10th Unit 5 #5 [Middle East after WWI]

The main idea of this cartoon is that the Romanovs [Russian Royal Family]:

• encouraged freedom of speech

• did not encourage different opinions

The original form of Communism was called:

• Socialism

• Marxism

• Democracy

• Autocracy

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended Russia's involvement in WWI.

*However, Russians were angry because:

• The land that Russia lost included valuable coal mines and industry

• Russia had to send men to fight for the German Army.

Karl Marx believed that the working class revolution would begin when:

• workers spontaneously rebelled against their employers

• a strong leader would guide the workers in revolution

Vladimir Lenin believed a Communist revolution would begin when:

• the workers spontaneously rebelled against their employers

• a strong leader would guide the workers in rebellion

The roots of unrest between Muslim Arabs and Jews in the Middle East today can be traced back to:

• Persecution of Jews by the Ottoman Empire during WWI.

• England promising the same sacred land to each in exchange for support during WWI.

At the end of WWI, the land that England promised to Muslim Arabs and Jews was:

• given to Arabs to create the Muslim nation of Palestine

• given to Jews to create the Jewish nation of Israel

• divided up between England and France

The division of Ottoman land between England & France at the end of WWI became known as:

• The Mandate System

• Israel

• Palestine

During WWI, the Ottoman Empire believed that ____________ would ally with Russia to destroy the Ottomans.

• Arab princes

• Jewish Zionists

• Armenians

The Turkish government's first steps towards genocide against the Armenians was to:

• March villages through the desert

• Round up the women and children

• Execute community leaders and the men