Questions
General Questions
1. Explain how the history of 9/11 and the related events that preceded it and came after it (Soviet-Afghan War, Iraq War and so on) are related to globalisation.
2. Explain briefly why some Muslim extremists will wage jihad and use terrorism against perceived enemies such as America (army or citizens) on a global scale by using examples from events taking place during the War on Terror or before.
Short Questions
1. What was the main reason for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan in 1979?
2. What major boycotts took place in the years after the invasion?
3. What helped the Afghan rebels reach a stalemate with the forces of the USSR and the DRA during the Soviet-Afghan War? Name the important actors.
4. Which faction rose from the chaos following the fall of Mohammed Najibullah’s communist regime?
5. How did international terrorist and extremist organisations like al-Qaeda flourish in the mid to late 1990s?
6. How are some terrorist and extremist organisations examples of globalisation at work?
7. Briefly name three major foreign and domestic policy enactments under President Bush’s first term that were in direct response to the 9/11 attacks?
8. What were the main distinct reasons the U.S. and its allies launched the first Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War?
Essay Questions
1. Has the world changed dramatically since the September 11 2001 (9/11) attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre?
2. Using your knowledge about Middle-eastern history since the 1970s, could the September 11th attacks have been avoided or were they part of an inevitable process?
General Questions
1. Explain how the history of 9/11 and the related events that preceded it and came after it (Soviet-Afghan War, Iraq War and so on) are related to globalisation.
2. Explain briefly why some Muslim extremists will wage jihad and use terrorism against perceived enemies such as America (army or citizens) on a global scale by using examples from events taking place during the War on Terror or before.
Short Questions
1. What was the main reason for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan in 1979?
2. What major boycotts took place in the years after the invasion?
3. What helped the Afghan rebels reach a stalemate with the forces of the USSR and the DRA during the Soviet-Afghan War? Name the important actors.
4. Which faction rose from the chaos following the fall of Mohammed Najibullah’s communist regime?
5. How did international terrorist and extremist organisations like al-Qaeda flourish in the mid to late 1990s?
6. How are some terrorist and extremist organisations examples of globalisation at work?
7. Briefly name three major foreign and domestic policy enactments under President Bush’s first term that were in direct response to the 9/11 attacks?
8. What were the main distinct reasons the U.S. and its allies launched the first Gulf War and the 2003 Iraq War?
Essay Questions
1. Has the world changed dramatically since the September 11 2001 (9/11) attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Centre?
2. Using your knowledge about Middle-eastern history since the 1970s, could the September 11th attacks have been avoided or were they part of an inevitable process?