lines drawn in the sanfd

Question 1

drawn by Sykes and Picot

Answer 1

both seasoned in colonial adminstration

both believed the people of the region were better off under the European Empire

Question 2

problems of a secret deal

Answer 2

secret, without Arab knowledge

a factor behind the rise of militarist regimes in 1950s-2011

Question 3

tribal lines

Answer 3

they created borders which didn’t correspond to the actual sectarian, tribal or ethnic distinctions on the ground

Question 4

80s-90s

Answer 4

Assad, Hussein and Gaddafi suppressed populations often with brutality

Question 5

despite major advances in industry

Answer 5

the dramatic inequality between the upper middle classes and the vast majority of the population continued

Question 6

as a result of all this

Answer 6

arab nationalism championed, with immense popular support, but often at the expense of civil and political freedoms

Question 7

over the past 4 generations

Answer 7

the arab population has almost doubled to 330 million

Question 8

this new generation

Answer 8

has inherited acute socio-economic and political problems