ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
Baghdad Belts - Quiz
Contributed by: Halliday
  • 1. What do the Baghdad Belts encircle?
A) Lake Tharthar
B) The Syrian border
C) The Persian Gulf
D) The Iraqi capital
  • 2. What type of areas make up the Baghdad Belts alongside agricultural and industrial zones?
A) Residential areas and infrastructure
B) Mountainous regions and ski resorts
C) Desert oil fields and refineries
D) Ancient ruins and museums
  • 3. How were the Baghdad Belts used by insurgents during the Iraq War?
A) As staging points for operations in the capital
B) As refugee resettlement camps
C) As international trade hubs
D) As peace negotiation zones
  • 4. Into how many quadrants can the Baghdad Belts be divided?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Five
D) Three
  • 5. Which province is included in the belts in the northeast?
A) Babil
B) Diyala
C) Al Anbar
D) Wasit
  • 6. Which governorate is located in the west of the belts?
A) Wasit Governorate
B) Baghdad Governorate
C) Saladin Governorate
D) Al Anbar Governorate
  • 7. Which groups used locations in the Baghdad Belts to supply combat operations between 2004 and June 2007?
A) British navy and local police
B) Kurdish Peshmerga and UN forces
C) Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Shi'ite militias
D) Iranian regular army and foreign mercenaries
  • 8. According to General Odierno, where did attacks occurring in Baghdad often originate?
A) Within the capital's central zone
B) From southern port cities
C) In outlying regions
D) In foreign neighboring countries
  • 9. Who captured a hand-drawn map showing Al-Qaeda's high priority on controlling the belts in 2006?
A) Iraqi security forces
B) British intelligence
C) US forces
D) United Nations inspectors
  • 10. Whose hand-drawn map of the belts was captured by US forces in 2006?
A) Saddam Hussein
B) General Odierno
C) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
D) General David Petraeus
  • 11. What purpose did Al-Qaeda have for controlling the belts, according to the captured map?
A) Building a major highway system
B) Transporting weapons and fighters and building bomb factories
C) Establishing an agricultural cooperative
D) Creating an oil export terminal
  • 12. Who was the top US commander in Iraq who committed three of the five Surge brigades to the belts in early 2007?
A) General Odierno
B) Colin Powell
C) Norman Schwarzkopf
D) General David Petraeus
  • 13. How many Surge brigades were committed to the belts by General David Petraeus in early 2007?
A) All five
B) Two of the five
C) One of the five
D) Three of the five
  • 14. In what month and year was Operation Phantom Thunder launched as part of a country-wide offensive?
A) June 2004
B) December 2011
C) Early 2003
D) June 2007
  • 15. Where did US and Iraqi forces conduct operations around Lake Tharthar?
A) Northeast of Baghdad
B) West of Baghdad
C) South of Baghdad
D) Southeast of Baghdad
  • 16. What was the name of the operation conducted northeast of Baghdad during the 2007 offensive?
A) Operation Commando Eagle
B) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
C) Operation Phantom Thunder
D) Operation Marne Torch
  • 17. What was the name of the operation conducted southeast of Baghdad?
A) Operation Commando Eagle
B) Operation Lake Tharthar
C) Operation Marne Torch
D) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
  • 18. Which operation was conducted south of Baghdad?
A) Operation Commando Eagle
B) Operation Marne Torch
C) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
D) Operation Phantom Thunder
  • 19. Which group launched an offensive against the Iraqi Government in June 2014?
A) Shi'ite militias
B) The US-led coalition
C) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
D) Al-Qaeda in Iraq
  • 20. According to US analysts in 2014, what was the suspected strategy of ISIL regarding the Baghdad Belts?
A) Following Zarqawi's plan to capture the belts before laying siege to Baghdad
B) Turning the area into an international wildlife reserve
C) Negotiating a permanent peace treaty
D) Evacuating all residents to neighboring countries
  • 21. Who has been accused of seeking to permanently purge Sunnis from the Baghdad Belt?
A) Shiite militias and the Iraqi security forces
B) US analysts and NATO commanders
C) UN humanitarian workers
D) Kurdish tribal leaders
  • 22. What was a reported goal of purging Sunnis from the Baghdad Belt?
A) To create a majority Shiite territory separated from war-torn Sunni regions
B) To build a new capital city
C) To expand agricultural production zones
D) To establish a democratic coalition government
  • 23. Which governorate is located in the north of the belts, moving clockwise?
A) Saladin Governorate
B) Babil Governorate
C) Wasit Governorate
D) Al Anbar Governorate
  • 24. Which provinces are found in the southeast of the Baghdad Belts?
A) Nineveh and Basra
B) Babil and Wasit
C) Diyala and Saladin
D) Al Anbar and Baghdad
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.