Arab Spring: Syria's Civil War 5/6

1. Why is it harder for the International community to intervene in Syria compared to Libya?Check all of the answers that are correct

Syria cities are spread out

The military is loyal to Syria

Syria has a united opposition force

Syria does not have a clear opposition force

The Syrian government has support from other countries and organizations

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2. Which of the following groups is supporting the Syrian government?

Hezbollah

Iran

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

United States

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3. Who is Bashar Al Assad?

The leader of the opposition group

President of Syria

ISIS leader who is in Syria

The Army commander in charge of the Syrian military

4. Unlike Egypt, Syria's revolution turned violent fast. What did the government do to try and stop protesters?

Used tanks, artillery, and live rounds in their guns

Burned cities, and poisoned water supplies

Captured rebels and put them in camps

They negotiated with the people

5. Once French troops left Syria in 1946 what happened to the country?

Syria became united and their economy took off

Britain came in and took control

The country became unstable

France still is in control of them today

6. Syria is controlled by what religious group/ sect?

Sunni Muslims

Alawite (Shia sect)

Druze (Shia off shoot/sect)

Christian

Kurds

Armenians

7. After World War 1 what happened to Syria?

They became an independent country

France and Britain had a mandate over the territory

They had to pay a war tax for supporting Germany during the war

They joined the Ottoman Empire