AKS 49a: European Partitioning in Southwest Asia

How did European involvement in Southwest Asia impact the region after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?

• Many Europeans immigrated to SW Asia

• Countries in SW Asia modeled their governments on European governments

• Political borders were decided by Europeans without considering the political and historical connections in the region

• Europeans in SW Asia established a long period of peace and improved relations with non-Muslim western nations.

What large empire broke up after World War I?

• Aztec Empire

• Arabic Empire

• Roman Empire

• Ottoman Empire

Which two countries divided the Middle East into countries after World War I?

• Britain and France

• Britain and Canada

• France and Spain

• France and Germany

Which of the following causes the MOST conflict in the Middle East?

• water and gold

• land and religion

• immigration and currency

• natural resources and capital

What does partition mean?

• to put two or more parts together

• the unlawful use of violence and intimidation

• the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts

• an ancient region in SW Asia

What ethnic group did not receive a homeland or actual country, but instead was split into parts of other countries?

• Arab

• Persians

• Kurds

• Turks

What led to the end of the Ottoman Empire at the close of World War I?

• the Ottomans were on the losing side of the war, along with Germany and Italy

• the people in the empire were starving because a long drought had ruined agriculture

• the Ottoman government was overthrown by a revolt of factory workers who were unemployed when the war ended

• the empire spent too much money on buildings and new roads and went bankrupt

Who drew the boundaries of the new countries created from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I?

• United States

• European politicians

• Ottoman rulers

• Middle Eastern governments

Why are many of the current problems in the Middle East connected to the way the Ottoman Empire was divided?

• Those drawing the boundaries ignored religious and ethnic ties.

• The newly formed countries did not have adequate resources.

• Countries did not have strong leadership.

• Religious leaders were not allowed to have power.

Despite their large population, _______ did not get their own territory when Europeans partitioned the Middle East.

• Arabs

• Kurds

• Persians

• Bantu