Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009 | AQA GCSE History (8145)
Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
- 88 questions
- 8 subtopics
- Paper 1
- Paper 1
Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009 is examined in Paper 1, Understanding the modern world.
It covers regional instability, the Gulf War, 1990, al-Qaeda and the 11 September attacks, Afghanistan and the Taliban regime, Bush’s war against terror, Saddam Hussein's regime, the invasion of Iraq 2003 and the impact of war on the Iraqi people and across the world.
Sample questions from Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Regional instability
What did Saddam Hussein still possess in 1988 that alarmed his neighbours?
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A huge, battle-hardened army, which he kept mobilised instead of sending home after the ceasefire. -
The Gulf War, 1990
How did President George H. W. Bush respond to the seizure of Kuwait?
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He declared that it would not be allowed to stand, sent troops to defend Saudi Arabia and assembled a coalition of more than thirty countries. -
Al-Qaeda and the 11 September attacks
What did Al-Qaeda want to happen to Arab governments friendly to the West?
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They were to be overthrown and replaced by rule under strict Islamic law, restoring a single Muslim state under a caliph. -
Afghanistan and the Taliban regime
How did the Taliban enforce their version of Islamic law?
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They banned television, music, photography and pastimes such as kite-flying, and punished offenders with public floggings, amputations and executions in the Kabul sports stadium. -
Bush’s war against terror
When did the attack on Taliban Afghanistan begin, and what was it called?
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Operation Enduring Freedom, which opened on 7 October 2001 with American and British air strikes and cruise missiles. -
Saddam Hussein's regime
Which religious group formed the majority in Iraq yet held little power?
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The Shia, while the state was run by Saddam Hussein and the Sunni Arab minority. -
The invasion of Iraq 2003
What did Colin Powell tell the Security Council in February 2003?
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That Iraq was concealing banned weapons and running mobile germ laboratories, evidence that did not survive later examination. -
The impact of war on the Iraqi people and across the world
Who took part in the insurgency, and how did they fight?
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Former soldiers and Ba'athists, foreign volunteers of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Shia militias, using roadside bombs, suicide attacks and kidnappings.
The 8 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Regional instability | The war between Iraq and Iran, Iraq's debts, army and chemical weapons, American and Soviet interest in the Gulf, western fears for oil and the Strait of Hormuz, and the Intifada. | 13 |
| The Gulf War, 1990 | The invasion of Kuwait, the Rumaila oilfield and the quarrel over quotas, the responses of Bush, Thatcher and the Security Council, the bombing and hundred-hour ground war, the ceasefire, and how Arab opinion divided. | 10 |
| Al-Qaeda and the 11 September attacks | What Al-Qaeda's name means, Osama bin Laden, what the group wanted of the West and Arab governments, the declaration of 1998, the embassy and USS Cole attacks, and the hijackings of 11 September 2001. | 10 |
| Afghanistan and the Taliban regime | Where the Taliban came from, Mullah Omar and the capture of Kabul, the rules on women, the punishments, the Bamiyan Buddhas, why Afghanistan was called a rogue state, the Hazaras, and the insurgency after 2001. | 10 |
| Bush’s war against terror | Bush's demands of the Taliban and his war on terror, Blair's support, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Northern Alliance, the fall of Kabul and Kandahar, Tora Bora, the Bonn conference and Karzai's government. | 10 |
| Saddam Hussein's regime | Saddam Hussein's attacks on the Kurds in the Anfal campaign and at Halabja, the crushing of the Kurdish and Shia risings of 1991, the draining of the southern marshes, why Iraq was called a rogue state, the claimed links with Al-Qaeda, the weapons inspectors, the oil-for-food scheme and the divided great powers. | 11 |
| The invasion of Iraq 2003 | Resolution 1441, the inspectors and Hans Blix, the forty-five minute claim, Colin Powell's evidence, why there was no further resolution, the fall of Baghdad, the missing weapons, the protests, and Saddam Hussein's capture. | 13 |
| The impact of war on the Iraqi people and across the world | The looting of Baghdad, the barring of Ba'athists and the disbanded army, the insurgency, Abu Ghraib, the sectarian war after Samarra, the handover and the elections, the Madrid and London bombings, and the surge. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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