Deck 15: Global Issue 3: The Syrian Civil War and the Rise of the Islamic State

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a name for the Islamic State?

A) ISIL
B) Da'esh
C) ISI
D) All of these are terms used for the Islamic State.

Answer 1

All of these are terms used for the Islamic State.

Question 2

Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq was comprised largely of ____

A) Sunni, who were in the majority in Iraq.
B) Shia, who were in the majority in Iraq.
C) Sunni, who were in the minority in Iraq.
D) Shia, who were in the minority in Iraq.

Answer 2

Sunni, who were in the minority in Iraq.

Question 3

In what year did protests in Syria, over the arrest of a man filing a complaint against the police, begin?

A) 2010
B) 2011
C) 2012
D) 2013

Answer 3

2011

Question 4

Which country trained many of the officers who defected from the Assad regime and founded the Free Syrian Army?

A) Turkey
B) Iran
C) Iraq
D) the United States

Question 5

According to your text, why did the Assad regime release many Islamic militants from prison?

A) To increase the duration of the civil war, from which the regime profited financially
B) To seed rebel groups with radicals, making it less likely that foreigners would back them
C) To clear space for moderate political prisoners, who the regime deemed more dangerous
D) All of these.

Question 6

Someone in France who watches Youtube videos of sermons and manifestos put out by the Islamic State and decides to commit violent acts against civilians in a nearby town center is most likely an instance of

A) Islamic State inspired terrorism.
B) Islamic State direct terrorism.
C) Islamic State enabled terrorism.
D) Terrorism unrelated to the Islamic State.

Question 7

What town is central to the Islamic State's ideology that we are living in the final days before God's judgement?

A) Kurdistan
B) Aleppo
C) Mosul
D) Dabiq

Question 8

Which of the following groups of fighters is more likely to be well-paid at this point in the Syrian conflict?

A) Kurdish rebels
B) Syrian regime forces
C) Islamic State fighters
D) Free Syrian Army rebels