Stresses In The Middle East

Question 1

The 5 - “isms”

Answer 1

Nationalism, ethnocentrism , imperialism, industrialism, militarism,

Question 2

Concessions

Answer 2

Terms of agreement, grant permission to trade, Ottomans control Europeans

Question 3

Rise of bitterness

Answer 3

Suez Canal, spheres of influence, oil, new countries, Sykes - picot, husayn-McMahon correspondence, Balfour declaration, 5 - isms, intolerance, ring, Armenian govt, young turks, sultan decrease

Question 4

Balkans

Answer 4

Powder keg of Europe

Balkan wars

Question 5

Husayn-McMahon correspondence

Answer 5

Britain made promises to Syrian Arabs to support an independent Arab state

Question 6

Sykes-Picot agreement

Answer 6

secret, plans made by Britain and France to divide ottoman territory

Question 7

Balfour declaration

Answer 7

Britain supports the creation of a Jewish homeland

Question 8

Treaty of Versailles

Answer 8

European mandates created, Ottoman Empire divided, pan Arabism increased, Arabs feel betrayed

Question 9

WWI

Answer 9

Ottoman Empire dismantled, ottomans side with Germany, complex web of interests

Question 10

New countries created

Answer 10

Impact of WWI, puppet rulers

Question 11

Puppet rulers

Answer 11

Reign not rule

Question 12

Mandates

Answer 12

Administered but now owned by a member of the League of Nations to facilitate the transition to an independent state

Question 13

“Sick man of Europe”

Answer 13

Internal and external, European interest increase, rise of European imperialist, second wave of European contact, 3M’s (Mercantilism, militarism, missionaries)

Question 14

Study 5 ISM’S from worksheet

Answer 14

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