SGQ12

Crisis in the Middle East p. 3-9
What was the Jewish claim to Palestine?
They were the original settlers according to the bible, it is their holy land.
What was the importance of the Balfour Declaration?
The British government agrees to support the Jewish reestablish their homeland in Israel.
What was the Arab claim to Palestine?
The Arabs were the current inhabitants of Palestine which they had conquered thousands of years ago after the Jews left.
To what extent was WWI a turning point in the struggle for Arab independence?
The Brits helped them to overcome the Ottoman empire and had promised them land.
Why did Britain and France want mandates in the Middle East?
They felt the Arabs could not govern themselves at the time.

IRL16

http://www.knesset.gov.il/elections/knesset15/elikud_m.htm
This is the Likud platform, I believe that Likud is a part of the Israeli government. It comes from the State of Israel. We're studying the Arab-Israeli Crisis in class right now so I thought it would be informative to gather more background information on Israel. I think this document is 10 years old so it's not super current and I don't know if anything has changed since it was published.

in class essay

There is some evidence in sources A-C that the changes in relations between USA and the PRC in 1971 were less fundamental than is sometimes supposed. In source A, it is mentioned that China's foreign policy is still very hostile towards other countries. It is said that they are booth aloof and suspicious. Source B initially seems to support the idea that the change in Sino-US relations was great, but later on it goes on to mention that the relationships between the countries had been suspended for twenty years. Source C mentions that three-corner diplomacy was advantageous to the United States, showing that the US is still sticking to their own ways. There is façade of agreement, but really every country is still looking out for their own interests.

IRL15

http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/warsaw-pact
This is a brief description of the Warsaw pact by Warsaw-life.com. We were supposed to read about the Warsaw pact but I was having trouble locating it, and I still had no idea what it meant so I thought it would beneficial to look it up. I don't know anything about the creator of this source so it could be limited in their resources or personal opinions, but I feel confident that the lack of ads on the page signifies its trustworthy.

IRL14

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/750512a.htm
This is a link to university of Texas's' library's site where they have a document by Johnson on the lessons of Vietnam. We just did an activity on Vietnam today so I figured this document was appropriate. This document isn't very detailed but it's cool to see something once classified as a top secret government document.