Overview
This country has the largest population in the Arab world.
What is Egypt?
Britain and France signed this secret treaty in 1916
What is Sykes-Picot?
Britain instated this Arab leader as the king of Iraq
Who are Faisal?
This country has the largest oil reserves in the region.
What is Saudi Arabia?
This country is where the uprisings started
what is Tunisia?
This Middle Eastern city is sacred for all three monotheistic religions
What is Jerusalem?
Britain made this declaration in 1917 to muster Jewish support for its war effort
What is the Balfour Declaration?
Britain instated this Arab leader as the king of Jordan
Who is Abdallah?
This country has the largest oil reserves in North Africa
What is Libya?
This Gulf monarchy was almost toppled during the Arab uprisings
What is Bahrain?
This country was created by France by carving out territory from Greater Syria
What is Lebanon?
What is defensive developmentalism?
These two states are the only non-oil monarchies in the region
What are Morocco and Jordan?
This state type relies on natural resources instead of taxation for its revenues
What is a rentier state?
What is Saudi Arabia?
This scholar has written extensively on Orientalism
Who is Edward Said?
This nationalist movement sought to unify all Arabs under a single state
What is pan-Arabism?
This country is the only democracy in the Arab world
What is Tunisia?
This Arab leader invaded Kuwait in 1990 to capture its oil revenues
Who is Saddam Hussein?
NATO intervened in this country to topple its dictator ruling since 1969
What is Libya?
This is the largest stateless ethnic group in the world
Who are Kurds?
These two are the only countries to achieve unification in the region
What are South and North Yemen?
This Ottoman officer established the modern Turkish Republic after winning a war of independence
Who is Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?
The is the first oil concession in the history of the region
What is D'Arcy Concession?
The civil war in this country led to the greatest refugee crisis in recent history
What is Syria?