Post WWI Middle East

What word means a direct vote by the electorate of a state, region, etc, on some question of national importance?

Why was Morocco of key interest in European powers?

The only Arab state to remain truly free of western powers between WWI and WWII was

The mandate system created by the League of Nations after World War I granted control of parts of the Middle East to…

What was the reason for the French invasion of Algiers in 1830?

Britain announced its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine in the...

All of the following were legacies of the mandate system in Syria and Lebanon EXCEPT...

How did the Barbary states get their name?

The father of modern Turkey was the nationalist leader...

What is a key fact about the demographics of the original Ottoman Empire?

Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli are called the...

Saudi Arabia earned money from the oil discovered there by...

The Ottoman Empire came to an end after…

Which of the following statements accurately describes the millet system within the Ottoman Empire?

Britain invaded Iraq during WWII and overthrew its government because...

All of the following are true of Reza Shah, founder of the Pahlavi dynasty in Iraq, EXCEPT

British troops invaded Egypt and put down a rebellion in 1882 to protect the...

How did sheikdoms become wealthy through the treaties with Britain?

Saudi Arabia's main source of wealth before the 1930's was...

Wearing the traditional fez was banned in the 1920's in Turkey in an effort to...