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Flashcards by Clare Noone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Clare Noone
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Give one reason for the Iranian Revolution in 1979. | The Shah (Monarch) imposed a violent regime which killed opponents through the secret police called SAVAK/Shah was seen as too pro-western, imposing USA style values on Iran/ Although Iran was a rich oil producing country many were poor. |
| Who took over Iran after the Shah fell from power? | The Shia Fundamentalist Ayatollah (Supreme Leader) Khomeini, he hated the West and even called America ‘The Great Satan’ |
| Give two facts about Saddam Hussein. | Military dictator of Iraq/Sunni leader of a Majority Shia country/Leader of the Ba’ath party/ Used propaganda to appear like the ‘protector of the Iraqi people |
| Why did Saddam Hussein attack Iran in 1980? | Was worried about the revolutionary Shia attitudes spreading to Iraq/ Wanted to gain more political power/ |
| Give two outcomes of the Iran Iraq War. | Over a million killed/A ceasefire was declared in 1988/ Both countries were economically bankrupt/Cities and infrastructure were devastated by aerial bombing |
| How did other nations react to the Iran Iraq War? | Saddam was supported by USA and other Arab nations who gave him money and weapons to stop Iranian fundamentalism |
| How much did Saddam owe to Kuwait after the Iran Iraq War? | £40 billion |
| How much of the World’s oil was found in Kuwait? | 10% |
| Iraq’s army was around 1.3 million men, how large was Kuwait’s? | 16,000 |
| When did Iraq invade Kuwait? | 2nd August 1990 |
| How many nations were in the Coalition that went to the gulf? | 30 |
| What was the coalition’s mission in the Gulf? | Operation ‘Desert Shield’ aimed to protect Saudi Arabia from an attack by Saddam |
| Why did the UN pass resolution 667, giving Saddam a deadline to leave Kuwait? | Stories of torture and executions by the Iraqi occupiers in Kuwait forced the UN to liberate Kuwait |
| Give two facts about Operation ‘Desert Storm’? | 5 week aerial bombing of military targets in Iraq and Kuwait/US used new technology like Stealth bombers and laser guided missiles to hit military targets |
| Give one way that Saddam reacted to the attacks? | Fired Scud missiles at Israel and US targets in Saudi Arabia/Burnt Kuwait’s oilfields/ paraded captured Prisoners of War on Television |
| How was Saddam defeated? | A ground attack, using tanks, troops and heavy artillery, Kuwait City was liberated on 26th February |
| What was the ‘Highway of Death’? | On the night of 26th February US aircraft bombed the retreating Iraqi army, killing thousands of soldiers |
| Give two consequences of the Iraq War? | 248 Coalition soldiers were killed, between 9000-30,000 Iraqis died/ Saddam was not overthrown as the US was worried about occupying Iraq/Saddam was forced to accept UN rules like a no-fly zone and economic sanctions/some Arabs were angered by the continuing US presence in the Middle East |
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