1. Chap 30 Africa and the Middle East

2. Africa African Independence – 1950’s-1960’s- France and Great Britain 1957- Kwame Nkrumah- Gold Coast- Ghana – Nigeria, Congo, Kenya- 1960 seventeen emerged- 60’s- 11 more – 1954- National Liberation Front- 1962 Algeria – South Africa- 1950’s- Apartheid- Sharpeville Massacre- 69 Deaths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P2mAwyR6 _k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P2mAwyR6 _k – Nelson Mandela- 1962

4. Capitalism vs. Socialism- Kenya, Congo- Tanzania, Guinea – Pan-Africanism- Organization of African Unity- 32 countries to 52 Problems- Liberia-Nigeria- AIDS- Wibenzi – Politics- 57-82- 70 Leaders were killed- Ethnic problems and boundaries Ibo in Nigeria- Tutsi vs. Hutu- Rwanda- 500,000 dead Hope- Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh03-NjHzc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh03-NjHzc

6. Culture in Modern Africa- Cities look like European cities- rural areas are rough – Women’s role- vote, work and maternal societies- Chinua Achebe- “Things fall apart” Pg. 921- graph, pg. 922 1-3, pg. 924- pic question, pg. 927- Question 2-7

7. The Middle East Palestine in 1948- May 14 th -15 th - – Egypt- 1956- Abdel Nasser- Suez Canal- war with Great Britain – Pan-Arabism- United Arab Republic 1967- Nasser blockade against Israel- Israel responded – Took the West Bank- Anar el-SAdat- 1973-4- OPEC

8. Palestine Liberation Organization- PLO- Al-Fatah- Yasir Arafat – Intifada- uprising- 1967- 2003 – Iran- Ayatollah Khomeini- 1979- republic- 1989- Sunni Muslim – Iraq- Saddam Hussein- 1979- Mine fields and Gas on the Kurds 1990- Kuwait- and in 2003- Weapons of Mass destruction – Afghanistan- 1979 and USSR- Al-Qaeda and the Taliban- 1996 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ- oaUqvAS8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ- oaUqvAS8&feature=related

9. Society – Islamic Revivalism- Western Jihad- Al-Qaeda plans Unfavorable thoughts of Islam – Women’s Role- 1970’s traditional role Pg. 934- 1-6, pg. 935 1-2