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Modern and Contemporary History

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  1. Which city did British forces capture on 11 March 1917 during the First World War?
  2. Which three Ottoman provinces (vilayets) were joined by Britain to form the territory of the new state of Iraq?
  3. At which 1920 conference did the Allied powers assign the mandate for Iraq to Britain?
  4. The 1920 Iraqi revolt against British rule began in the town of al-Rumaitha after the arrest of which man?
  5. After the 1920 revolt, what was the main political decision Britain took about governing Iraq?
  6. Who was crowned the first King of Iraq on 23 August 1921?
  7. Which meeting in March 1921, led on the British side by Winston Churchill, discussed the future of Iraq and the choice of its ruler?
  8. The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was an understanding between which two powers about the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire?
  9. On what date did Iraq become a member of the League of Nations, ending the British mandate?
  10. The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty signed in 1930 prepared the way for which later step?
  11. Which ruler followed Faisal I after his death in 1933?
  12. Which man acted as regent for the young King Faisal II after 1939?
  13. Britain and the Iraqi government fought a short war in May 1941. What was its immediate cause?
  14. Iraq became a founding member of which regional organisation in 1945?
  15. The Baghdad Pact of 1955 linked Iraq with which group of states?
  16. Which event took place on 14 July 1958 in Iraq?
  17. Which two officers led the 14 July Revolution of 1958?
  18. After the 1958 revolution, which officer became prime minister of the new republic?
  19. How many years passed between the British capture of Baghdad and Iraq's admission to the League of Nations?
  20. Place these events in the correct order: Sykes-Picot Agreement; fall of Baghdad; San Remo conference; coronation of Faisal I.
  21. The 1920 uprising in Iraq is often called by which name?
  22. The Iran-Iraq War began in 1980. In which year did it end with a ceasefire?
  23. The Gulf War of 1991 followed which event of 1990?
  24. In 2005 Iraqis voted in a referendum on what?
  25. The Industrial Revolution began in the 18th century in which country?
  26. The French Revolution began in which year?
  27. Which event of 28 June 1914 triggered the outbreak of the First World War?
  28. Which agreement of 1919 formally ended the war with Germany and created the League of Nations covenant?
  29. In which year did the Second World War begin in Europe?
  30. Where was the United Nations Charter signed in 1945?
  31. The Wall Street crash of 1929 began which world-wide event?
  32. Which crisis of 1956 followed Egypt's nationalisation of the Suez Canal?
  33. Which organisation, founded in 1949, was a Western military alliance in the Cold War?
  34. Faisal I was crowned on 23 August 1921, and Iraq joined the League of Nations in 1932. How long before the League membership was the coronation?
  35. Why did Britain treat the 1932 end of the mandate as a limited independence?
  36. Which statement best explains why the Iraqi monarchy lost support by 1958?
  37. The Arab Revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans was started by which leader?
  38. The First World War ended in which month and year with an armistice?
  39. Which country unified in 1871 under the leadership of Otto von Bismarck of Prussia?
  40. Faisal I ruled Iraq from 1921 to 1933 and his son Ghazi from 1933 to 1939. For how many years did these two kings reign in total?
  41. Which pair of events happened in the same year?
  42. In which year did British forces capture Baghdad from the Ottomans during the First World War?
  43. Which Iraqi port city did British forces occupy at the start of the Mesopotamian campaign in November 1914?
  44. Which secret agreement of 1916 divided much of the Ottoman Arab lands between Britain and France?
  45. At which 1920 conference did the Allies decide that Britain would hold the mandate for Iraq?
  46. What name is given to the 1920 uprising in Iraq against British rule?
  47. Which conference held in Cairo in March 1921 discussed the future government of Iraq?
  48. Who was crowned the first king of modern Iraq in 1921?
  49. In which year did Iraq gain independence and join the League of Nations?
  50. Who succeeded King Faisal I after his death in 1933?
  51. Which Iraqi general led the first military coup in the modern Arab world in 1936?
  52. In which year did the Anglo-Iraqi War take place after the coup of Rashid Ali al-Gaylani?
  53. Which organisation was founded in Cairo in 1945, with Iraq as one of its founding members?
  54. Which city hosted the 1960 conference that founded OPEC?
  55. Which alliance formed in 1955 linked Iraq with Turkey, Britain, Pakistan and Iran?
  56. What happened in Iraq on 14 July 1958?
  57. Who led Iraq after the revolution of 14 July 1958?
  58. In which year did a Ba'ath-led coup bring Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr to power in Iraq?
  59. In which year was the Iraq Petroleum Company nationalised?
  60. Between which years did the Iran-Iraq War last?
  61. Which event of 2 August 1990 led to the Gulf War?
  62. Which UN body imposed economic sanctions on Iraq in August 1990?
  63. In which year did a US-led coalition invade Iraq and end Saddam Hussein's rule?
  64. In which year was the current Iraqi constitution approved in a referendum?
  65. In which year was Mosul liberated from ISIS control after nearly three years?
  66. Which treaty of 1926 settled the Mosul question in favour of Iraq?
  67. Near which city was the first major oil gusher of Iraq struck in 1927?
  68. Which three Ottoman provinces were joined by Britain to form Iraq?
  69. Which war lasted from 1914 to 1918?
  70. In which year did the Russian Revolution bring the Bolsheviks to power?
  71. In which year did the Wall Street Crash begin the Great Depression?
  72. Which organisation was created in 1920 to keep peace after the First World War?
  73. Which two countries were given mandates over Syria and Lebanon, and over Iraq and Palestine?
  74. Which event started the Second World War in Europe in 1939?
  75. In which year did the Second World War end?
  76. Which international organisation was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations?
  77. Which military alliance was formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its allies?
  78. What name is given to the tense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after 1945?
  79. In which year was the Berlin Wall built?
  80. In which year did the Soviet Union break up?
  81. Which Egyptian leader nationalised the Suez Canal in 1956?
  82. In which year did the Egyptian officers' revolution overthrow King Farouk?
  83. Which North African country gained independence from France in 1962 after a long war?
  84. Which war between Arab states and Israel took place in 1967?
  85. In which year was the October War between Egypt, Syria and Israel fought?
  86. Which Arab oil-producing countries used oil as a political weapon after the October War of 1973?
  87. Which dictator ruled Iraq from 1979 until 2003?
  88. Which event in 1945 first brought Iraq into the United Nations as a founding member?
  89. Which Cold War treaty of 1949 created a Western military alliance?
  90. Which Iraqi monarch was the last king of Iraq, killed in 1958?
  91. What was the main aim of the 1920 revolt in Iraq?
  92. Which treaty of 1923 recognised the borders of modern Turkey?
  93. Which Allied leaders met at Yalta in February 1945?
  94. Which weapon was used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945?
  95. Which movement of the 1950s and 1960s aimed to end colonial rule in Africa and Asia?
  96. Which conference of 1955 brought together Asian and African states to oppose colonialism?
  97. Which agreement of 1979 was signed between Egypt and Israel?
  98. Which event in 1979 changed the government of Iran and affected the region?
  99. Which Iraqi city was heavily contested in the Iran-Iraq War and lies on the Shatt al-Arab?
  100. Which operation name was given to the US-led air campaign of January 1991?

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