Partitioning in the Middle East

What happened to the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• Most of the people converted to Islam

• It regained control of Southwest Asia

• It gained control of North Africa

• Much of the land was divided among Western powers into mandates

What term refers to the dividing of countries?

• Liberate

• Fundamentalism

• Unite

• Partition

Britain and France, when partitioning the old Ottoman Empire, cared most about:

• Profiting from oil

• Preventing conflict among religious and ethnic groups

• Profiting from slave labor

Which European countries were tasked with drawing new borders for Middle Eastern countries?

• France & United States

• Great Britain & United States

• Italy & France

• Great Britain & France

Which Arab countries were consulted in partitioning the Ottoman territory?

• Iran & Iraq

• Saudi Arabia & Iran

• Turkey & Syria

• None of them

What has happened to the Kurds as a result of the unfair partitioning of their homeland?

• Civil Rights taken away

• Killed

• Not allowed to speak their own language

• All of the above

How might things be different in Iraq if the Sunni and Shia Muslims were each given their own country?

• Less conflict

• More Conflict

• It wouldn't make a difference

• Sunni & Shi'a might have been friends

Who partitioned out the Middle East after WW1?

• Middle Eastern Politicians

• European Politicians

• The United States

• Eastern Asia Politicians

After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, what happened to Ethnic and Religious Groups?

• They were finally at peace.

• They began to form an alliance.

• They began to have conflict in between each other.

• Conflict was not a consequence.

What statement about the creation of Palestine is correct?

• The plan was to create a Arab state.

• The plan was to create a Jewish State.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state.

• The plan was to make Palestine a communist country.