Where is Iraq located and what is the name of its capital? to the east. to the west. to the south. to the north. Which two rivers flow through Iraq?

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1 1 A N S W E R T H E Q U E S T I O N S I N Y O U R O W N W O R D S! Where is Iraq located and what is the name of its capital? Name Iraq s neighbours to the east to the west to the south to the north Which two rivers flow through Iraq? How many people live in the country? Describe the country s main ethnic groups! What other name does the land between the two rivers have? Who was the area ruled by in the Middle Ages? Who controlled it during World War I? When did Saddam Hussein take power? From which political party did he come and how did he rule the country? Why did he invade Kuwait? What did the Iraqis agree to do after the Persian Gulf War? Why did the Americans and their allies start the Iraq War? Name a few countries that did not support the Americans during the Iraq War : What happened to Saddam Hussein after the war? What kind of fighting is going on in Iraq today? Which religious group is in control at the moment?

2 2 P U T T H E E V E N T S I N T O T H E I R C O R R E C T O R D E R! Iraq agrees to destroy all biological and chemical weapons. British troops take control of Iraq. Saddam Hussein escapes from Baghdad and goes into hiding. Saddam Hussein is executed. Iraq becomes an independent country. Arab Muslims take over Mesopotamia. Iraq invades Kuwait Americans and their allies start bombing targets in Baghdad. Saddam Hussein is found in a small village near Tikrit. The Ottoman empire controls a large part of Iraq. Iraq starts a war with neighbouring Iran. Weapons inspectors are not allowed into the country. Saddam Hussein takes over power and becomes president. Iraqi people choose their leaders in the first free election. 3 E X P L A I N I N E N G L I S H! chemical weapon plain empire guilty revolutionary trial ground troops target

3 4 M A K E S E N T E N C E S B Y M A T C H I N G O N E P A R T F R O M A W I T H O N E P A R T F R O M B. Shiites live in in southern Iraq Saddam Hussein attacked the Kurds Mongol warriors came from Asia The Ba ath Party was a revolutionary group Saddam Hussein was a powerful dictator Saddam Hussein escaped the American invasion After the Gulf War After the 9/11 attacks on America Airplanes started bombing Baghdad After the end of the war There is still fighting going on Some politicians in America say A and destroyed much of the Arab empire. who had a big army to support him. Iraq agreed to destroy all of its weapons. some Americans thought Iraq was supporting Al Qaeda. and most of them opposed Hussein s government. and ground troops invaded from the south. but was found a few months later in a small village. between Sunni and Shia Arabs. and killed thousands of them with chemical weapons. the USA should get out of Iraq. that wanted to overthrow the government. Allied soldiers started looking for weapons. B

4 5 M A N Y S E N T E N C E S I N T H E F O L L O W I N G T E X T A R E W R O N G. U N- D E R L I N E T H E P A R T S T H A T A R E W R O N G A N D R E W R I T E A C O R - R E C T V E R S I O N O F T H E T E X T I N T H E R I G H T B O X! Shia Arabs make up the largest part of the population. They live in northern Iraq and were Saddam Hussein s followers. The Kurds, who live in southern Iraq, were independent from Iraq. Saddam Hussein attacked them with nuclear weapons. In the middle of the 16th century Mongol warriors from Central Turkey came to the region and destroyed much of the Arab empire. Until the Second World War the region was ruled by the Roman empire. The USA took control of the area and gave Iraq its independence in At the end of the 1980s Saddam Hussein came to power and started a war with Saudi Arabia. The Iranians helped him because they thought that Saudi Arabia would become too powerful.

5 6 F I N D 1 2 W O R D S IN T H E G R I D B E L O W T H A T Y O U H A V E S E E N IN T H E T E X T A N D M A R K T H E M! S E N T E N C E U K L U X X U W W L E R Y P E U T T T U Q M H K E M O S Q W H U D H K V M E S O P O T A M I A T P A D W J U U O J I C T V Z X B Y I R A N F R T O C D M K U M D E P K N A A R W F U J U T I K R I T I G R I S E Z J F R T U O I L J W Y A Y Q R Y A S R V E F P H L V L U R N Y F G A B O D L S I Y R F K Y F U F Z S Y A S T F O R H Q W L G M X P S Y H X C E R G F B Y Q C D D D I N

6 7 A N I R A Q I W R I T E S AN E S S A Y TO T H E A M E R I C A N P R E S I D E N T IN W H I C H HE/ S H E D E M A N D S T H A T T H E A M E R I C A N S G E T O U T OF H I S / H E R C O U N T R Y!

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