Afghanistan War and Persian Gulf War

In what year did the Persian Gulf War start?

• 2002
• 1985
• 1990
• 2015

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
• The Stock Market crashed
• The Japanese bombed North Korea

Who was the Iraqi leader?

• Hunter Walker
• Saddam Hussein
• George H.W. Bush
• Adolph Hitler

Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East

• Oil and terrorism
• oil and diamonds
• diamonds and textiles
• land and religion

The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait

• True

• False

This war is also known as Desert Storm and involved leader Saddam Hussein. He invaded Kuwait in order to capture it's valuable oil fields.

• Iraq War
• World War I
• Persian Gulf War
• World War II

Why was OPEC created?

• To regulate the supply and price of oil
• to help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel
• to design new machinery to get oil out of the ground
• to keep countries that are not members from producing any oil

What terrorist group threatens the safety of Afghanistan and came to power in 1996?

• Mujahideen

• Soviet Union

• jihad

• Taliban

What led to U.S. enter into war in Afghanistan?

• Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban

• 9/11 Attacks

• To help the Afghans fight the Soviets

• The U.S. wanted to remove all drugs from the area

What group did the Taliban provide a safe haven for?

• Muammar Gaddafi

• Saddam Hussein

• al-Qaeda

• Big Bird