Chapter 13 Quiz

What is a major difference between the culture of nationalism and specific nationalisms?

Specific nationalisms can come and go, while the culture of nationalism is very durable.

The culture of nationalism relates to an entire population, while specific nationalism relates to the individual.

The culture of nationalism can easily break down, while specific nationalisms are very enduring.

The culture of nationalism draws its essential assumptions from specific nationalisms.

Which of the following is not an essential assumption of nationalists?

Humanity is naturally divided into smaller units, or nations.

A nation's essential characteristics can change over time.

People have a special relationship to some particular piece of real estate.

All nations possess something called a "common interest" and that states should promote it.

What does the culture of nationalism turn subjects into?

Citizens

The working class

Individuals

Voters

How far back can nationalism be traced in world history?

To the nineteenth century.

To the sixteenth century.

To the eighteenth century.

To the twentieth century.

What conditions were necessary for the development of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire?

It only emerged after the Ottomans developed a national educational system.

It only emerged after the Ottoman Empire was integrated into the modern economic and states system.

It only emerged in reaction to the development of Greek and Arab nationalism.

It only emerged with the failure of defensive developmentalism to improve Ottoman subjects' lives.

What developed the notion of citizenship among the subjects of the Ottoman Empire?

The tanzimat decrees

The French invasion of Egypt

The Ottoman Land Code of 1858

Ottoman entry into World War One

What led to the enlargement of the social, economic, and cultural space in which Ottoman citizens interacted?

The growing number of Ottoman citizens traveling to Europe and the United States.

The greater interchange between urban areas and the countryside due to new economic markets and technologies.

The decline in traditional institutions of control like the military and the ulama.

The government's introduction of a constitution in 1876.

During the late nineteenth century, where did a local nationalist movement emerge in the Ottoman Empire?

Anatolia

Baghdad

Thrace

Greater Syria

What contributed to a change in trading patterns for the upper Tigris Valley during the latter half of the nineteenth century?

The development of a rail network that connected the region with Istanbul.

The opening of the Suez Canal made water trade routes more desirable than land routs.

The introduction of new crops that were in high demand in Iran and India.

The growth of urbanization due to migration patterns from Anatolia.

Which group in the Ottoman social strata felt excluded from a state that professed an Ottoman osmalilik?

Ottoman bureaucrats

Military officers

The Christian bourgeoisie

Urban notables

What do some historians see as the cause for the emergence of Arab nationalism?

The "Turkification" policies of the Young Turks during the early twentieth century.

The growth of Arab identity due to the nahda.

The enlargement of social, economic, and cultural ties between Arabs in Egypt and those in Greater Syria.

The success of the Greeks in their war for independence against the Ottomans inspired Arabs in Iraq and Syria.

What academic disciplines were used by Turkish and Persian scholars to trace their people's lineages all the way back to pre-Islamic times?

History and sociology

Archaeology and philology

Anthropology and sociology

Linguistics and history

Where did the first Arab nationalism movement emerge in the nineteenth century?

Greater Syria

Egypt

Tunisia

Arabia

What gave cause for Egyptian nationalists to mobilize during the early twentieth century?

The separation of Egypt from the Ottoman Empire.

The policies of the descendants of Mehmet Ali.

The occupation of Egypt by the British.

The emergence of a Sudanese nationalist movement.

What Egyptian nationalist party sought cooperation with the British in order to attain full independence?

The Nationalist Party

The Waqf Party

The Arab Independence Party

The Umma Party

Nationalist movements did not emerge in the Levant and ___________ until after World War One.

Turkey

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Persia

What allowed for the emergence of more and larger nationalist movements in the Middle East?

The collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War One.

The opening of a large number of American colleges in Syria and Egypt.

The growth of oppression under entente occupation after World War One.

The success of the Turkish nationalist movement under Mustafa Kemal.

What has been the only successful attempt at redrawing national borders in the Middle East in the post-colonial era?

The union between Egypt and Syria

The unification of North and South Yemen

The occupation of Lebanon by Syria

The war between Iraq and Iran

Who failed in his attempt to integrate Kuwait into Iraq in 1991?

Mustafa Kemal

Bashar al-Assad

Saddam Hussein

Reza Khan

How does the Islamic State (IS) view the nation state and nationalism?

It is against the nation state and is committed to create a kingdom under the ruler of the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad.

It sees the nation state and nationalism as a tool that has been used to keep the Islamic world divided.

It looks at the nation state and nationalism as a necessary step in the creation of a single Islamic Arab state.

It acknowledges that the nation state is a necessary step in creating a worldwide Islamic caliphate.

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