SS7H2d: Explain why the U.S. has interest in S.W.Asia

What conflict involved Iraq invading Kuwait in 1990? 

• Operation Iraqi Freedom 
• Operation Desert Storm
• Invasion of Afghanistan
• 9/11

The dictator of Iraq was named ________ _________. 

• Persian Gulf 
• Osama bin Laden 
• Saddam Huessain
• Al Qaeda 

Access to the Persian gulf, more land and oil fields were all things _______ wanted from Kuwait. 

• Saudi Arabia
• U.S. 
• Afghanistan 
• Iraq

The terrorist organization called ____ _______ attacked the U.S. on September 11th, 2001. 

• al-Qaeda 
• Taliban
• Saddam Huessain 
• Kurds 

The U.S. believed Iraq had _______ ______ ________ _______to and invaded which country in 2003. 

• Osama bin Laden
• 9/11 bombs
• acid rain 
• WMD's 

What country needed U.S. help in 1990? 

• Iraq 
• Afghanistan
• Kuwait 
• Persian Gulf 

The invasion of Afghanistan removed the _______ from power and the U.S. helped began a new democracy. 

• al-Qaeda 
• Taliban 
• Saddam Huessain 
• Iraq 

Which empire in the Middle East broke up after losing WWI? 

• Ottoman 
• Persian
• Roman
• Kurdish

What did European nations do to the area in the Middle East after WWI? 

• rule it 
• drill for oil 
• partition it 
• bomb it

What year did the U.S. invade the country of Afghanistan? 

• 2001
• 2003
• 1990
• 1991