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Kurdish nationalism - Quiz
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  • 1. What does the term 'Kurdayetî' mean?
A) Kurdish territory
B) Kurdish rebellion
C) Kurdishness or Kurdism
D) Kurdish independence
  • 2. Which states currently contain territories that Kurdish nationalists wish to form into an independent Kurdistan?
A) Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon
B) Iran, Iraq, Armenia, and Turkey
C) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
D) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
  • 3. Who led the uprising in 1880 that demanded autonomy or independence for Kurds?
A) Saddam Hussein
B) Sharif Pasha
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Sheikh Ubeydullah
  • 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 Second Constitutional Era of Turkey
C) The Paris Peace Conference
D) The collapse of the Qajar dynasty
  • 6. Which language group do researchers classify the Kurdish language under?
A) Indo-European
B) Caucasian
C) Semitic
D) Turkic
  • 7. Under the Ottoman millet system, what was the primary form of identification for Kurds?
A) Linguistic identification
B) Ethnic identification
C) Religious identification
D) National identification
  • 8. What was the result of the 1923 Lausanne Treaty regarding the Kurds?
A) It guaranteed Kurdish cultural rights
B) It established a Kurdish protectorate
C) It granted the Kurds a state
D) It made no mention of the Kurds
  • 9. Where was the first Kurdish political party, Khoybun, founded?
A) Paris
B) Istanbul
C) Baghdad
D) Ankara
  • 10. Why did the British focus more on the Armenians than the Kurds during the peace negotiations?
A) The Kurds were allied with the Nazis
B) The British had no interest in Mesopotamian resources
C) Armenians had a larger military force
D) Armenians were primarily Christian and identified with the West
  • 11. Who represented the Kurds at the Paris Peace Conference?
A) General Muhammad Sharif Pasha
B) Sheikh Ubeydullah
C) Sir Percy Cox
D) Bughos Nubar
  • 12. Which UN Security Council Resolution facilitated the creation of no-fly zones in Iraq?
A) 688
B) 242
C) 1441
D) 338
  • 13. What was the approximate death toll of the Anfal campaign?
A) 10,000–20,000
B) 200,000–500,000
C) 5,000–10,000
D) 50,000–100,000
  • 14. What organization was created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
A) Kurdish League
B) Kurdish Democratic Front
C) Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan
D) Kurdistan Regional Government
  • 15. What did the British Foreign Office study conclude about the partition of Kurdistan?
A) It was to be kept as a unified, neutral buffer zone
B) It was to be split into three sections with no rights for Kurds
C) It was to be annexed entirely by the French
D) It was to be granted full sovereignty
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