Question

How did World War I affect the Middle East?

The end of World War I improved religious tolerance in the region.

The Greco-Turkish War forced millions of people to move.

Germany was allowed to keep colonies in the region.

Over 1.5 million Armenians were killed in a genocide ordered by the Turkish government.

The Balfour Declaration established support for a Jewish homeland.

The Ottoman Empire was victorious.

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Answer 1

The Middle East was transformed in ways not seen in centuries by World War I. The Europeans, who had colonized much of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century, completed the conquest by annexing Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. The war defined the modern borders of the Middle East