U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

Who is the United States' closest ally in the Middle East today?

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Pakistan

What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?

• oil
• tourism
• trade routes
• selling American-made products

The nation of Israel was created soon after....

• World War I

• World War II

• The Persian Gulf War

• The Korean War

Which happened immediately after Israel became a nation?

• It took all of the Palestinian land

• Palestine became a nation

• Neighboring Arab nations attacked

• Israel lost all of its land

The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -

• Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
• Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
• Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
• Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

The goal of OPEC is...

• to protect Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
• to control the global supply and price of copper
• to control the global supply and price of oil
• to keep all oil in the Middle East

What nation did Jimmy Carter support despite human rights abuses existed under the Shah?

• Japan
• Norway
• China
• Iran

What did Iranian student activists do when the Shah of Iran was treated in an American hospital?

• they terrorized American travelers in Europe
• they forced an attack on Iraq
• they seized the American embassy and took hostages
• they staged an overthrow of the government

How was the Iran Hostage Crisis resolved?

• the hostages were all killed
• the hostages were released as part of the agreement ending the Vietnam War
• the hostages were freed upon Reagan's inauguration
• the Camp David Accords led Israel to release the hostages