Afghanistan Jeopardy Review

Geography

100

A line created by the British to separate Afghanistan from Pakistan and the British Empire from the Russian Empire. It separated two major ethnic groups.

The Durand Line

200

A name for countries that don't have access to the sea or ocean. Afghanistan is one of these countries.

Landlocked

300

This is the capitol of Afghanistan.

Kabul

400

Afghanistan shares its border with how many countries?

Six

500

This is the majority ethnic group in Afghanistan.

Pashtun

Culture

100

This is the majority religion in Afghanistan.

Islam

200

A traditional game played on horseback with a dead goat in Afghanistan.

Buzkashi

300

A term for male-dominated societies. Afghanistan has a very ______ society.

Patriarchal

400

This is the type of Islam followed in Afghanistan.

Sunni

500

This is the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan.

Dari

History

100

Afghanistan was known for what items in the past?

Melons, mercenaries, and horses

200

As a country Afghanistan is not united, instead it is...

Divided, mainly by mountain ranges

300

This country invaded Afghanistan in the 1980s.

Russia (The Soviet Union)

400

This country took in women and children refugees from the Soviet invasion. The boys were put in madrasas and radicalized in Taliban militants.

Pakistan

500

This was a group of freedom fighters funded by the U.S. to fend off the Soviet invasion.

Mujahedeen 

9/11

100

The event where the Twin Towers were attacked by terrorists.

9/11

200

The person who orchestrated 9/11. He came from a wealthy Saudi family and sought refuge in Afghanistan. The Taliban offered him to the U.S. in exchange for not invading.

Osama bin Laden

300

The terrorist organization that orchestrated 9/11. They hid in Afghanistan.

Al-Quaeda

400

This president led the U.S. into a war in Afghanistan to find and destroy Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. He could have avoided war by taking a deal with the Taliban.

President George W. Bush

500

This term refers to a hatred or fear of Muslim people or people stereotyped as being Muslim or Arab. This has been a huge issue since 9/11.

Islamophobia 

Iraq

100

These were given by President Bush as the reason for invading Afghanistan, despite there being no evidence of their existence in Iraq.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

200

This person was the cruel, ruthless dictator of Iraq.

Saddam Hussein

300

The first U.S. invasion of Iraq was called...

Operation: Desert Storm

400

The second invasion of Iraq was called...

Operation: Iraqi Freedom

500

Saddam Hussein went to war with or attacked these groups in the 1980s & early 1990s. It's ok if you just name one.

Kurds, Iran, Kuwait