Afghanistan test
"Mujahideen" means ____.
"holy warriors"
What is the population of Afghanistan?
29 million
How many countries surround Afghanistan, making it land locked?
6
When was Islam introduced?
652 CE
What percent of people are part of the Sunni religion?
80%
What percentage of Afghans are Muslim?
99%
Under what condition did the Taliban come to power?
A civil war erupted
Who is the "father of the nation"?
Ahmed Shah
Who is the current president of Afghanistan?
Asraf Ghani
"The face of a woman is a source of ___"
Corruption
What is the official language of Afghanistan?
Dari-50% Pashtu-35%
True or false: Afghanistan is located in East Asia
False- CENTRAL Asia
Socialist reforms implemented by the Communists lead to what?
Formation of resistance groups
Under what empire did most afghan tribes convert?
Ghaznavid empire
What two countries failed to take over Afghanistan in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Great Britain and Russia
What is the minority ethnic group and the percentage of people in it?
Hazara-9%
What did King Mohammed Zahir do in 1964?
He established a new constitution with democratic reforms
What is the name of the mountain range across from Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Hindu Kush
What does the Qur'an contain?
Information about the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic religion
No laws shall be contrary to the beliefs and practices of ___.
Islam
What is the country's "sacred religion"?
Islam
What kind of republic is Afghanistan?
Islamic republic
What is the Bamiyan Buddha?
It is a sacred place for people to pray
What is the economic disadvantage to being a land locked country?
It is difficult and expensive to import goods
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
Who sent the 40th army into the Soviet Union vs Afghanistan war?
Leonid Brehznev
Who was the last King of Afghanistan?
Mohammed Zahir
Who was the leader of the Taliban?
Mullah Omar
What is Afghanistan's main cash crop?
Opium
What country was used as a conduit for assistance to the Mujahideen and why was this a potential problem?
Pakistan & this is a potential problem because they favored extremist groups
What is the largest ethnic group and what percentage of people are in it?
Pashtun-42%
Afghanistan first appears in written records after being conquered by which empire?
Persian empire
Who staged a coup d'état and established a communist government?
Prime minister Mohammed Daoud Khan
Where do most Afghans live? (City or rural?)
Rural areas
Afghanistan was invaded in 1979 by ____.
Soviet Union
Who encouraged mass conversion?
Sultan Mahmud
Afghanistan is the size of what state in the US?
Texas
Why did the US and Great Britain launch air strikes against Afghanistan in 01?
The Taliban provided a safe haven for Al-Qaeda
What pattern can we see in Afghanistan's history as the "Graveyard of Empires"?
They conquer and leave
How did afghans view the socialist reforms?
They saw them as an assault on traditional Islamic values
Why did the US support the Mujahideen?
They went against the Soviet Union
True or false: the rugged mountains make it hard to have farm land
True
True or false: there are many earthquakes and droughts in Afghanistan
True
What did the Taliban ban in order to form a pure Islamic state?
Tv, music, cinemas
What is the climate in the winter? In the summer?
Winter- -15° Summer- 120°
List four people/empires that conquered Afghanistan
•Alexander the Great •Ghengis Khan •nomads from China •Muslim Arabs
What are two historical reasons that Islam spread?
•Sultan Mahmud encouraged mass conversion •extensive building program
What are two reasons why the afghans first welcomed the Taliban?
•stability •less corruption
What are three things necessary to the "Hearts and Minds" strategy to "finish the job" in Afghanistan?
•time •troops informed in local culture •un-corrupt government
