World War I and the subsequent Paris Peace Conference changed the face of the Middle East. Many borders were redrawn, and international relations changed drastically as smaller, semi-independent mandates replaced the Ottoman Empire. Middle Easterners attempted to adjust to the new situation, but European involvement and Jewish settlement of Palestine complicated matters. This map shows the territorial changes in the Middle East that resulted from the Paris Peace Conference. For each lettered space in the table following the map, select the correct phrase corresponding to that letter on the map or in its legend.
A map shows the territorial changes in the Middle East after the Paris Peace Conference. An unnamed territory located to the east of Syria is marked as “A.” The city of Mosul, Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Kut el Amara, and Basra are marked within the bounds of the region. The following regions are outlined in green and are marked as “B”: present-day Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, the Red sea coast of Arabia, and a strip of land on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The major cities marked are as follows: Istanbul (Constantinople), Ankara, Izmir (Smyrna), Aleppo, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Amman, Mosul, Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Kut el Amara, Basra, Medina, Jiddah, and Mecca. The following regions are shaded in yellow and are marked as “C”: present-day Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, and parts of Ethiopia. The areas controlled under mandates from the League of Nations, 1920 included present-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. The major cities marked are as follows: Istanbul (Constantinople), Ankara, Izmir (Smyrna), Aleppo, Beirut, Damascus, Jerusalem, Amman, Mosul, Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Kut el Amara, Basra, Medina, Jiddah, and Mecca. The following regions are shaded in bright orange and are marked as “D”: present-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. The major cities marked are as follows: Jerusalem, Amman, Mosul, Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf, Kut el Amara, and Basra. The following territory is shaded in purple and marked as “E”: present-day Syria. The major cities marked are as follows: Aleppo, Beirut, and Damascus. The international boundaries run across the eastern European countries, along Central Asian countries, between Egypt, Sudan, Libya, and Chad, close to the Mediterranean coast of Jordon and Syria, between Jordan and Iraq, and across western Yemen.