Arab Revolt — start date?
June 10, 1916
McMahon-Hussein Correspondence — purpose?
Promised Arab independence in Ottoman lands.
Sykes-Picot Agreement — secret division?
Yes, between Britain and France.
Balfour Declaration — year?
1917
Wilson’s 14 Points — main goal?
Promote peace and self-determination.
Treaty of Versailles — key feature?
Imposed penalties on Germany.
US refusal — treaty?
Refused to ratify, adopted isolationism.
League mandates — colonial?
Yes, they controlled former colonies.
San Remo Agreement — control?
Britain and France divided Middle Eastern oil.
Treaty of Sèvres — Ottoman?
Partitioned Ottoman Empire, reduced Turkey.
Turkish War — start?
1919, against occupation and Sèvres.
Treaty of Lausanne — effect?
Recognized Turkish sovereignty.
Red Line Agreement — purpose?
Oil monopoly among Western companies.
Treaty of Sèvres — minorities?
Ignored Armenian and Kurdish independence claims.
Mustafa Kemal — role?
Led Turkish nationalist resistance.
Mandate system — purpose?
Supervised former Ottoman and German territories.
League of Nations — main goal?
Maintain peace through collective security.
Self-determination — aim?
Allow nations to govern themselves.
Treaty of Lausanne — borders?
Established modern Turkey’s borders.
Minorities — impact?
Marginalized and often unprotected.
Oil discovery — year?
1927
Sykes-Picot — fully implemented?
No, mainly replaced by Treaty of Sèvres.
Wilson’s principles — include?
End secret treaties, self-determination, international peace.
Mandates — hierarchy?
Based on development, geography, economy.
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