Iraq Quiz

Front 1

Name of the Persian Gulf nation that has large oil reserves that was taken over by Iraq in 1990

Back 1

Kuwait

Front 2

Name of UN and US led military operation to protect Saudi Arabia from Iraqi takeover in 1990 before the Persian Gulf War

Back 2

Operation Desert Shield

Front 3

Name of UN and US led military operation during the Persian Gulf War when we attacked Iraq with our troops

Back 3

Operation Desert Storm

Front 4

Name of the UN resolution that gave Iraq a final chance to comply with UN demands that he disarm all WMDs

Back 4

Resolution 1441

Front 5

Name of the UN organization that sponsored weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991-1998

Back 5

Interal Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Front 6

Name of the treaty signed by nations of the world, including Iraq and the USA, to stop the spread of nuclear weapons around the world

Back 6

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

Front 7

The former leader of Iraq who served as an authoritarian dictator

Back 7

Saddam Hussein

Front 8

One reason why President Bush believed the USA should attack Iraq in 2003

Back 8

They did not fully comply, and there was no evidence that they got rid of ALL of their WMDs

Front 9

Name for radical Muslims, like Al Qaeda, who came into Iraq and were fighting because they were anti-American and did not want democracy to succeed

Back 9

Insurgents

Front 10

Name for local tribal organizations who created their own private armies and were fighting in Iraq because they wanted power and control

Back 10

Militias

Front 11

The Three Types of WMDs

Back 11

-Biological
-Chemical
-Nuclear

Front 12

Military code name for the CURRENT war in Iraq

Back 12

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Front 13

The three goals the USA had had for the war in Iraq

Back 13

-remove Saddam from power
-find WMDs
-create a stable democratic government

Front 14

The three main causes for changes and improvements in the war in Iraq

Back 14

-The Surge
-The Sunni Awakening
-Intelligence and Technology