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1. During the Middle Ages Kurdistan consisted of a collection of semi-independent states called emirates. The first formal division by outside powers was formalized in the 1639 Treaty of Zuhab. Who were the parties to this treaty?
2. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the victorious Allies undertook to carve up the former Ottoman Empire into separate countries. The original 1920 treaty with the Ottoman Empire would have created a country of Kurdistan. What was the name of this treaty?
3. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne replaced the original peace treaty and settled the boundaries of countries in the area of what would have been Kurdistan. Who were the two primary parties that negotiated this treaty?
4. As a result of the boundaries that were drawn, Kurdistan now consists of an area that includes parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. In which of these countries are most of the Kurds located?
5. Iraqi Kurds were subjected to horrendous persecution by Saddam Hussein in the 1980's. Following the Gulf War of 1991, the Iraqi Kurds achieved a measure of autonomy. What policy of the United States helped the Kurds to achieve this autonomy?
6. From 1994 to 1996 a civil war raged off and on between two Kurdish groups in Iraq. What are the names of these two groups?
7. By what name are the Kurdish guerrilla fighters usually called?
8. In order to avoid the appearance of any unofficial recognition of Kurdistan, Turkey has changed the Latin name of one of its animals from Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica, to Vulpes Vulpes. Which animal had its name so changed?
9. Which term best describes the Kurdish people?
10. An old saying says that "Kurds have no friends but the _____________." Fill in the blank.
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