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The State of the Middle East
The State of the Middle East
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1
The insistence on French schooling and having Arabs adapt to a French "model" of society is known as:
Cultural Assimilation
Francosization
Modernization
Civilization
2
Three major world religions began in The Middle East. They are...
Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Islam, Judaism, and Rastafarianism
Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism
3
The ideology of looking at Arab and Asian people and culture as exotic or an "other" is called...
Occidentalism
Optimism
Oreoism
Orientalism
4
France eventually agreed to Algeria's independence in 1962 because of all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
Loyalty to French settlers who made up 1/6 of Algeria's population.
Fatalities of nearly 1.5 million in Algeria's war for independence.
The defeat of French rule in Vietnam.
Growing opposition within France itself to its war against Algeria.
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An argument could be made that each of the following countries do NOT belong to "The Middle East" EXCEPT:
Syria
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Sudan
6
Conflicts over this body of water in the 1950s reflect ongoing tensions between colonial and nationalist forces.
The Black Sea
The Suez Canal
The Mediterranean Sea
The Red Sea
7
The assassination of this Archduke by Serbian nationalists protesting Austria-Hungary's control of Bosnia incited WWI.
Fetty Wap
Ferdinand Marcos
Franz Kafka
Franz Ferdinand
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Compared to Europe, the Ottoman Empire was...
More tolerant of religious diversity.
Less tolerant of religious diversity.
Equally tolerant of religious diversity.
Equally intolerant of religious diversity.
9
The term "Middle East" was first used by which country?
Britain
France
China
Egypt
10
The two European nations most heavily involved in maintaining a colonial presence in the Middle East were:
Spain and Italy
Britian and Italy
France and Britain
France and Germany
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The Ottoman Empire chose Constantinople as its capital and changed the city's name to Istanbul to reflect...
Its position as a "meeting point" between Europe and the Middle East.
The need for all Middle Eastern countries to have "-stan" in their names.
The rise of Islam and fall of Christianity.
The need to tarnish the reputation of Roman Emperor Constantine I.
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Which event brought an end to WWI in the Middle East with Britain and France "partitioning" for control of the land?
The Treaty of Sevres
The Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Egyptian Delegation
The Radcliffe Line
