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What best anchors insurgency?
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MCQ
Type
practice
Style
Topic
BE Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
Question
- A. insurgency is linked to 1990-2009.
- B. A claim about troop surge with no date or context.
- C. An opinion that ignores historical evidence.
- D. A conclusion that reverses cause and consequence.
Answer
Causation check: insurgency is linked to 1990-2009. is the best answer. It fits Part three: The Iraq War within BE Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009 and directly supports Study the impact of war on Iraqi people and across the world, including insurgency, elections, transfer of powers to the National Assembly,. Check this by using trigger, background factor, short-term cause, long-term cause, result, impact; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.
Explanation
The correct option is insurgency is linked to 1990-2009.. This MCQ is about What best anchors insurgency, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 1 Section B: Wider world depth studies and uses the same evidence base as Study the impact of war on Iraqi people and across the world, including insurgency, elections, transfer of powers to the National Assembly,. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A claim about troop surge with no date or context.; 2) An opinion that ignores historical evidence.; 3) A conclusion that reverses cause and consequence.. To decide between them, students should separate, explain, weigh, link the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.
Common mistake
Avoid confusing insurgency
A common mistake is to write about insurgency as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in 1990-2009.
Anchor the answer to Part three: The Iraq War, use precise evidence, and state whether insurgency is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
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