Question

name:date: class:southwest asia & north africa - fill-in-the-blankworksheetpart ii5. sykes-picot agreement14. the sykes-picot agreement of 1916 was a secret deal between ______________________ and ____________________ to divide ottoman arab lands.6. new nations created15. new nations such as iraq, jordan, syria, and ____________________ were formed from former ottoman territories.16. european decisions often forced rival ethnic groups into the same ____________________.7. ethnic & religious divisions17. iraq combined three former ottoman provinces that were mostly ____________________ arabs, shia arabs, and kurds.18. kurds were split among four countries: turkey, iraq, syria, and ______________________.

Explanation:

1. For Q14: The Sykes-Picot Agreement was a secret 1916 pact between two European powers to partition Ottoman Arab lands.
2. For Q15: These are prominent post-Ottoman states in the Southwest Asia/North Africa region.
3. For Q16: European colonial border drawing grouped rival ethnic groups into single political entities.
4. For Q17: Iraq's core demographic includes this major Arab sect alongside Shia Arabs and Kurds.
5. For Q18: Kurds are a stateless ethnic group spread across these four neighboring countries.

Answer:

1. the United Kingdom; France
2. Lebanon
3. country/state
4. Sunni
5. Iran