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522531

 Governmental responses to terrorist activities • Surveillance • Review of privacy rights • Security at ports and airports • Identification badges and photos ]]> 2018-05-17 10:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522531 ethanfromme1463 https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522800 Balfour Declaration - The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government during World War I announcing support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a minority Jewish population (around 3–5% of the total).
1.      Zionism- Zionism, Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisraʾel, “the Land of Israel”).



1.      Muammar al-Qaddafi- staged a coop to sieze Libya 
1.      Gamal Abdel Nasser- president of Egypt during Suez cnal crisis 
Suez crisis- On October 29, 1956, Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canalafter Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70) nationalized the canal in July of that same year, initiating the Suez Crisis.]]> 2018-05-17 10:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ethanfromme1463/igx7qlcls8v9/wish/261522800