History of the Modern Middle East - Review Pg 1

Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire

• were allowed to practice their religion

• formed their own communities called millets

• were forced to convert to Islam

• were treated in a tolerant way

What is the country called TODAY where the Ottoman Empire began?

• Anatolia
• Asia-Minor
• Turkey
• Iraq

How were conquered people treated in the empire 

• they were allowed to practice the religion of their choice
• had some limited rights to self-govern
• all of these
• had to pay an extra tax 

A non-Muslim area/group of people of the empire was referred to as.....

• Mullet
• ghetto
• Millet
• Quarantine

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 Great Britain and France

Which country's territories were divided under the mandate system?

• Russian Empire

• Kingdom of Italy

• Empire of Japan

• Ottoman Empire

Both Transjordan and Palestine became —

• British mandates after World War I

• German mandates after World War I

• French mandates after World War I

• Japanese mandates after World War I

The Middle East "Mandates" created in World War I left France with . . . 

• Nothing
• Iraq and Syria
• Syria and Lebanon
• Iraq and Palestine

Kemal Ataturk reformed his country. What reforms did he make?

• Modernization

• Westernization

• Non-Secularization

• Dictatorship

Kemal Ataturk was the first president of which country?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Afghanistan

• Turkey