Chapter 11 Quiz

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Which alliance did the Ottomans join at the beginning of World War One?

The Entente correct incorrect

The Muslim League correct incorrect

The Central Powers correct incorrect

The Eastern Alliance correct incorrect

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What parts of the Ottoman Empire did Russia seek to control after World War I?

Ottoman territory that contained Orthodox Christians and the Turkish Straits. correct incorrect

The Ottoman capital of Istanbul and what would be modern-day Iraq. correct incorrect

Ottoman territory along the Black Sea coast and Turkish Straits. correct incorrect

All of Arabia and the territory that would become modern Syria. correct incorrect

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Why did France claim to have "historic rights" over the region of modern-day Syria and Lebanon?

Because of their heavy investment in the region's oil industry. correct incorrect

Because of its economic interests and its protection of the Maronite Christian population. correct incorrect

Because they sought to oppose Russia's interests in the region. correct incorrect

Because of the multiple treaties that they had signed with different religious minorities in the region. correct incorrect

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What secret treaty gave Russia control of the Turkish Straights and Istanbul?

They Sykes-Picot Agreement correct incorrect

The Baghdad Agreement correct incorrect

The Constantinople Agreement correct incorrect

The London Agreement correct incorrect

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Negotiations between Britain and ___________ led to the Arab Revolt in 1915.

Sharif Husayn of Mecca correct incorrect

Arab notables in Syria correct incorrect

the governor of Baghdad correct incorrect

'Abd al-'Aziz Ibn al-Sa'ud correct incorrect

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The Balfour Declaration supported the establishment of a "national home" for which people?

Greeks correct incorrect

Jews correct incorrect

Arabs correct incorrect

Persians correct incorrect

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What gave Britain some leverage in determining the post-war settlement in the Middle East?

The British had more influence with the Ottoman government. correct incorrect

Russia and France had financial problems at the end of the war. correct incorrect

British troops occupied parts of the Middle East. correct incorrect

The United States favored British control over the Middle East. correct incorrect

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After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson encouraged nationalist movements in the Middle East with his issuance of the _________________.

Wilson doctrine correct incorrect

League of Nations report correct incorrect

Fourteen Points correct incorrect

Balfour Declaration correct incorrect

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Which of the following was not a mandate?

Lebanon correct incorrect

Jordan correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

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Who received the mandates of Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq?

Great Britain correct incorrect

Italy correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

The United States correct incorrect

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Why did the French establish the mandate of Lebanon?

They hoped to link the mandate to their colony of Algeria. correct incorrect

They wanted a state for Sharif Husayn to rule over. correct incorrect

They wanted to create a Christian enclave in the Middle East. correct incorrect

They sought to make the mandate a "free trade" zone. correct incorrect

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Which mandate was the first to receive independence in 1932?

Jordan correct incorrect

Syria correct incorrect

Lebanon correct incorrect

Iraq correct incorrect

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After World War One, who was briefly king over Syria?

Sharif Husayn correct incorrect

Amir Faysal correct incorrect

Mustafa Kemal correct incorrect

Amir 'Abdallah correct incorrect

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What was the result of the 1921 Cairo Conference?

The establishment of an independent Palestine under the Zionists. correct incorrect

The transfer of the mandate over Lebanon to the British. correct incorrect

The ending of the mandates system by the League of Nations. correct incorrect

The establishment of the mandate of Jordan under the rule of Amir 'Abdallah. correct incorrect

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The mandate of Iraq was made up of the former Ottoman provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and__________.

Basra correct incorrect

Beirut correct incorrect

Damascus correct incorrect

Amman correct incorrect

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What did the French and British fail to do in the development of their mandates in the Middle East?

They failed to fully develop the oil resources of each mandate. correct incorrect

They failed to establish large French and British settler colonies in each mandate. correct incorrect

They failed to expand the role of the League of Nations in the mandates. correct incorrect

The failed to make them both economically and politically viable states. correct incorrect

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Where did over 50% of Jordan's government revenue come from in 1979?

United Nations loans correct incorrect

Tourism correct incorrect

Foreign subsidies correct incorrect

British foreign aid correct incorrect

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What made the mandate of Iraq difficult for the British to rule over?

Its lack of communications with British India. correct incorrect

The mandate's religious and ethnic diversity. correct incorrect

Its lack of natural resources to be self-sustaining. correct incorrect

The mandate's geographical location. correct incorrect

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After which war was the Ottoman Empire admitted into the concert of Europe?

World War One correct incorrect

The Greek Revolt correct incorrect

The Crimean War correct incorrect

The French Revolutionary Wars correct incorrect

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What ideology emerged after the division of the Levant and Mesopotamia into mandates?

Pan-Arabism correct incorrect

Arab socialism correct incorrect

Pan-Islam correct incorrect

Arab liberalism correct incorrect