*The Ottoman Empire

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The Sykes-Picot Agreement....

• drew the borders for the new countries created in the Middle East
• was between Great Britain and France
• was a secret agreement
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Who divided the Ottoman Empire into new countries at the end of WWI?

• European Powers
• Middle East Governments
• Ottoman Empire
• United States

What was the title given to the ruler of the Ottoman Empire?

• Janissary
• Rajput
• Sultan
• Mansabdar

Who were the Ottomans named after? (He is the founder of Ottoman Empire)

• Osman I
• Mehmet II
• Suleiman the Magnificent
• Selim

What happened to the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• Most of the people converted to Islam
• It regained control of Southwest Asia
• It gained control of North Africa
• Much of the land was divided among Western powers into mandates

What religion did the Ottoman Empire help spread throughout their empire?

• Islam
• Christianity
• Shintoism
• Buddhism

What caused the Ottoman Empire to end after WWI?

• Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Austria-Hungary
• The Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers
• The empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt
• The people in the empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture

What city did the Ottoman Empire conquer in 1453 putting an end to the Byzantium Empire?

• Constantinople
• Rome
• Athens
• Vienna

How did the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after WWI effect the people living in the Middle East region?

• Several small Arab countries joined together to push for the creation of the state of Israel
• Many new countries were created that represented a single ethnic group
• European politicians didn't take into account religious and ethnic groups when drawing new boundaries which lead to conflict in the Middle East
• The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were divided among Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Palestine

The Ottomans were a nomadic group of people from Central Asia that originally settled in which region?

• Arabian Peninsula
• Balkan Peninsula
• Anatolia
• Kurdistan