India/Conflict in the Middle East Vocabulary

• Boycott= Organized protest in which people refuse to buy or use something

• Civil Disobedience= Nonviolent protest against a government• Green Revolution= Change in crops and agricultural practices• Anti-Semitism= Discrimination against Jews• Zionism= Movement to establish a Jewish homeland• Refugee= People who flee their homes from safety• Intifada= Uprising• Taliban= Group of “religious students”• Terrorism= Use of violence for political or other goals

India/Conflict in the Middle East People

• M. Gandhi= Leader of India’s struggle for Independence

• Muhammad Ali Jinnah= Leader of Pakistan• Jawaharlal Nehru= First Prime Minister of India• Indira Gandhi= India’s first female Prime Minister• Yasir Arafat= Leader of PLO• Anwar Sadat= Egyptian president• Golda Meir= Israel Prime Minister• Saddam Hussein= Leader of Iraq