Middle East History 2023

What is the meaning of nationalism?

• Feeling proud of the common culture, heritage, and history of your country

• To divide into parts

• An official order or ruling

How did the Arabs living within Palestine in 1948 feel about the creation of Israel?

• They agreed with the decision and wanted to work with the Jews to create a balanced government.

• They were not happy with the decision, but agreed to work to create a peaceful society.

• They thought the decision was unfair, and they refused to accept Israel as a nation.

• They were not that bothered by the decision because they had numerous surrounding Arab nations where they could live.

What was an effect of the European Mandate System in Southwest Asia?

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  The mandate system allowed the new nations to develop a strong sense of nationalism in their new countries.

• The Europeans drew up boundaries for new Middle Eastern nations without regards to the ethnic and religious groups living in the area which has led to some of the conflict found in this region today.

• The mandate systems helped unite Arab nations so they could work together in the event of an outside attack.

• The Europeans were able to transition control from the Ottoman Empire to the native people of the land within a matter of a few years.

What is the meaning of the word partition?

• Feeling proud of the common culture, heritage, and history of your country

• To divide into parts

• An official order or ruling

What was the land that is now Israel called before its creation in 1948?

• Iraq

• Palestine

• Persia

• Turkey

What is the meaning of the word mandate?

• Feeling proud of the common culture, heritage, and history of your country

• To divide into parts

• The authority to carry out a policy or action.

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?

• The Ottomans fought on the losing side of the war.

• The Empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt.

• The people in the Empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture.

• The Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who went unemployed when the war ended.

After the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, European powers partitioned Southwest Asia (Middle East). What has been a result of the artificial boundaries they created?

• regional peace

• regional wealth

• regional conflict

• regional pollution

Why did the European Partitioning under the Sykes-Picot agreement cause conflict?

• Other European nations were upset they did not acquire more territory.

• The French disagreed with the British on which land to mandate.

• Countries were allowed to maintain wealth of natural resources.

• Europeans ignored historical and religious/ethnic borders.

The international movement for the establishment of a Jewish national homeland is known as what?

• Anti-Semitism

• The Holocaust

• Diaspora

• Zionism