Nationalism in the Middle East

Arab-nationalism was led by...

• Hussein Bin Ali

• David Ben-Gurion

• Sunni- Ali

• Ben Suleman

Europeans created artificial borders in the Middle East causing conflict between ethnic and religious groups. How were Europeans able to partition the land?

• Immigrants moved to Palestine after WWII

• Jews were forced to leave by the Romans in the Diaspora

• Europeans persecuted Jews through the Holocaust

• Europeans won land from the Ottoman Empire concluding WWI

The French and British did not care about ____________________

• ethnic and religious groups when drawing boundaries for new countries in Southwest Asia.

• Arabs helping them during WWI.

• the types of food served in Southwest Asia because they brought their own fish and chips.

• the United States.

Why is there so much conflict within the smaller countries that were created after the fall of the Ottoman Empire?

• Ethnic groups and religions were not taken into account when the new borders were drawn.

• France and Great Britain forces their rulers on everyone.

• France and Great Britain let all the new countries pick their own kings.

• There is no conflict in Southwest Asia.

After the Ottoman Empire fell, the UK took control of

• Iraq

• Palestine

• Transjordan

• Syria

What was the San Remo Agreement?

• It was a treaty announced in 1920 that defined the new boundaries of smaller countries created from the Ottoman Empire.

• It was a secret meeting that allowed France and Great Britain to team up and take over land after the Ottoman Empire fell.

• It was an agreement to bring Tex Mex food to the Arabs.

• It was an agreement that allowed the United States to encourage nationalism so that the new countries could rule themselves.

What was the purpose of the San Remo Agreement?

• It allowed the newly formed countries to ask for guidance and assistance from the French and British.

• It allowed the newly formed countries to rearrange their borders to match with certain ethnic groups and religions.

• It allowed newly formed countries to choose their own Kings.

• It allowed newly formed countries to kick out France and Great Britain.

What was the effect of the Sykes-Picot Agreement?

• Ethnic and Religious groups got along.

• Ethnic groups got along, but Religious groups fought each other.

• Religious groups got along, but Ethnic groups fought each other.

• There was conflict between the Ethnic and Religious groups of SWAME.

Which ethnic group was not given their own country?

• The Turks

• The Kurds

• The Arabs

• The Persians

What is the goal of Kurdish Nationalism?

• To get the Kurds their own country.

• To get the Kurds to join Turkey.

• To get the Kurds to join Iran.

• To get the Kurds to join Iraq.