Inter War years – The Middle East

Question 1

Who was appointed as high commissioner in Palestine in 1920?

Answer 1

Herbert Samuel

Question 2

what was the struggle in Palestine after the war?

Answer 2

That was a struggle to reconcile the growing Jewish and Palestine population
There was tension between the pro Jewish London government and the British authorities

Question 3

What did Samuel try to do to stop the problems of the opposing populations in Palestine?

Answer 3

He attempted to combine an elective representative bodies

Question 4

What was the key issue of landholding in Palestine?

Answer 4

Wealthy Jewish settlers began to buy the land with the help of the Jewish national fund and many Palestinian Arabs were poor who are renting their land from absent land owners

Question 5

what was the result of the issue of landholding in Palestine?

Answer 5

Growing numbers of Arabs are being evicted from their homes

Question 6

when was the Balfour declaration?

Answer 6

1917

Question 7

What happens in Palestine in the mid 1920s?

Answer 7

There’s a period of rapid immigration

Question 8

In 1925 how many people are immigrated to Palestine?

Answer 8

Over 34,000

Question 9

when was the Shaw commission?

Answer 9

1929

Question 10

what does the shaw commission aim to do?

Answer 10

Curb land acquisition

Question 11

When is the Hope Simpson enquiry?

Answer 11

1930 to 31

Question 12

what was the Simpson enquiry and what did the British government think?

Answer 12

It suggested a restriction on land acquisition, but the British government didn’t agree

Question 13

when and why did immigration excellerate

Answer 13

1933
nazis

Question 14

when were british troops sent to palestine

Answer 14

1936

Question 15

How many British troops were sent to Palestine in 1936?

Answer 15

20,000

Question 16

Why were British trip sent to Palestine in 1936?

Answer 16

To curb the growing violence

Question 17

When was the peel commission?

Answer 17

1937

Question 18

What did the peel commission recommend?

Answer 18

The separation into Jewish in Arab area
Britain will control Jerusalem and holy land

Question 19

What was the Arab response to the PL commission?

Answer 19

They refused

Question 20

What did the British white paper of 1939 say?

Answer 20

it called for a national homeland within Palestine for Jews currently living in the region
Limited Jewish immigration
Ended Jewish lamb purchases
Independence for Palestine within 10 years
Palestine won’t become a Jewish state

Question 21

why was the British white paper of 1939 created?

Answer 21

Due to a fear of war and an attack on Egypt

Question 22

how was Jewish immigration Limited

Answer 22

Limited to 75,000 immigrants over the next five years after 1939

Question 23

When did anti-Jewish riots arise in Palestine?

Answer 23

1929

Question 24

What part to the anti-Jewish riots?

Answer 24

Control of religious sites

Question 25

How many people were killed in the anti-Jewish riots and by who?

Answer 25

113 Jews
116 Arabs
All but six were by British police

Question 26

when was that Hebron massacre?

Answer 26

1929

Question 27

between when was the Palestine Arab revolt?

Answer 27

1936 to 39

Question 28

what were the goals of the Palestine Arab revolt?

Answer 28

In Jewish immigration to Palestine
And the transfer of land to Jewish owners
A new general representative government

Question 29

what was the British response to the Palestine Arab revolt?

Answer 29

Britain responded with aggression and 100 Arabs were hanged

Question 30

Why did Britain want the Mesopotamian mandate?

Answer 30

For oil

Question 31

Who was in charge in Iraq post World War I?

Answer 31

Britain had influence and control

Question 32

what was the state of Iraq after World War I

Answer 32

It was very unstable as three regions had become the state of Iraq who are ethnically culturally and religiously different

Question 33

when was the armistice of Mudros

Answer 33

October 1918

Question 34

what did the armistice of Modros do

Answer 34

Ended the campaign in the area and the Ottoman Empire

Question 35

when was the Paris peace conference?

Answer 35

1919

Question 36

what happened to Iraq in the Paris peace conference?

Answer 36

It is firmly made a class a mandate and mandated to Britain

Question 37

after Iraq is made a class a mandate what happens in April 1920?

Answer 37

A rebellion

Question 38

when was the Iraqi revolt?

Answer 38

June 1920

Question 39

What was the Iraqi revolt and how did it end?

Answer 39

it was an armed revolt against the British
It was unsuccessful, but led to a change in Iraq power and government

Question 40

when was the Cairo conference?

Answer 40

1921

Question 41

Due to the Cairo conference, what did Britain aim to set up?

Answer 41

to help reduce expenses and deal with uprising the British established parameters for Iraqi political lifel

Question 42

what is Iraq given as part of the Cairo conference?

Answer 42

A king
And Iraqi army

Question 43

Who is selected as King of Iraq?

Answer 43

Fagsal

Question 44

what does the organic law of 1925 set up in iraq?

Answer 44

A government structure
A state religion of Islam

Question 45

What does the 1925 agreement with Britain and Iraq give Iraq?

Answer 45

A 75 year concession royalty

Question 46

When is the Anglo Iraqi treaty?

Answer 46

1930

Question 47

what did the Anglo Iraqi treaty do?

Answer 47

Promised iraq full independence in two years
Gave Britain almost unlimited rights to military forces in Iraq

Question 48

when does Iraq receive formal independence and admission to the league of Nations?

Answer 48

1932