SYRIA HISTORY
Syria became independent in this year
What is 1946?
Type of system where one leader has most power
What is authoritarian system?
Majority group in Syria
What are Sunni Muslims?
Country that supports Assad
What is Iran?
What resource makes the Middle East globally important
What is oil?
The country that controlled Syria before independence
What is France?
Difference between Syria and Lebanon system
What is Syria = centralized power / Lebanon = shared power?
Minority group that Assad belongs to
What are Alawites?
Group in Lebanon connected to Syria
What is Hezbollah?
What happens to prices during conflict
What is prices increase?
After independence, Syria experienced many of these
What are coups (military takeovers)?
Why Assad stayed in power
What is military control and loyalty?
Group in northern Syria that wants autonomy
Who are the Kurds?
Why Iran supports Syria
What is to increase regional influence?
How war affects the global economy
What is instability and higher costs?
The leader who took power in Syria in 1970
Who is Hafez al-Assad?
What France left behind in Syria
What is weak institutions and divided society?
What started the Syrian war in 2011
What are protests against the government?
How Syria and Lebanon are connected
What is refugees + Hezbollah + shared conflict?
Why the U.S. cares about Middle East conflicts
What is oil and stability?
How Bashar al-Assad became president
What is inheriting power from his father?
Why authoritarian systems can lead to conflict
What is lack of representation and inequality?
Why the Syrian war is complex
What is multiple groups + foreign involvement?
What kind of alliance exists between Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah
What is a regional power alliance?
Why conflicts in Syria affect countries far away
What is global economic and political impact?