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A 1937 election established the principle that, in Lebanon, the president is always a Christian, and the Prime Minister is always a Sunni Muslim.

Selected Answer:	True
Answers:	True
	False 5 fill-in-the-blank questions For these questions, select the correct word or phrase to complete the statement.

Question 2

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A key element to France’s imperial rule in Greater Syria was its promotion of national unity.

Selected Answer:	False
Answers:	True
	False

Question 3

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After the four colonels (the Golden Square) led an assault on British forces in 1941, how did Britain respond?

Selected Answer:	All of these answers are correct
Answers:	Britain placed Iraq under military occupation from 1941-1945
	Britain established the old, pre-Rashid Ali al-Gaylani ruling coalition
	Britain defeated the Rashid Ali revolt
	All of these answers are correct

Question 4

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All of the following are true regarding the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty EXCEPT

Selected Answer:	It abolished Britain’s right to keep a military presence in the Suez Canal zone
Answers:	It recognized Egypt’s independence.
	It was signed by the elected Wafdist government.
	It gave Egyptian consent to the continued deployment of British troops on Egyptian soil.
	It abolished Britain’s right to keep a military presence in the Suez Canal zone

Question 5

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Antun Sa?adah, a Lebanese Christian who founded the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Beirut in 1932, was:

Selected Answer:	A Syrian regional nationalist who believed that Syrian history transcended Arab, Islamic, and Christian history, and emphasized its ancient Phoenician heritage
Answers:	A Syrian regional nationalist who believed that Syrian history transcended Arab, Islamic, and Christian history, and emphasized its ancient Phoenician heritage
	A Syrian regional nationalist who saw Syria’s Arab identity as a source of Arab unity that transcended religious and sectarian differences
	An advocate of Christian Arabs who stressed the need for Christians in Syria and Lebanon to unite
	None of these answers accurately describe Antun Sa’adah

Question 6

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As per the 1937 election, which principle emerged as a result of the establishment of a Maronite president and a Sunni prime minister?

Selected Answer:	Power-sharing
Answers:	Power-sharing
	Religious intolerance
	Divide and rule
	Secularism

Question 7

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Between 1902 and the end of World War I, Ibn Sa?ud was able to bring most of the Najd tribes under his authority. What was the reason for his success?

Selected Answer:	He combined his position as victorious tribal leader with his religious status as the head of the Wahhabi
Answers:	He combined his position as victorious tribal leader with his contacts to the leaders of European powers
	He combined his position as victorious tribal leader with his religious status as the head of the Wahhabi
	He used his religious status as the head of the Wahhabi to rule with an iron fist
	None of these answers is correct.

Question 8

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“Confessional politics,” or the apportionment of power among various religious communities, best characterizes the political system in which country?

Selected Answer:	Lebanon
Answers:	Egypt
	Iraq
	Lebanon
	Syria

Question 9

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Despite the efforts of the British to award the vacant position of Prime Minister to a Wafd Party leader, King Faruq’s choice, Axis-sympathizer Ali Mahir, assumed the post.

Selected Answer:	True
Answers:	True
	False

Question 10

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During Iraq’s formative political years, the British supported which group’s ascent to political prominence?

Selected Answer:	The Sunni Arabs
Answers:	The Sunni Kurds
	The Shi?a Arabs
	The Sunni Arabs
	The Shi?a Kurds

Question 11

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During World War II, Istanbul was the headquarters of the Middle East supply center.

Selected Answer:	False
Answers:	True
	False

Question 12

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France’s creation of Greater Lebanon in 1920 mainly benefited this religious group by establishing them as the largest religious community within the territory.

Selected Answer:	Maronite Christians
Answers:	Sunni Muslims
	Maronite Christians
	Shi’a Muslims
	Druze

Question 13

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How did the Shi?a come to be underrepresented in Lebanon’s power-sharing structure?

Selected Answer:	Through the National Pact compromise of 1943
Answers:	Through the National Pact compromise of 1943
	Through the dictates of the French high commissioner in 1943
	As a minority group in a newly emerging parliamentary system, Shi’a representation was muffled by the Sunni majority
	In a twisted attempt to impose their version of Ottoman tradition, the French fostered a favoritism of the Sunnis over other groups

Question 14

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How were the Anglo-Iraqi treaty of 1930 and Franco-Syrian draft treaty of 1936 similar?

Selected Answer:	All of these answers are correct
Answers:	Both granted the Middle Eastern states admission to the League of Nations
	Both permitted the former mandate rulers to maintain military bases
	Both permitted the former mandate rulers to defend the sovereignty of the Middle Eastern states
	All of these answers are correct

Question 15

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In 1922, France encouraged political fragmentation by providing minority groups-the Druze and the Alawites-separate states within Syria proper.

Selected Answer:	True
Answers:	True
	False

Question 16

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In 1941, the Iraqi army surrounded the British air base near Baghdad and essentially started a war between Britain and Iraq. Iraq was triumphant.

Selected Answer:	False
Answers:	True
	False

Question 17

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In what way was the Syrian National Bloc similar to the Egyptian Wafd party and Nuri al-Said’s coalition in Iraq?

Selected Answer:	All of these statements are true of these three political movements
Answers:	All three were established by land-owning notables, who saw themselves as legitimate intermediaries between the Europeans and their respective populations
	Independence from France and Britain was the primary goal of all three
	All three sought to transcend sectarian divisions
	All of these statements are true of these three political movements

Question 18

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In which of the following ways did sectarianism become a trend in Iraqi politics?

Selected Answer:	All of these answers are correct
Answers:	Istanbul education and British backing, supported through Faysal, elevated prestige of former Ottoman officials
	Iraq was the product of the British merging of three distinct Ottoman provinces, all of which contained a number of ethnic and religious groups
	In the post-Faysal years, army generals such as Bakr Sidqi used violence against minorities to achieve goals of nationalism and pan-Arabism
	All of these answers are correct

Question 19

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Its 1926 constitution granted Lebanon complete independence.

Selected Answer:	True
Answers:	True
	False

Question 20

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Sons from the Sunni urban notable families made up the majority of the Syrian military.

Selected Answer:	False
Answers:	True
	False

Question 21

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The British, desiring a leader for Iraq with whom they could work and who would be acceptable to a broad cross-section of the Iraqi population, chose _______________.

Selected Answer:	Amir Faysal
Answers:	Yasin al-Hashimi
	Sharif Husayn
	General Sidqi
	Amir Faysal

Question 22

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The Egyptian Wafd Party was formed by which of the following groups in 1918?

Selected Answer:	Disaffected members of the religious establishment who were opposed to Egypt’s foreign-inspired parliamentary regime
Answers:	Discontented members of the ulama who had been alienated by the monarchy
	Disaffected members of the religious establishment who were opposed to Egypt’s foreign-inspired parliamentary regime
	Prominent Egyptians from the landed gentry and the legal profession
	A loose alliance of four colonels who were motivated by nationalist and Pan-Arab sentiments

Question 23

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The appeal of the Muslim Brotherhood was widespread and cut across class lines.

Selected Answer:	True
Answers:	True
	False

Question 24

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The success of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the head of the Wahhabi order, Ibn Sa’ud, in Arabia are evidence of _______________.

Selected Answer:	desire for a segregated society
Answers:	Pan-Arab unity
	regional unity
	Islamic awareness
	desire for a segregated society

Question 25

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Transjordan’s Abdallah’s unequivocal support for Britain soured his reputation in Arab nationalist circles.

Selected Answer:	False
Answers:	True
	False

Question 26

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What did Britain and the Free French leader Charles de Gaulle agree to on the eve of their joint invasion of Syria and Lebanon in 1941?

Selected Answer:	Both Syria and Lebanon would be granted immediate independence
Answers:	Syria and Lebanon would both be placed under the control of the Free French government
	Syria would come under British influence and Lebanon under French influence
	Lebanon would come under British influence and Syria under French influence
	Both Syria and Lebanon would be granted immediate independence

Question 27

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What did Huda Sha’rawi and Taha Husayn share in common?

Selected Answer:	Through Islamic discourse, they called for the dismantlement of any British influence in Egypt
Answers:	They were viewed by segments of Egypt’s lower classes as detached, Europeanized secular elites
	Through Islamic discourse, they called for the dismantlement of any British influence in Egypt
	They were both prominent Christian Arabs who acted as intermediaries between the British and Muslim Egyptian society
	They were both leading members of Egypt’s feminist movement in the 1920s

Question 28

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What did Taha Husayn stress in his book Mustaqbal al-Thaqafah fi Misr (The Future of Culture in Egypt)?

Selected Answer:	Egypt’s Mediterranean heritage and contribution to Greek civilization
Answers:	Arab regional unity
	Egypt’s Arab and Islamic identity
	Egypt’s Mediterranean heritage and contribution to Greek civilization
	Anti-colonial sentiment against the ongoing British involvement in Egypt

Question 29

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What parallel(s) can be drawn between Nuri al-Sa?id’s ruling coalition in Iraq after the Rashid Ali movement and the Wafd Party in Egypt after the February Fourth Incident?

Selected Answer:	All of these are true parallels between Nuri al-Sa?id and the Egyptian Wafd
Answers:	Both political groups’ reputations were tarnished as they returned to power thanks to British military action
	Both groups gained power on avid Arab nationalist platforms
	Both came to power through nationalist military coups
	All of these are true parallels between Nuri al-Sa?id and the Egyptian Wafd

Question 30

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What was Saudi Arabia’s main source of state revenue in the 1930s?

Selected Answer:	Date palms and other agricultural goods 5 true/false questions For these questions, indicate whether the statement is either True or False.
Answers:	Petroleum, with the help of British companies
	Petroleum, with the help of US companies
	Annual pilgrimages to Mecca
	Date palms and other agricultural goods 5 true/false questions For these questions, indicate whether the statement is either True or False.

Question 31

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What was unusual about the military coups that took place in Iraq between 1936 and 1941?

Selected Answer:	The military did not take over the government, but installed civilian leaders after each coup
Answers:	While indigenously led, they were on behalf of greater Iraqi ties with the British
	The military did not take over the government, but installed civilian leaders after each coup
	They were inspired by German Nazi ideology
	None of these accurately depict the coups in Iraq between1936-1941

Question 32

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What well-publicized gesture of social freedom did the founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union Huda Sha’rawi and her associate Saiza Nabrawi make in 1923?

Selected Answer:	They removed their veils at Cairo’s main railway station
Answers:	They were admitted to the national university
	They voted in a parliamentary election
	They removed their veils at Cairo’s main railway station
	None these answers is correct

Question 33

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When did Britain impose its version of independence on Egypt?

Selected Answer:	1922
Answers:	1919
	1922
	1923
	1936

Question 34

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Which Islamic reformist was the leader of the Salafiyyah movement?

Selected Answer:	Rashid Rida
Answers:	Rashid Rida
	Muhammad Abduh
	Abd al-Wahhab
	Rashid Ali

Question 35

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Which of the following is NOT true about the great revolt of 1925-1927?

Selected Answer:	The French were driven out of the Jabal Druze by an armed uprising led by the local chieftain
Answers:	The revolt convinced French policymakers to renounce their plans for controlling Syria
	The revolt quickly expanded from a local rebellion in Jabal Druze to a national movement of resistance
	The French were driven out of the Jabal Druze by an armed uprising led by the local chieftain
	Some 6,000 Syrians died throughout the revolt’s duration

Question 36

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Which of the following was a crucial political issue facing Lebanon in the 1930s?

Selected Answer:	All of these answers are correct
Answers:	Anti-French revolts
	The conflicting aspirations of Christians and Muslims
	The lack of a constitution
	All of these answers are correct

Question 37

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Which of the following is NOT true about the 1932 Lebanese census?

Selected Answer:	It did not include the Druze
Answers:	It was the last official census taken in Lebanon
	It did not include the Druze
	It determined that all Christians outnumbered all Muslims by six to five
	It answered for sectarian representation in political bodies

Question 38

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Which of the following most accurately describes the ideas of Sati al-Husri?

Selected Answer:	Al-Husri argued that Arabs constituted a single nation and should therefore be united in a single Arab state
Answers:	Al-Husri argued that language was an insignificant component of nationhood
	Al-Husri argued that religion was the most important prerequisite for nationhood
	Al-Husri argued that Arabs constituted a single nation and should therefore be united in a single Arab state
	Al-Husri argued that the Arab nation did not possess the necessary components required for nationhood

Question 39

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Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Lebanon’s National Pact (1943)?

Selected Answer:	It stated that a new census would be held before every new election to determine an accurate division of representation
Answers:	It spelled out the formula for sectarian representation in the Lebanese chamber of deputies
	It determined each sect’s level of political representation based on the 1932 census figures
	It stated that a new census would be held before every new election to determine an accurate division of representation
	It enshrined sectarian confessional politics as the basis for the Lebanese political system

Question 40

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Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the terms of Treaty of Jiddah (1927)

Selected Answer:	It recognized Britain’s rights to maintain a naval base at the Gulf of Aden to protect shipping to and from the Suez Canal
Answers:	It recognized Ibn Sa?ud as the sovereign king of the Hijaz
	It recognized Ibn Sa?ud as the sultan of the Najd and its dependencies
	In the treaty Ibn Sa?ud recognized Britain’s special relationship with the coastal rulers and pledged to respect their domains
	It recognized Britain’s rights to maintain a naval base at the Gulf of Aden to protect shipping to and from the Suez Canal

Question 41

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Which of the following most accurately describes sectarian divisions in Syria?

Selected Answer:	None of these statements accurately describe sectarian divisions in Syria
Answers:	The relationship among Druze, Alawites, Christians, and Sunni Arabs has always been extremely tense, characterized by frequent episodes of sectarian violence
	There are few sectarian divisions as Syria’s population is ethnically and religiously monotonous
	France isolated the Druze and the Alawites from national politics, ensuring Syrian political life would be under the sway of urban Sunni Muslims
	None of these statements accurately describe sectarian divisions in Syria

Question 42

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Which of the following is NOT true about the French control of Syria?

Selected Answer:	The French method of governing discouraged local politicians from practicing self-government
Answers:	Local Syrian governors and district commissioners were not granted independent decision-making authority
	The French method of governing discouraged local politicians from practicing self-government
	Decision-making authority rested with the French high commissioner and his staff was based in Beirut
	The French ensured their position in the region through indirect rule

Question 43

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Which of the following events triggered the 1919 revolution in Egypt?

Selected Answer:	Britain’s exile of Sa?d Zaghlul to Malta
Answers:	The accidental wounding of an Egyptian women by four British officers who were pigeon shooting
	The creation of a loose federation of Arab states, which would later come to be known as the Arab League
	The Wafd party’s coup d’état led by Sa?d Zaghlul
	Britain’s exile of Sa?d Zaghlul to Malta

Question 44

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Which of the following is NOT true about Transjordan?

Selected Answer:	Transjordan was a British mandate
Answers:	Unlike Iraq, Transjordan existed as a social and political community during the Ottoman era and flourished under the Empire’s control
	Transjordan was created for the purpose of bringing stability to a decentralized tribal region
	Amman became the capital of Transjordan in 1921
	Transjordan was a British mandate

Question 45

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Which of the following is NOT true about the February Fourth Incident?

Selected Answer:	The dispute between the British and King Faruq was over who should fill the vacant position of Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces
Answers:	It emphasized Britain’s control over Egyptian domestic affairs
	King Faruq met with the British ambassador, Sir Miles Lampson
	The dispute between the British and King Faruq was over who should fill the vacant position of Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces
	British tanks were ordered to surround the royal residence at Abdin Palace

Question 46

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Wafd Party?

Selected Answer:	The Wafd Party won only a small number of parliament seats in its first election
Answers:	Sa’d Zaghlul was the party’s leader
	The party’s original delegation consisted of seven Egyptians
	It called for the complete independence of Egypt
	The Wafd Party won only a small number of parliament seats in its first election

Question 47

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Which of the following is true of Abdallah of Transjordan?

Selected Answer:	All of these answers are correct
Answers:	When Transjordan was granted independence in 1946, Abdallah was elevated from prince to king
	During the Rashid Ali revolt in Iraq, Abdallah pledged his army-the Arab Legion-to serve and deploy at the behest of the British
	Abdallah’s brother Faysal ruled over Iraq
	All of these answers are correct

Question 48

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Which of the following statements accurately describes the impact that World War II had on the Egyptian economy?

Selected Answer:	All of these statements accurately describe Egypt’s economy during WWII
Answers:	Trade was restricted and inflation was rampant, leading to bread riots
	By the end of war, Egypt had achieved local self-sufficiency with the production of good such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton
	Egypt’s local labor force experienced considerable growth
	All of these statements accurately describe Egypt’s economy during WWII

Question 49

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Which of the following was NOT included in Iraq’s Organic Law (1925)?

Selected Answer:	The creation of a bicameral legislative system
Answers:	The definition of Iraq as an Arab republic
	The creation of a bicameral legislative system
	The designation of Islam as the state religion
	The continued jurisdiction of shari’ah courts over issues of personal status and waqfs

Question 50

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Who founded the Muslim Brotherhood?

Selected Answer:	Hasan al-Banna
Answers:	Hasan al-Banna
	Sa’d Zaghlul
	Sayyid Qutb
	both Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb

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