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6. What do the USA set up which demobilised Saddam's army, leaving 350,000 men with no job but weapons?

  • Coalition Provisional Authority
  • Coalition Protection Authority
  • Coalition Preservation Authority

7. What does Bin Laden tell Muslims to do in 1998?

  • Kill Americans
  • Topple Arab governments
  • Attack mosques

8. What was a reason for invading Iraq on the world stage?

  • Want to topple a strong country
  • Cold War was over so there was no opposing superpower
  • Saddam had been proved to still have WMD

9. Which secretary of state gives the controversial statement that the starvation of 500,000 people had been worth it?

  • Madeleine Albright
  • John Kerry
  • Henry Kissinger

10. What is the name for 'those who struggle'?

  • Al-Qaida
  • Mujahideen
  • Fedayeen

11. Which 3 countries of the 4 in UNESCO don't want to invade?

  • France, Russia and China
  • China, France and Japan
  • Russia, British and China

12. Why did the revolution in Iran surprise the world?

  • It was a non-Arab country
  • It was a Sunni country
  • It was a very large country

13. Who supports fundamentalists in Afghanistan in 1978-1989?

  • USA and UK
  • UK and France
  • UK and USSR

14. When did Islamic fundamentalism begin to rise?

  • 1970 - when Nasser dies
  • 1981 - when Sadat dies
  • 2008 - when Saddam dies

15. What was the ratio of troops to civilians?

  • 150,000 to 27 million
  • 150,000 to 26 million
  • 200,000 to 26 million

16. Why is there little resistance to the invasion?

  • People don't think the USA will win
  • People are not prepared to risk their lives to save Saddam
  • People are in strong support of the USA

17. What do the USA put under military guard?

  • Oil wells
  • Government buildings
  • Infrastructure

18. When do the UN approve unlimited oil exports?

  • 1999
  • 1998
  • 2000

19. Who does Bush link Iraq to in the 'axis of evil'?

  • Iran and North Korea
  • Iran and Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan and North Korea

20. What were the CPA aimed to deal with?

  • Abu Ghraib prison
  • Insurgency
  • Infrastructure