Nation-Building in the Middle East Quiz

The term Nation refers to what?

• Land

• Organized government which has sovereignty

• People who share a common culture, religion, language, or history.

• An independent country

What Empire had control of most of the Middle East before WWI?

• Byzantine Empire

• Roman Empire

• Persian Empire

• Ottoman Empire

What are the three major monotheistic religions in the Middle East? Check all three

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Islam

The_______Agreement was a secret plan to split up the Middle East between France and Britain after WWI

• Sykes-Picot

• Treaty of Versailles

• Yalta

• Tehran Conference

Explain Why you think based on your understanding of the Middle East that democracy is difficult to achieve?

Who is the large ethnic group who never received a country for their own?

• Sunnis

• Israelis

• Turks

• Kurds

How was Saudi Arabia able to become an independent Kingdom while most of the Middle East was under colonial or proxy rule?

• They were colonized by the British

• They were fierce fighters who managed to repel colonist.

• They traded oil for protection to the US

• They created their own empire

Why did the US and Britain overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran?

• He was committing human rights violations

• He tried to nationalize the countries oil

• He was trying to start a war with Britain

• He was expanding Irans nuclear weapons program

What is a nationalist movement?

• A movement that seeks out self-governance based on National Identity.

• A movement to colonize other people

• A religious movement

• The unification of diverse people to create a shared state

How did the British maintain control over other countries in the Middle East?

• They used their army to occupy the country

• They loaned them money then forced them to pay back high interest debt int he form of land

• They created proxy governments by making someone loyal to them a Sultan

• They set up a series of military bases throughout the region to maintain control