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CLEP Western Civ II

Category - WWI

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The British strategy in the Ottoman Empire included which of the following?
  1. Fostering regional nationalist movements
  2. Decimating the Turkish navy
  3. Encouraging Serbia to join the war
  4. Intense propaganda against the Turks
  5. Waiting until the end of the war to deal with the Ottoman Empire
Explanation
Answer: A - The British strategy against the Ottoman Empire included fostering regional nationalist movements. It was British Col. T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) who led Arab insurrections against the Turkish Empire. Britain had territorial ambitions in the Middle East, and it hoped that the end of the war would put these newly formed nations under British control.
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