1. What do you know: Complete Sentences

2. Who is Asif Zardari and who WAS his wife? Which is the dominant ethnic group in Pakistan and where in Pakistan would you find them? Which ethnic group is most problematic to the U.S. and where do you find them? Which region is the flashpoint for problems between India and Pakistan, and how did it get that way?

3. Which sect of Islam is the majority of Pakistanis? What is the approximate GDP per person of Pakistan? The U.S.? What is the approximate population of Pakistan? Approximately, what is the female literacy rate?

4. Who is REALLY in control of the Pakistani government? Who was Benazir Bhutto? What is the ISI and what problem does the United States have with them? Who brought Islam to Pakistan and when did they do it? Describe the founding of today’s Pakistan.

5. Approximately, how many major military encounters have Pakistan and India had? Name five or six nuclear armed, or nearly nuclear armed, nations within a short missile shot of Pakistan. Why is the Kashmir/Himalayan mountain range strategically important to China, India and Pakistan among others?

6. Who is AQ Khan? Describe briefly how he gain celebrity in Pakistan. How has Kahn affected world politics? What was the primary focus of U.S. foreign policy between 1950 and 1990? Does reading this article make you more or less afraid (or about the same) of Pakistan and why? Give specific reasons from the article.