Kurdish nationalism

Kurdish nationalism - Quiz

1. What does the term 'Kurdayetî' mean?

A) Kurdishness or Kurdism
B) Kurdish territory
C) Kurdish rebellion
D) Kurdish independence

2. Which states currently contain territories that Kurdish nationalists wish to form into an independent Kurdistan?

A) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
B) Iran, Iraq, Armenia, and Turkey
C) Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon
D) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan

3. Who led the uprising in 1880 that demanded autonomy or independence for Kurds?

A) Sheikh Ubeydullah
B) Sharif Pasha
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Saddam Hussein

4. What is the primary reason the 1880 uprising led by Sheikh Ubeydullah was short-lived?

A) It was never strategic nor unified
B) The Russian army intervened
C) The Kurds lacked weapons
D) The leader was assassinated

5. What major event in the early 20th century allowed the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan to promote a nationalist agenda?

A) The Treaty of Lausanne
B) The collapse of the Qajar dynasty
C) The Second Constitutional Era of Turkey
D) The Paris Peace Conference

6. Which language group do researchers classify the Kurdish language under?

A) Indo-European
B) Turkic
C) Caucasian
D) Semitic

7. Under the Ottoman millet system, what was the primary form of identification for Kurds?

A) National identification
B) Religious identification
C) Linguistic identification
D) Ethnic identification

8. What was the result of the 1923 Lausanne Treaty regarding the Kurds?

A) It established a Kurdish protectorate
B) It made no mention of the Kurds
C) It granted the Kurds a state
D) It guaranteed Kurdish cultural rights

9. Where was the first Kurdish political party, Khoybun, founded?

A) Baghdad
B) Istanbul
C) Paris
D) Ankara

10. Why did the British focus more on the Armenians than the Kurds during the peace negotiations?

A) Armenians were primarily Christian and identified with the West
B) Armenians had a larger military force
C) The Kurds were allied with the Nazis
D) The British had no interest in Mesopotamian resources

11. Who represented the Kurds at the Paris Peace Conference?

A) Sheikh Ubeydullah
B) General Muhammad Sharif Pasha
C) Bughos Nubar
D) Sir Percy Cox

12. Which UN Security Council Resolution facilitated the creation of no-fly zones in Iraq?

A) 338
B) 1441
C) 688
D) 242

13. What was the approximate death toll of the Anfal campaign?

A) 200,000–500,000
B) 5,000–10,000
C) 10,000–20,000
D) 50,000–100,000

14. What organization was created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq?

A) Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan
B) Kurdistan Regional Government
C) Kurdish League
D) Kurdish Democratic Front

15. What did the British Foreign Office study conclude about the partition of Kurdistan?

A) It was to be granted full sovereignty
B) It was to be kept as a unified, neutral buffer zone
C) It was to be annexed entirely by the French
D) It was to be split into three sections with no rights for Kurds

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