Sykes-Picot Agreement

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About this study

“Sykes-Picot Agreement” is a free, 4-lesson study at novice, created with soclever, a personal AI teacher. Each lesson takes a few minutes and ends with a check-in question; finish the curriculum and you can take a certificate test to earn a diploma. Starting is free once you sign in — or generate your own study on any topic. Shared by @meirrosenschein.

What you'll learn

  1. What Was Sykes-Picot?. Picture this: it's 1916, World War I is raging, and two powerful countries—Britain and France—are sitting in a room drawing lines on a map of the Middle East. They're not asking…
  2. Colonial Competition During WWI. Picture two hungry diners eyeing the last slice of cake on the table—except the cake is an entire empire, and the diners are Britain and France during World War I. 🍰 Here's what…

Questions this study answers

  • What two countries made the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and what did they agree to do?
  • Why did Britain and France want to control Ottoman lands during World War I—what three things were they really after?

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