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Worksheets29.1 Nationalism in the Middle East
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
[Preview + Map] What country does this map show, with Damascus as its capital?
Iraq
Jordan
Aleppo
Syria
[p1] "The final blow to the old empire came from WWI." The British encouraged Arab nations to revolt against the Ottoman Empire because the...
British wanted to take over the lands of the Ottoman Empire.
League of Nations thought Arab nations should be independent.
Ottoman Empire had allied itself with Germany in World War I.
Ottoman Empire was becoming too powerful.
[p2] What did the Ottoman government do in 1915 to the Christian Armenian minority?
Three of these choices are correct.
Accused them of supporting the Russians
Killed 600,000 & deported 500,000 more
Caused the deliberate mass murder of about 1 million Armenians
Granted them independence
Drafted 250,000 Armenians into the army
[p2 + Primary Source] What key term means "the deliberate mass murder of a particular racial, political, or cultural group" and describes the event of this primary source.
genocide
Armenia
desert
secular
[p3] After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Greece invaded Turkey. Who organized Turkish forces to drive out the Greeks & create a new "Republic of Turkey"?
Mustafa Kemal
Ibin Saud
Abdulhamid II
the Young Turks
[p3] Which of these were changes made by President Kemal "Ataturk" as "he tried to transform Turkey into a modern state"?
FOUR of these are correct.
A democratic system was adopted (but Ataturk suppressed his critics)
The Turkish language switched from the Arabic alphabet to the Roman alphabet
A five-year plan for the economy
Turkey became a secular state, rejecting religious influence in government
Ataturk crowned himself the new Sultan of Turkey
[p4] What TWO foreign countries heavily influenced Persia under the Qajar dynasty?
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Turkey
Germany
[p4] Who overthrew the Qajar dynasty & established himself as shah of Iran? His new dynasty was called Pahlavi.
Reza Khan
Mustafa Kemal
Mohammad Reza
Hauptstadt
[p4] Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran helped create a modern state by...
improving the army and the economy.
discovering oil.
prohibiting Islam in the country.
giving everyone a free education.
[p5] Because Great Britain & the Soviet Union still "continued to harass Iran," Reza Shah Pahlavi drew closer to ______ (until WWII).
Nazi Germany
United States
Saudi Arabia
France
[p5] Arab nationalists had helped Britain in WWI & hoped to create an independent state after the war, but Britain and France created "mandates" instead. What Arab territories did Britain take over after WWI?
Two of these are correct.
Iraq
Palestine (including Transjordan)
Syria
Lebanon
[p5] "The Europeans determined the future borders [of the Middle East] and divided the peoples." What still remained despite this?
Arab nationalism
Strong identification with their designated countries
Anti-Semitism (hatred for Jews)
Slavery
[p6] The new kingdom of Saudi Arabia was "desperately poor" until 1938. What changed?
Muslim pilgrims began visiting the holy cities (Makkah & Madinah)
American prospectors struck oil at Dhahran
Diamonds were discovered near Riyadh
Jewish immigrants began settling in Saudi territory
[p6] "Since the 1890s, ______________ - Jewish nationalists - had advocated that a Jewish state be re-established in the ancient Jewish homeland."
Zionists
Nazis
Palestinians
Aramco
[p6] During WWI, the British government issued the "Balfour Declaration" which expressed support for...
a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
a Christian homeland in Jerusalem.
an end to the Ottoman Empire.
Arab nationalism.
[p6] After Arabs in Palestine revolted, in 1939 Britain declared that...
only 75,000 Jews could immigrate to Palestine.
Palestine was a Jewish state.
Arab rebels would be expelled from the territory.
only German Jews could immigrate to Palestine.
[Review] What key term means "deliberate mass murder of a group"?
secular
shah
genocide
Ataturk
[Review] As a result of Britain's competing promises during WWI, what TWO people groups both hoped to create independent states in the territory of Palestine?
Arabs
Jews
Turks
Syrians
