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Ottoman After WWI
Partitioning of Ottoman Empire
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the Ottoman Empire lose WWI? | They were on the side of Germany and Austria (Central Powers) |
| The dividing of a territory of land is called: | partitioning |
| The Sykes-Picot Agreement was made by what two countries? | Britain and France |
| The desire for a country to rule itself independently is called | nationalism |
| The partitioning of the Ottoman Empire led to _______________ in the Middle East | conflict |
| What group of people wanted their own country but didn't get it? | The Kurds |
| What two branches of Islam were grouped together in Iraq, when they had different ideas? | The Sunnis and the Shias |
| Are the Kurds a religious or ethnic group? | Ethnic |
| Most Kurds live in these four countries: | Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria |
| The Ottomans ruled from the _______s to the _______s. | 1300s to 1900s, before WWI. |
| The Ottomans were on the ____________ side in WWI. | losing |