New York State Curriculum Notes

Conflicts and change in the Middle East

1. Human and physical geography

2. The creation of the State of Israel, Arab Palestinians, and Israel’s Arab neighbors

3. Roles of individuals—Golda Meir, Yasir Arafat, Anwar Sadat, King Hussein, Yitzhak Rabin, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

   a . Arab-Israeli wars

   b . Peace treaties

4.  Role of terrorism

5. Turkey and Iraq—Kurd s

6. Migration of Jews from Europe, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Africa

7. The Iranian Revolution

   a. Causes and impact

   b. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini versus Reza Pahlavi

8. Persian Gulf War—Saddam Hussein Islamic fundamentalism (Iran, Libya, Afghanistan, Algeria, Turkey)