Middle East Quiz

Following World War I, the Middle East was divided into new nations that were under European control. These nations were known as

• colonies.

• protectorates.

• provinces.

• mandates.

The Turkish leader who, in the 1920s, overthrew the sultan, defeated the Greeks, and declared Turkey a republic.

• Reza Khan

• Marcus Garvey

• Atatürk

• Benjamin Netanyahu

This affirmed Britain’s support for the idea of establishing “a national home for Jewish people” in the Palestine Mandate.

• Pan-Arabism

• Balfour Declaration

• Négritude Movement

• Twenty-One Demands

Mustafa Kemal’s reforms in Turkey included all of the following EXCEPT:

• A move from religious to secular

• A move from Islam to Christianity

• A move from the Arabic alphabet to the Latin alphabet

• A move from traditional clothing to Western clothing

The independent State of Israel was proclaimed by Jews in what year?

• 1914

• 1939

• 1948

• 1989

Collective farms that were established in Israel were known as

• Golda Meir

• kibbutz

• hejab

• ayatollah