1. Radical Islamic Fundamentalism
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Many members located around ______________
Refused to sell ________to countries friendly with ___________
High oil prices gave them ____________and power
The Iranian Revolution (1979)
Shah Reza Pahlavi
-Adopted __________culture/technology
-________________guilty of corruption/repression
Overthrown by ___________
Ayatollah Khomeini
-________________Fundamentalist
-Iran’s new ruler
Radical Islamic Fundamentalism
-Sought to restore basic _____values
Reaction to Western influences
Calls for strict enforcement of ___________(Islamic) law
Iran Under Khomeini
-Constitution based on the ________ (theocracy)
-Supported _______________in Lebanon and elsewhere
Iran Hostage Crisis
-__________________hostages held at U.S. Embassy in Tehran
-Released hostages _________days later
The First Gulf War
Saddam Hussein
-Imposed brutal dictatorship in ________
-Engaged in brutal war with ___________for 8 years
-Invaded oil-rich ___________
U.S. Response
-Feared invasion of _________
-Troops sent to expel Iraqis from __________
-Allowed _____________to remain in power
-Wealthy Saudi
-Helped fight against Soviets in Afghanistan
-Angered by U.S. presence in __________________________
-Terrorist organization formed by ___________________
-Radical Islamic Fundamentalists
-Fighting ____________(holy war) against West
-Trained members in Afghanistan camps
-__________________terrorists hijacked U.S. commercial airliners
-Crashed into ____________________and ___________________________
-U.S. President
-Declared __________________________
Osama bin Laden
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda & the 9/11/01 Attacks
9/11/01
George W. Bush
Taliban
-Radical Islamic Fundamentalists
-Gained control of _______________________after Soviet defeat
-Imposed strict __________________beliefs
-Allowed terrorist groups (al-Qaeda) to operate training camps
U.S. in Afghanistan
-Afghan government refused to surrender bin Laden
-U.S. and allies invaded and overthrew ________________
-_______________captured/killed in 2011
Iraq
-World leaders suspected _______________was hiding WMDs (weapons of mass destruction – nuclear, biological, chemical weapons)
-Refused to allow ___________inspectors to monitor country
U.S. in Iraq
-U.S. and allies invaded in 2003
-Hussain captured and ________________
-________________were never found
Arab Spring
-Series of _____________________________________that spread throughout the Middle East
-Started in ___________
-Spread to Bahrain, Yemen, and Sudan
Dictators Overthrown
-Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya
Syria
-_______________________used brutal force to stay in power
-Ongoing civil war has causes a ________________crisis
The War in Afghanistan
The Second Gulf War
The Arab Spring

2. Radical Islamic Fundamentalism
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Many members located around ______________
Refused to sell ________to countries friendly with ___________
High oil prices gave them ____________and power
The Iranian Revolution (1979)
Shah Reza Pahlavi
-Adopted __________culture/technology
-________________guilty of corruption/repression
Overthrown by ___________
Ayatollah Khomeini
-________________Fundamentalist
-Iran’s new ruler
Radical Islamic Fundamentalism
-Sought to restore basic _____values
Reaction to Western influences
Calls for strict enforcement of ___________(Islamic) law
Iran Under Khomeini
-Constitution based on the ________ (theocracy)
-Supported _______________in Lebanon and elsewhere
Iran Hostage Crisis
-__________________hostages held at U.S. Embassy in Tehran
-Released hostages _________days later
The First Gulf War
Saddam Hussein
-Imposed brutal dictatorship in ________
-Engaged in brutal war with ___________for 8 years
-Invaded oil-rich ___________
U.S. Response
-Feared invasion of _________
-Troops sent to expel Iraqis from __________
-Allowed _____________to remain in power
-Wealthy Saudi
-Helped fight against Soviets in Afghanistan
-Angered by U.S. presence in __________________________
-Terrorist organization formed by ___________________
-Radical Islamic Fundamentalists
-Fighting ____________(holy war) against West
-Trained members in Afghanistan camps
-__________________terrorists hijacked U.S. commercial airliners
-Crashed into ____________________and ___________________________
-U.S. President
-Declared __________________________
Osama bin Laden
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda & the 9/11/01 Attacks
9/11/01
George W. Bush
Taliban
-Radical Islamic Fundamentalists
-Gained control of _______________________after Soviet defeat
-Imposed strict __________________beliefs
-Allowed terrorist groups (al-Qaeda) to operate training camps
U.S. in Afghanistan
-Afghan government refused to surrender bin Laden
-U.S. and allies invaded and overthrew ________________
-_______________captured/killed in 2011
Iraq
-World leaders suspected _______________was hiding WMDs (weapons of mass destruction – nuclear, biological, chemical weapons)
-Refused to allow ___________inspectors to monitor country
U.S. in Iraq
-U.S. and allies invaded in 2003
-Hussain captured and ________________
-________________were never found
Arab Spring
-Series of _____________________________________that spread throughout the Middle East
-Started in ___________
-Spread to Bahrain, Yemen, and Sudan
Dictators Overthrown
-Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya
Syria
-_______________________used brutal force to stay in power
-Ongoing civil war has causes a ________________crisis
The War in Afghanistan
The Second Gulf War
The Arab Spring