religion/ethnic groups

Question 1

Treaty of Sevres, right for Armenians to have their own state

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

Treaty of Lausanne, right to Kurdistan was ignored

Answer 2

1923

Question 3

Emergence of the Muslim brotherhood

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

Baathists in Syria seize power

Answer 4

1963

Question 5

Baathists in Iraq

Answer 5

1968

Question 6

Saddam Hussein mass expulsion of Shias 200,000 deported

Answer 6

1980

Question 7

Lebanese civil war conflict between Muslims and Maronite Christians

Answer 7

1975

Question 8

Islamic republic established in Iran (non Arab) led by Ayatollah Khomeini

Answer 8

1979

Question 9

Al Qaida emerged in opposition to soviet occupation of Afghanistan

Answer 9

1988

Question 10

Iran Iraq war Khomeini calling on Iraqis to rise up to overthrow Hussein majority were Shia muslims whereas Saddam and his allies were Sunni

Answer 10

1988

Question 11

US overthrow taliban

Answer 11

2001

Question 12

Exodus of Kurdish people to the mountains

Answer 12

1991

Question 13

Lebanese civil war

Answer 13

1975

Question 14

Maronites ruling class

Answer 14

1937

Question 15

Maronites became a minority

Answer 15

1980

Question 16

Armenian genocide

Answer 16

1915

Question 17

Al Qaeda bombing of US embassies

Answer 17

1998

Question 18

Bombing of Kurdish town Halabja, chemical weapons

Answer 18

1988