Afghanistan test

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"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


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