Progress Test 2-Tensions in the Persian Gulf

Give one reason for the Iranian Revolution in 1979.

Who took over Iran after the Shah fell from power?

Give two facts about Saddam Hussein.

Why did Saddam Hussein attack Iran in 1980?

Give two outcomes of the Iran Iraq War.

How did other nations react to the Iran Iraq War?

How much did Saddam owe to Kuwait after the Iran Iraq War?

How much of the World’s oil was found in Kuwait?

Iraq’s army was around 1.3 million men, how large was Kuwait’s?

When did Iraq invade Kuwait?

How many nations were in the Coalition that went to the gulf?

What was the coalition’s mission in the Gulf?

Why did the UN pass resolution 667, giving Saddam a deadline to leave Kuwait?

Give two facts about Operation ‘Desert Storm’?

Give one way that Saddam reacted to the attacks?

How was Saddam defeated?

What was the ‘Highway of Death’?

Give two consequences of the Iraq War?