US Presence in SW Asia Comprehension Check

What is the U.S.'s main economic interest in Southwest Asia?

• oil

• water

• land

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in 1990?

• To gain control of Kuwait's oil fields

• To gain access to the Red Sea

• To gain access to the Persian Gulf

• To gain control of Kuwait's gold and diamond mines

How did the Persian Gulf conflict end?

• Iraq won and kept control of Kuwait

• Iraq lost but burned Kuwait's oil fields on the way out

• The U.N. forced Iraq to destroy all WMDs and to stop making new ones

• The U.N. allowed Iraq to keep all of their W.M.D.'s.

Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003?

• Hussein led the U.S. to believe that he had WMDs and was providing aid to al-Qaeda.

• We didn't like Saddam Hussein being a dictator and wanted to install democracy in Iraq.

• Iraq invaded Kuwait and we were their ally.

What happened to Saddam Hussein?

• He was found in 2003 and tried and executed.

• He was found in 2011 in Pakistan.

• He gave himself up and went to prison for life.

Why is there still conflict in Iraq today?

• The Kurds are fighting the Persians for power in Iraq

• The Sunni and Shia Muslims are fighting for power in Iraq

• The Israeli's and Palestinians are fighting for power in Iraq

Who are the Taliban?

• An Anti-American religious group who provided aid to Al-Qaeda

• A sect of Muslims who believed his friends should gain control

• A group of Kurds who want to create their own country.

Why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• To find bin Laden

• To find Saddam Hussein

• To disable the Taliban

• To get Afghanistan to withdraw from their invasion of Pakistan

How did the Afghanistan invasion end?

• The Taliban was not defeated

• Taliban was defeated

• The U.S. helped set up a democratic government in Afghanistan

• Bin Laden was captured and killed in 2011

• Saddam Hussein was captured and killed in 2011

Where did the Persian Gulf conflict take place?

• Iran

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia