Turkish warplanes attack Kurds in Iraq

Q: Turkey launched its first air strikes against Islamic State forces in Syria last week, but it also attacked Kurdish camps in Iraq. The Kurds have conducted some of the most aggressive and effective fighting against the Islamic State radical fundamentalists in Iraq. Where is Iraq?

Circle the area on this map


Q: The Kurds  are an ethnic group with their own language and customs. They represent about 20 percent of the populations of both Iraq and Turkey. Turkey is . . .

A. North of Iraq

B. West of Iraq

C. South of Iraq

D. East of Iraq

Q: Turkey, Iraq and Iran each agreed to oppose the creation of an independent Kurdistan after the breakup of what Turkish empire which once ruled most of the Mideast, North Africa and Southeast Europe?

A. Armenian

B. Byzantine

C. Ottoman

D. Druze

Q: Turkey was long a reluctant member of the coalition against Islamic State, a stance that annoyed U.S. officials. Turkey and the United States are both members of what military alliance?

A. Axis

B. NATO

C. SEATO

D. Warsaw Pact

Q: Most Kurds are members of the largest Muslim sect . . .

A. Shia

B. Sufi

C. Sunni


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