History Final Multiple Choice Flashcards
Ottoman officer who founded the Republic of Turkey and became its first president
Kemal Mustafa Ataturk
Persian ruler who agreed to the D’Arcy oil concession with Britain in 1901
Muzzafir ad-Din Shah
Officer who seized control of Persia in 1921 and claimed the title of Shah in 1925
Reza Khan Pahlavi Shah
British High Commissioner of Palestine
Sir Herbert Samuel
Name for the Jewish settler community in the British Mandate of Palestine
Yishuv
Jewish defense force created to protect settlers in Palestine
Haganah
Leader of the Revisionist Zionist movement
Vladimir Jabotinsky
Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He was assassinated in 1948
Hassan al-Banna
Egyptian officer who led the 1952 coup that toppled the Wafd government
Gamal Nasser
Egyptian general who was installed as the first president of the Egyptian republic after the 1952 coup
Muhammad Naguib
Countries that tried to capture the Suez Canal after Egypt nationalized it in 1956
Britain, France, and Israel
Country that merged with Egypt in 1958 for the United Arab Republic
Syria
US-led treaty organization created in 1954-55 in the Middle East intended to contain the Soviet Union. Egypt refused to join.
Baghdad Pact
Arab nationalist party founded by Michel Aflaq and Salah al-Din al-Britar in Syria in 1946
Ba’ath Partyd
The presidency of Lebanon is filled by members of this religious denomination according to the National Pact
Maronite Christian
Movement that historically supported the Saudi family in Arabia
Wahhabi