European Partitioning and the Ottoman Empire

What was Lebanon’s purpose?

• It was to be a home for advanced architecture
• It was meant to be a homeland for Christians in the Middle East
• It was claimed by ISIS to be a “home-base” for ISIS
• It was the last remaining part of the Ottoman Empire

Why where Sykes and Picot able to create their agreement?

• They where the Kings of England and France
• They where from Britain and France whom where winning WWI
• They where representatives of Britain in from the UN
• They had resources wanted by the Ottoman Empire

Why did countries like Britain, France, Russia,etc decide to try to take the land in the Middle East?

• They losing WW1 and decided to take over the middle east
• They decided to team up with the Ottoman empire and started to take over other countries
• Britain and France were winning the war and decided to take the land for their own use
• none of the above

What is Imperialism?

• When a person takes over unoccupied islands
• When a King and a Queen move to another part of their country
• The military tactic used by the British in WWI
• When a country take over land that is occupied

What caused the violent, extremist group ISIS to become rebellious?

• They dropped their hydro flask

• The brutal repression of Hafez al-Assad

• The ruler / dictatorship of the Sunni leader Saddam Hussein

• The ruler / dictatorship of the Shia leader Saddam Hussein

Why did France carve out Syria’s coastal region into separate states ?

• They wanted to have more control/ power so they took over the states slowly to make more power faster
• It was part of the Sykes Picot Agreement
• It was meant to be a safe haven for the christian enclaves .
• To get more money from them

Why did the Ottoman Empire collapse ?

• They joined Germany in WWI
• They were attacked by a terrorist group
• They experienced nationalism & lost WWI
• Answer choice A & B

What was NOT a cause of the Armenian genocide?

• The different religious views between the Armenians and the Turks.
• The difference in pay and how one was paid more than the other on average.
• The Armenians wanting to become independent from the Ottomans.
• The difference in the political rights between the Armenians and the Turks.

Why could Sykes and Picot have the power to create the Sykes Picot agreement?

• There never was an agreement to begin with.
• They were from Russia and France which were winning the war.
• They were from Britian and France which were winning the war.
• They had a lot of money.

What was the original purpose of Lebanon?

• A safe haven for Christian encloves
• A military pawn taken by the Ottoman Empire in WWII
• Where the "Battle of Lebanon" took place, for ownership of the land
• A safe haven for Muslim encloves