Question

Finish the sentence.
At the end of World War 1, the ______ _______ collapsed. After its defeat,_________ and _______ declared mandates over ____________. Mandates are _____________________. These mandates caused conflict because________________________.

Answer 1

At the end of World War 1, the **Ottoman Empire** collapsed. After its defeat, **Britain** and **France** declared mandates over **former Ottoman territories, including Syria, Iraq, and Palestine**. Mandates are **territorial administrations entrusted to a nation by the League of Nations, intended to prepare the region for self-governance**. These mandates caused conflict because **they often disregarded the national aspirations of local populations, leading to tensions and rivalries among different ethnic and religious groups in the region**.