WorksheetsMiddle East After WWI
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which action is most closely associated with Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal)?
Starting the Zionist Movement
Enforcing Islamic law
Using Western practices to modernize Turkey
True or False: The word "secular" means "Not based on religion."
True
False
One way in which Kemal Atatürk of Turkey and Shah Reza Pahlavi of Iran are similar is that both leaders
adopted policies of nonalignment
supported increased rights for ethnic minorities
implemented programs to modernize their nations
established theocracies based on Islam
A major argument used to support the building of the Suez and Panama Canals was that these waterways would
shorten trade routes
promote the local economy
increase competition for trade
In the 1920s and 1930s, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk changed the Turkish government by
increasing the power of the sultan
incorporating religious teachings into civil law
introducing democratic reforms
True or False: Despite their large population, Kurds did not get their own territory when Europeans partitioned the Middle East
True
False
Without their own homeland, the Kurdish people have been
happy they don't need to establish their own government
subject to discrimination and persecution
To end foreign control in Iran, Shah Reza Pahlavi knew he had to
declare war on the west and fight with traditional weapons
Modernize and Westernize Iran
not do anything and hope for the best
The Suez Canal is a stretegic waterway that connects these two bodies of water
The Caribbean Sea and the Southern Ocean
The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was formed with the intent of
stabilizing the supply of oil to Japan
cutting off the supply of oil to the United States and its allies
increasing the supply of oil available for use within Middle Eastern countries
controlling the supply of oil to raise prices
One way in which the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1915) and the Tutsis in Rwanda (1994) are similar is that both groups
sought safe haven in the Soviet Union
suffered human rights violations
seceded to create an independent state
fled to escape a severe flood
Kemal Atatürk is best known for helping Turkey become
a communist country allied with the Soviet Union
a modern and secular state
an imperialist power in Africa and Asia
a theocratic country with laws based on the Qur’an (Koran)
