Cambridge Igcse History Option B - Usa Depth Study Notes

Sykes-Picot agreement {Ans: Britain and France secretly agreed to carve up Turkish land and rule it for themselves}Arabian secret weapon on the Yom Kippur War {Ans: Oil}1970 - Terrorism {Ans: King Hussein wanted PLO to stop attacking in Israel because they acted like they ruled Jordan. 4 British planes were hijacked (including British Airways plane) - landed it in Jordan, let passengers go and blew the plane up, just to show they could. Hussein had to act and ordered army to control the PLO. Palestinians resisted and 10,000 were killed. PLO offices shut down in Jordan - remaining guerilla went to Syria and Lebanon.}Extending the purges {Ans: university lecturers, teachers, miners, factory workers, engineers were arrested in the middle of the night and killed/sent to Gulags. NKVD used torture/psychological ways in which to break people (e.g. families threatened)}How many troops were the Arabs said to have? {Ans: 115000}What happened when the superpowers stepped in, in the Yom Kippur war? {Ans: Russians sent armies to Egypt and Syria. The USA sent arms to Israel. Russia advised Egypt to accept a ceasefire. US worried about the oil weapon. US hoped to stop Israel from attacking. USA