Turkey and Iran, 1918–1939
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write five areas of Atatürk’s reforms.
Secularism, Latin alphabet, law, women’s rights, surnames, education.
2
State positive and debated aspects of Reza Shah’s reforms.
Positive: schools, university, roads; debated: compulsory dress rules, personal power.
3
How did Turkey defend its independence in 1920–1923?
The national resistance defeated the Greek forces and achieved the Treaty of Lausanne.
4
Show Turkey and Iran on the map; name their present-day neighbours.
Turkey: Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Syria; Iran: Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia.
5
Why did some of the reforms cause tension in society?
They introduced quick and compulsory changes to traditional life and religious customs.