Implications of World War in West and South Asia

Implications of World War in West and South Asia

Review Activity

Multiple Choice

True or False

Before the War, Russia's Tsar Nicholas II even called India the "Sick Man of Europe."

• True

• False

The Correct Answer is Ottoman Empire instead of India

Question #1 - Before the War, Russia's Tsar Nicholas II even called India the "Sick Man of Europe."

Multiple Choice

True or False

As the most prominent region of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey emerged from the destruction of World War I as a new nation.

• True

• False

Turkey was one of the most prominent that emerged after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. It was led by Young Turk Nationalists such as Mustafa Kamal Ataturk.

Multiple Choice

True or False

The secret Sykes-Picot agreement between Spain and Portugal and the way the two imperial powers carved up the former Ottoman Empire between them.

• True

• False

The Sykes-Picot agreement was between Britain and France not by Spain and Portugal.

Multiple Choice

True or False

The mandate system was a compromise between the Allies’ wish to retain the former French and British colonies

• True

• False

The mandate system was a compromise between the Allies’ wish to retain the former German and Ottoman (Turkish) colonies.

Multiple Choice

True or False

The Mandate System was an attempt to START the cycle of war and fighting over conquered land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany.

• True

• False

The Mandate System was an attempt to STOP the cycle of war and fighting over conquered land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany. Not to START it.

Multiple Choice

True or False

Volunteering of Hindu men offered a chance to break through the caste system because becoming a soldier paid well and meant becoming part of the ‘warrior’ caste, which gave high status.

• True

• False

Because of the idea of breaking the Hindu Caste System, these men, around 50,000 who joined the war died, 65,000 were wounded, 10,000 were reported missing, and 98 Indian army nurses were killed.

Multiple Choice

True or False

Because of India's help to the British during the war, the British government gave the right to vote to about 5 million of the wealthiest Indians which is a very small percentage of the Indian population.

• True

• False