Suez Crisis (1956)

What two major bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?

• Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

• Mediterranean Sea and North Sea

• Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

What country does the Suez Canal run through?

• Syria

• Israel

• Egypt

What two countries colluded with Israel to regain control of the Suez Canal after it had been seized by Egypt?

• Syria and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

• France and Soviet Union

Who was the leader of Egypt during the Suez Crisis?

• Anwar Sadat

• Mohamed Morsi

• Gamal Abdel Nasser

What major superpower threatened to enter the conflict on the side of the Egyptians?

• Soviet Union

• United States

• China

What public project did Nasser hope to pay for with the revenue from taking control of the Suez Canal?

• Nile Barrage

• Aswan Dam

• Ismailia Canal

In what year did the Suez Crisis occur?

• 1958

• 1961

• 1956

What was the name of the Dam that Egypt wished to build to control the Nile River and develop it's economy?

• Aswan

• Answad

• Contra

Which countries refused to continue to help Egypt fund the massive Aswan dam project as a result of Nasser's acceptance of USSR military equipment

• USSR

• USA and UK

• France and UK

These three nations decided secretly to work together to attack Egypt in response to the nationalization of the suez canal

• USSR, UK, USA

• USA, France, USSR

• Israel, France, UK