Middle East History Part 1

By 1924, the Ottoman Empire no longer existed, and the region was divided among several European countries. What was the effect of the downfall of the Ottoman Empire?

• A lack of Oil

• Economic Prosperity

• A lack of water

• regional conflict

The modern nation of Israel was established in 1948 as a homeland for Jewish people. Why was this country established?

• To settle lands in Palestine that had been abandoned

• To provide a home for Jews who had survived the Holocaust

• To provide labor for the oil fields of Palestine

• To establish a border between the Nile and Jordan Rivers

Which is not a conflict that resulted from the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire?

• The immigration of Jews to British-controlled Palestine, which created conflict with the Palestinian Arabs who lived there

• Communists staged a rebellion and took over Russia

• In Lebanon, the French favored the Christians over the Muslim majority

• The British had promised the Kurds in Iraq that they would have their own country, but Britain backed out of the deal due tooil being located on the land where the Kurds lived

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of WWI?

• The Ottomans were on the losing side of the war

• 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

• The Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended

Which two countries divided the Middle East (Southwest Asia) into countries after WWI?

• Britain and France

• Britain and Canada

• France and Germany

• Italy and Portugal

What was one major problem European countries created with the drawing of artificial borders after WWI?

• It made people sad to leave their homeland

• The blending of ethnic and religious groups created conflict in parts of the region and between the groups

• The country became stronger

• The country began to start new languages

Who drew up the boundaries of new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI?

• The USA

• Ottoman Rulers

• European Politicians

• Middle Eastern Governments

How did European involvement in Southwest Asia impact the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?

• It created artificial boundaries that led to conflict

• It created independent nations for all ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire

• It brought about peace between the Jews and Palestinian Arabs

• It created separate nations for all religions of the area

What document promised support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine?

• Declaration of Independence

• Balfour Declaration

• The Holy Land Covenant

• Treaty of Versailles

When the majority of Jews were forced from Palestine and scattered throughout Southwest Asia and Europe, this was known as

• Anti-Semitism

• San Remo Agreement

• Refugee

• Diaspora