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Progress Test 2-Tensions in the Persian Gulf
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- 1Give 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.
- 2Who 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’
- 3Give 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
- 4Why did Saddam Hussein attack Iran in 1980?Was worried about the revolutionary Shia attitudes spreading to Iraq/ Wanted to gain more political power/
- 5Give 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
- 6How 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
- 7How much did Saddam owe to Kuwait after the Iran Iraq War?£40 billion
- 8How much of the World’s oil was found in Kuwait?10%
- 9Iraq’s army was around 1.3 million men, how large was Kuwait’s?16,000
- 10When did Iraq invade Kuwait?2nd August 1990
- 11How many nations were in the Coalition that went to the gulf?30
- 12What was the coalition’s mission in the Gulf?Operation ‘Desert Shield’ aimed to protect Saudi Arabia from an attack by Saddam
- 13Why 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
- 14Give 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
- 15Give 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
- 16How was Saddam defeated?A ground attack, using tanks, troops and heavy artillery, Kuwait City was liberated on 26th February
- 17What was the ‘Highway of Death’?On the night of 26th February US aircraft bombed the retreating Iraqi army, killing thousands of soldiers
- 18Give 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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- Year 9 History Flashcards on Progress Test 2-Tensions in the Persian Gulf , created by Clare Noone on 19/06/2018.
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