Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.12: The Ottoman Empire (c1800–1923) Questions
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Choose the correct answer: Which naval battle in 1827 saw the combined fleets of Britain, France and Russia destroy the Ottoman-Egyptian navy?
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Which decree, issued under pressure following the Crimean War, extended full civil equality to Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire?
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Choose the correct answer: The 1861 arrangement that gave Mount Lebanon a special autonomous status under a Christian governor was a direct response to which event?
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Choose the correct answer: Which European power occupied Egypt militarily in 1882, exploiting a debt crisis and nationalist revolt?
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Choose the correct answer: Muhammad Ali's forces, led by his son Ibrahim Pasha, defeated the Ottoman army and gained control of Syria after the war of which years?
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Which battle made Mustafa Kemal a national hero and later underpinned his leadership of Turkish nationalist resistance?
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Evaluate the impact of Great Power intervention on the survival of the Ottoman Empire between 1827 and 1878.
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Who led the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) as its dominant figure and Minister of War when the Ottoman Empire entered the First World War in 1914?
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Discuss the significance of Muhammad Ali of Egypt in weakening the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1841.
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To what extent was nationalism the most important cause of Ottoman territorial losses between 1821 and 1878?
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Examine the reasons for, and consequences of, the Crimean War (1853-1856) for the Ottoman Empire.
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Discuss the reasons why Lebanon and Libya each lost effective Ottoman control by the early twentieth century.
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To what extent did internal Ottoman weakness, rather than external European action, explain the loss of Ottoman territory between 1821 and 1911?
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Compare and contrast the reasons for, and outcomes of, the loss of Ottoman authority in Algeria and Egypt between 1830 and 1882.
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Analyse the reasons why European Great Powers became involved in Ottoman affairs between 1827 and 1882.
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Discuss the view that the Ottoman Empire's survival after the Crimean War depended entirely on the goodwill of other Great Powers.
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Choose the correct answer: What name did Europeans give to the diplomatic problem of what would happen to Ottoman territory as the empire declined?
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Which treaty, signed in 1923, replaced the Treaty of Sevres and recognised the independent Republic of Turkey?
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In which year did the Balkan League inflict a massive defeat on the Ottoman Empire, ending over 400 years of Ottoman rule in most of the Balkans?
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Examine the causes of the decline of Ottoman authority in the Balkans and North Africa between 1821 and 1878.
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