Ottoman Empire | Turkey and Iran | The French Mandate | The British Mandates | The Arabian Peninsula / Colonialism in North Africa |
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What is the millet system
Allowed different religious groups to practice their own laws
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What is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The father of modern Turkey
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What is the League of Nations
The mandate system was created by
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What is the Balfour Declaration
Britain announced its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine in the
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What is Saudi Arabia
The only Arab state to remain truly independent of western powers between WW I and II was
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What is the Allied powers
Who dissolved the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI
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What is modernize ad westernize
Wearing the traditional fez was banned in the 1920s in Turkey in an effort to
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What is Great Brittan and France
The League of Nations granted control of large parts of the Middle East to
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What is negotiating with Germany
Britain invaded Iraq during WW II and overthrew the government because Iraqui leaders were
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What is American corporations
Saudi Arabia Earned income from the oil that was discovered there in the 1930s by partnering with
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What is increased freedom of the press
All of the following are true of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, EXCEPT
-He developed Iran's infrastructure -He improved the status of women -He increased freedom of the Press -He ruled as an autocrat |
What is nationalism
The Druze revolt in 1925 in the region of Greater Syria was a demonstration of
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What is Barbary States
Morocco Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli were known as the
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What is the development of democratic self-government
All of the following were legacies of the mandate system in Syria and Lebanon EXCEPT
- The development of democratic self-government -an expanded school system -improve public utilities -an increase in religious-based struggles for power |
What is the Suez Canal
British troops invaded Egypt and put down a rebellion in 1882 to protect the
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What is Wafd
The Egyptian nationalist party that formed in 1918 to seek independence from the British was known as the
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