Question
In November 1917, Pravda and Izvestia published an agreement signed by these two diplomats that was reprinted by the Manchester Guardian. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these two diplomats who signed a secret treaty in 1916 that informed negotiations at San Remo. The Balfour Declaration was made regarding territory assigned to Britain under that treaty signed by these diplomats.
ANSWER: Mark Sykes AND François Georges-Picot [accept Sykes–Picot Agreement; accept Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes in place of “Mark Sykes”; accept François Marie Denis Georges-Picot in place of “François Georges-Picot”]
[10e] The Sykes–Picot agreement was viewed as a betrayal by this British officer, who aided Faisal’s Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule and wrote the autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
ANSWER: T. E. Lawrence [or Lawrence of Arabia; or Thomas Edward Lawrence]
[10h] This diplomat resigned his post in protest after the publishing of the Sykes–Picot agreement. This diplomat had indicated the UK’s intention to recognize Arab independence in a series of letters sent to Hussein bin Ali.
ANSWER: Henry McMahon (“mick-MAN”) [or Sir Vincent Arthur Henry McMahon]
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