Nationalism in the Middle East — Unit test Answers

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Who pushed the British out of Persia in the 1920s, and renamed the country Iran?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mustafa Kemal

Ayatollah Khomeini

Reza Pahlavi

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Because there was very little investment in education, African colonies

had few leaders with government experience.

had far too few teachers for their universities.

had many skilled workers with little education.

had many overqualified workers in menial jobs.

A military group that rules another country by force is

a dictatorship.

an insurgency.

a junta.

a regime.

Which major change took place in Nigeria in 1999?

Ethnic tensions came to an end.

A peace treaty concluded the civil war.

Military leaders led a government coup.

A civilian president was elected.

Why did corruption increase when opposition political parties were banned in Ghana?

Nkrumah’s government held too much power, and officials could do whatever they wanted.

Opposition parties operated secretly and illegally, and they tried to undermine the government.

Citizens revolted against Nkrumah’s rule, and crime became common among workers.

Opposition parties ran on anti-corruption platforms, but they won no support from the public.

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