Middle East

Question 1

MacMahon-Hussein letters

Answer 1

1915

Question 2

Sykes-Picot agreement

Answer 2

1916

Question 3

Arab Revolt

Answer 3

1916

Question 4

Balfour Declaration

Answer 4

1917

Question 5

Treaty of Versailles grants mandates over Arab lands to France and Britain

Answer 5

1919

Question 6

French invade Syria and expel Faisal, who is made King of Iraq

Answer 6

1921

Question 7

Arab Rebellion in Palestine

Answer 7

1936-9

Question 8

Peel Commission/British partition plan

Answer 8

1937

Question 9

White Paper

Answer 9

1939

Question 10

Biltmore Declaration gives American support for a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine

Answer 10

1942

Question 11

Zionist conference decides on a policy to oppose British rule

Answer 11

1945

Question 12

Irgun attacks King David Hotel in Jerusalem

Answer 12

1946

Question 13

Irgun hangs 2 British soldiers for executing 3 members of Irgun

Answer 13

1947

Question 14

Exodus prevented from anchoring in Palestine

Answer 14

1947

Question 15

UN votes for partition of Palestine

Answer 15

November 1947

Question 16

David Ben-Gurion declares new state of Israel, invasion from 5 neighbouring Arab countries

Answer 16

May 1948

Question 17

First Arab-Israeli war

Answer 17

May 1948 - January 1949

Question 18

First Arab-Israeli war ceasefire in favour of Israel

Answer 18

January 1949

Question 19

Egyptian King Farrouk is overthrown by ‘Free Officers’

Answer 19

1952

Question 20

Nasser becomes president of Egypt

Answer 20

1954

Question 21

Israeli attack on Gaza

Answer 21

February 1955

Question 22

Egypt announces Czech arms deal

Answer 22

September 1955

Question 23

Nasser nationalises Suez Canal

Answer 23

July 1956

Question 24

Israeli forces invade Egypt, British and French bomb Egyptian airfields

Answer 24

October 1956

Question 25

Second Arab-Israeli war/Suez crisis

Answer 25

October - November 1956

Question 26

UN ceasefire, British and French withdrawal from Egypt

Answer 26

November 1956

Question 27

Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) established

Answer 27

1964

Question 28

Fatah carries out first raid on Israel

Answer 28

1965

Question 29

Egypt signs defence agreement with Syria

Answer 29

1966

Question 30

Air fight between Israeli and Syrian planes

Answer 30

April 1967

Question 31

Nasser moves Egyptian troops into Sinai, closes Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, Jordan signes defence treaty with Egypt

Answer 31

May 1967

Question 32

Third Arab-Israeli war/Six-Day war

Answer 32

June 1967

Question 33

UN 242 resolution withdraws Israeli troops from invaded territories

Answer 33

November 1967

Question 34

Raids between Egypt and Israel

Answer 34

1960

Question 35

Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt

Answer 35

1970

Question 36

Anwar Sadat expells Soviet advisors from Egypt

Answer 36

1972

Question 37

Fourth Arab-Israeli war/October war/Yom Kippur war, oil embargo on the West

Answer 37

October 1973

Question 38

Camp David agreement between Egypt and Israel

Answer 38

1978

Question 39

Saddam Hussein becomes president of Iraq

Answer 39

1979

Question 40

Anwar Sadat is assassinated

Answer 40

1981