NewsTracker Answers for week of Nov. 14, 2011

Q: United Nations weapons inspectors have found new evidence that they say makes a "credible" case that Iran has done work "relevant to the development of a nuclear device" and may be continuing the project. Where is Iran?

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Q: There has been intense speculation in Israel over whether the government is moving toward a military attack on Iranian nuclear sites. Israel is on which Iran border?

A. North

B. East

C. West

D. None


D. Two other nations lie between Israel which is on the Mediterranean Sea and Iran which is on the Persian Gulf.


Q: In an address in Iran's capital, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned foes against any hostile military action. Which city is Iran's capital?

A. Amman

B. Beirut

C. Riyadh

D. Tehran


D. Khamenei told officers at a Tehran military academy that anybody thinking of invading Iran "must ready himself to receive a strong slap and iron fist."


Q: In the 1980s, Iran fought and eight-year war against its western neighbor . . .

A. Afghanistan

B. Iraq

C. Turkmenistan

D. Syria


B. The war began when Iraq invaded Iran in September 1980 after a long history of border disputes. Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein also feared the Iranian Revolution could inspire an insurgency among Iraq's long-suppressed Shia majority. The war cost an estimated half a million lives and ended in stalemate.


Q: Which of these nations spends the smallest portion of its gross domestic product (GDP) on its military?

A. Iran

B. Iraq

C. Israel

D. United States


A. Iran spends about 2.5 percent of its GDP on defense while the United States spends 4.06 percent, Israel spends 7.3 percent and Iraq spends 8.6 percent.