LCA 266 Exam Questions
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1. Which of the following is not true about the Treaty of Sèvres?
A) It permitted the creation of an independent Armenian state
B) It did not restrict the sovereignty of the Ottoman government
C) It was the postwar peace treaty between the Allied powers and the Ottoman Empire
D) It restored the previously abolished Capitulations - Answers -✔✔B) It did not restrict
the sovereignty of the Ottoman government
2. Post-World War I, what did Mustafa Kemal do that would change the region forever?
A) He led the Turkish nationalist movement in the national war of independence
B) He repelled Greek forces and kept them from capturing the former Ottoman capital,
Bursa
C) He successfully argued for the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔A) He led the Turkish nationalist
movement in the national war of independence
3. Who was the father of modern Turkey?
A) Enver Pasha
B) Sultan Abdul Hamid II
C) Reza Shah
D) Mustafa Kemal - Answers -✔✔D) Mustafa Kemal
4. In 1923, Turkey was recognized as a(n)___________________.
A) European-controlled mandate
B) independent state
C) Ottoman province
D) occupied territory - Answers -✔✔B) independent state
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Ataturk's Turkey?
A) Islam was a central element in Ataturk's Turkey
B) The president of the republic was chosen by the grand national assembly members
C) A policy of language reform entailed a new phonetic Turkish alphabet using Latin
letters rather than Arabic script
D) The country's capital was transferred from Istanbul to Ankara - Answers -✔✔A)
Islam was a central element in Ataturk's Turkey
,6. Reza Shah, like Ataturk, was a reformer committed to strengthening his country
through ____________________.
A) Westernization
B) centralization
C) secularism
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D) All of these answers are correct
7. Reza Shah introduced all of the following legislation regarding woman except
________________.
A) laws against wearing of the veil
B) legislation aimed at ending the segregation of the sexes in public places
C) legislation granting women the right to vote
D) All of these are laws that Reza Shah passed - Answers -✔✔C) legislation granting
women the right to vote
8. British and Soviet forces occupied which country from 1941-1946?
A) Turkey
B) Iraq
C) Syria
D) Iran - Answers -✔✔D) Iran
9. Reza Shah's institutionalized authority rested with his control of _____________.
A) the army; Reza Shah catered to the military with high salaries and other favors
B) the state bureaucracy; Reza Shah made civil servants dependent on his continued
leadership
C) the use of court patronage; Reza Shah awarded positions of power to those who
supported his regime
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D) All of these answers are correct
10. Which of the following was a component of Reza Shah's attempts to secularize
Iran?
A. The establishment of a hierarchy of state courts
B. The Majlis adopting a new civil code that disregarded the Supplementary
Fundamental Laws of 1907
C. Attacking the financial independence of the religious establishment
D. All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D. All of these answers are correct
11. Which of the following most accurately describes the Turkish National Pact (1921)
A) It formalized Turkey's claim to all of the former lands of the Ottoman Empire that
were stripped as a result of the Treaty of Sèvres
B) It affirmed the right of full Turkish sovereignty over the portions of the Empire
inhabited by Turkish majorities
C) It guaranteed the equality of all ethnic groups within Turkey, which together
constituted the united Turkish nation
, D) It affirmed the principle of secularism in Turkey, officially dividing the ulama from the
government - Answers -✔✔B) It affirmed the right of full Turkish sovereignty over the
portions of the Empire inhabited by Turkish majorities
12. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made it a criminal offense to wear which of the following
clothing items?
A) The fedora
B) The fez
C) The veil
D) Sandals - Answers -✔✔B) The fez
13. Which of the following policies carried out by Reza Shah had a particularly negative
impact on the poor?
A) Introducing indirect taxes on consumer products such as tea, sugar, and tobacco
B) Eliminating tariffs on imported goods
C) Allocating state revenue to improve the state's transportation systems
D) Expanding the reach and efficiency of the central government - Answers -✔✔A)
Introducing indirect taxes on consumer products such as tea, sugar, and tobacco
14. In which ways did religious reforms of Reza Shah differ from Mustafa Kemal?
A) Madrasahs remained intact in Iran, but were abolished in Turkey
B) The veil was outlawed in Turkey, but not in Iran
C) Women were given the right to vote in Iran
D) Ulama were removed from all positions of religious authority in Iran - Answers -
✔✔A) Madrasahs remained intact in Iran, but were abolished in Turkey
15. Which of the following statements on how language policies in Turkey and Iran
overlapped at this time is FALSE?
A) Both took measures that emphasized indigenous Turkish and Persian, respectively,
over external linguistic influences such as Arabic
B) Both made claims of the historic dominance of their ethno-linguistic cultures, since
the time of ancient civilizations
C) Ethno-linguistic minority groups were officially discouraged from professing distinct
identities
D) Both outlawed writing in Arabic - Answers -✔✔D) Both outlawed writing in Arabic
1. Reza Shah's land policies had a devastating effect on rural peasants.
A) True
B) False - Answers -✔✔A) True
2. The National Pact asserted full Turkish sovereignty over the parts of the Ottoman
Empire inhabited by a Turkish majority.
A) True
B) False - Answers -✔✔A) True
Correct Answers New
Update (Verified A+ Pass)
1. Which of the following is not true about the Treaty of Sèvres?
A) It permitted the creation of an independent Armenian state
B) It did not restrict the sovereignty of the Ottoman government
C) It was the postwar peace treaty between the Allied powers and the Ottoman Empire
D) It restored the previously abolished Capitulations - Answers -✔✔B) It did not restrict
the sovereignty of the Ottoman government
2. Post-World War I, what did Mustafa Kemal do that would change the region forever?
A) He led the Turkish nationalist movement in the national war of independence
B) He repelled Greek forces and kept them from capturing the former Ottoman capital,
Bursa
C) He successfully argued for the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔A) He led the Turkish nationalist
movement in the national war of independence
3. Who was the father of modern Turkey?
A) Enver Pasha
B) Sultan Abdul Hamid II
C) Reza Shah
D) Mustafa Kemal - Answers -✔✔D) Mustafa Kemal
4. In 1923, Turkey was recognized as a(n)___________________.
A) European-controlled mandate
B) independent state
C) Ottoman province
D) occupied territory - Answers -✔✔B) independent state
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Ataturk's Turkey?
A) Islam was a central element in Ataturk's Turkey
B) The president of the republic was chosen by the grand national assembly members
C) A policy of language reform entailed a new phonetic Turkish alphabet using Latin
letters rather than Arabic script
D) The country's capital was transferred from Istanbul to Ankara - Answers -✔✔A)
Islam was a central element in Ataturk's Turkey
,6. Reza Shah, like Ataturk, was a reformer committed to strengthening his country
through ____________________.
A) Westernization
B) centralization
C) secularism
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D) All of these answers are correct
7. Reza Shah introduced all of the following legislation regarding woman except
________________.
A) laws against wearing of the veil
B) legislation aimed at ending the segregation of the sexes in public places
C) legislation granting women the right to vote
D) All of these are laws that Reza Shah passed - Answers -✔✔C) legislation granting
women the right to vote
8. British and Soviet forces occupied which country from 1941-1946?
A) Turkey
B) Iraq
C) Syria
D) Iran - Answers -✔✔D) Iran
9. Reza Shah's institutionalized authority rested with his control of _____________.
A) the army; Reza Shah catered to the military with high salaries and other favors
B) the state bureaucracy; Reza Shah made civil servants dependent on his continued
leadership
C) the use of court patronage; Reza Shah awarded positions of power to those who
supported his regime
D) All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D) All of these answers are correct
10. Which of the following was a component of Reza Shah's attempts to secularize
Iran?
A. The establishment of a hierarchy of state courts
B. The Majlis adopting a new civil code that disregarded the Supplementary
Fundamental Laws of 1907
C. Attacking the financial independence of the religious establishment
D. All of these answers are correct - Answers -✔✔D. All of these answers are correct
11. Which of the following most accurately describes the Turkish National Pact (1921)
A) It formalized Turkey's claim to all of the former lands of the Ottoman Empire that
were stripped as a result of the Treaty of Sèvres
B) It affirmed the right of full Turkish sovereignty over the portions of the Empire
inhabited by Turkish majorities
C) It guaranteed the equality of all ethnic groups within Turkey, which together
constituted the united Turkish nation
, D) It affirmed the principle of secularism in Turkey, officially dividing the ulama from the
government - Answers -✔✔B) It affirmed the right of full Turkish sovereignty over the
portions of the Empire inhabited by Turkish majorities
12. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk made it a criminal offense to wear which of the following
clothing items?
A) The fedora
B) The fez
C) The veil
D) Sandals - Answers -✔✔B) The fez
13. Which of the following policies carried out by Reza Shah had a particularly negative
impact on the poor?
A) Introducing indirect taxes on consumer products such as tea, sugar, and tobacco
B) Eliminating tariffs on imported goods
C) Allocating state revenue to improve the state's transportation systems
D) Expanding the reach and efficiency of the central government - Answers -✔✔A)
Introducing indirect taxes on consumer products such as tea, sugar, and tobacco
14. In which ways did religious reforms of Reza Shah differ from Mustafa Kemal?
A) Madrasahs remained intact in Iran, but were abolished in Turkey
B) The veil was outlawed in Turkey, but not in Iran
C) Women were given the right to vote in Iran
D) Ulama were removed from all positions of religious authority in Iran - Answers -
✔✔A) Madrasahs remained intact in Iran, but were abolished in Turkey
15. Which of the following statements on how language policies in Turkey and Iran
overlapped at this time is FALSE?
A) Both took measures that emphasized indigenous Turkish and Persian, respectively,
over external linguistic influences such as Arabic
B) Both made claims of the historic dominance of their ethno-linguistic cultures, since
the time of ancient civilizations
C) Ethno-linguistic minority groups were officially discouraged from professing distinct
identities
D) Both outlawed writing in Arabic - Answers -✔✔D) Both outlawed writing in Arabic
1. Reza Shah's land policies had a devastating effect on rural peasants.
A) True
B) False - Answers -✔✔A) True
2. The National Pact asserted full Turkish sovereignty over the parts of the Ottoman
Empire inhabited by a Turkish majority.
A) True
B) False - Answers -✔✔A) True
