Unit 21: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Africa & the Middle East
Topic 21.13: War and change in the Middle East and North Africa 1914–1945 Questions
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Which event in 1920 ended Faisal's short-lived kingship in Syria?
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Which British official corresponded with Sharif Hussein of Mecca between 1915 and 1916, promising support for Arab independence?
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Which document, issued in 1917, promised a 'national home for the Jewish people' in Palestine?
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Which of the following best describes the Four Reserved Points in Britain's 1922 Declaration of Independence for Egypt?
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What proportion of Palestine's population was Jewish by 1936, according to mandate-period estimates?
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What did the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 primarily arrange?
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Who was the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and leading Arab nationalist figure during the Great Arab Revolt?
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Which mandate power ruled Syria and Lebanon after the San Remo Conference of 1920?
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In what year did Ataturk declare the Republic of Turkey and become its first president?
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Which British report, published in 1937, was the first official proposal to partition Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states?
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Discuss the view that the principle of self-determination was betrayed in the Middle East and Egypt in the years 1919 to 1922.
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Examine the successes and failures of Ataturk's reforms in Turkey between 1923 and 1938.
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Evaluate the significance of the Wafd Party in Egyptian nationalism in the years 1918 to 1922.
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Compare and contrast the causes of the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 with the causes of Arab discontent following the Arab Revolt of 1916 to 1918.
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Analyse the impact of Nazi persecution of Jews in Europe on events in mandate Palestine between 1933 and 1939.
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Examine the causes of communal violence between Arabs and Jews in Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Evaluate the impact of the Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) on the Middle East in the years to 1922.
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Examine the reasons why Britain's wartime promises regarding the Middle East, made between 1915 and 1917, led to conflicting expectations among the parties involved.
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Discuss the reasons for, and the consequences of, the mandate system established at the Paris Peace Conference and San Remo Conference (1919-1920).
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To what extent was Britain's wartime diplomacy, rather than post-war decisions, responsible for Arab discontent in the Middle East by 1922?
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