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Kurdish nationalism - Quiz
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  • 1. What does the term 'Kurdayetî' mean?
A) Kurdishness or Kurdism
B) Kurdish independence
C) Kurdish rebellion
D) Kurdish territory
  • 2. Which states currently contain territories that Kurdish nationalists wish to form into an independent Kurdistan?
A) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan
B) Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
C) Iran, Iraq, Armenia, and Turkey
D) Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon
  • 3. Who led the uprising in 1880 that demanded autonomy or independence for Kurds?
A) Sheikh Ubeydullah
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Saddam Hussein
D) Sharif Pasha
  • 4. What is the primary reason the 1880 uprising led by Sheikh Ubeydullah was short-lived?
A) The Russian army intervened
B) The leader was assassinated
C) It was never strategic nor unified
D) The Kurds lacked weapons
  • 5. What major event in the early 20th century allowed the Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan to promote a nationalist agenda?
A) The Second Constitutional Era of Turkey
B) The collapse of the Qajar dynasty
C) The Paris Peace Conference
D) The Treaty of Lausanne
  • 6. Which language group do researchers classify the Kurdish language under?
A) Turkic
B) Caucasian
C) Indo-European
D) Semitic
  • 7. Under the Ottoman millet system, what was the primary form of identification for Kurds?
A) Ethnic identification
B) Linguistic 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 made no mention of the Kurds
C) It established a Kurdish protectorate
D) It granted the Kurds a state
  • 9. Where was the first Kurdish political party, Khoybun, founded?
A) Istanbul
B) Ankara
C) Baghdad
D) Paris
  • 10. Why did the British focus more on the Armenians than the Kurds during the peace negotiations?
A) Armenians had a larger military force
B) The Kurds were allied with the Nazis
C) The British had no interest in Mesopotamian resources
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) Bughos Nubar
D) Sir Percy Cox
  • 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) 50,000–100,000
B) 5,000–10,000
C) 10,000–20,000
D) 200,000–500,000
  • 14. What organization was created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq?
A) Kurdish League
B) Society for the Elevation of Kurdistan
C) Kurdish Democratic Front
D) Kurdistan Regional Government
  • 15. What did the British Foreign Office study conclude about the partition of Kurdistan?
A) It was to be split into three sections with no rights for Kurds
B) It was to be annexed entirely by the French
C) It was to be granted full sovereignty
D) It was to be kept as a unified, neutral buffer zone
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