Opening - Monday, October 26, 2020

Which of these actions caused the U.S. to go to war with Iraq in January 1991?

• Iraqi forces invaded and occupied the country of Kuwait.

• Saddam Hussein ordered attacks on Kurdish forces within Iraq.

• Saddam Hussein claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Who are the Taliban?

• the government of Iraq

• the government of Kuwait

• the extremely religious government of Afghanistan

• a part of the United Nations

Osama bin Laden was

• tried and executed in 2006

• head of al-Qaeda

• head of the Taliban

• invaded Kuwait

Why did the United States bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• Afghanistan invaded the country of Kuwait and threatened the United States supply of oil.

• The United Nations asked the United States to overthrow the Taliban government of Afghanistan.

• The United States was afraid that Afghanistan was working to develop nuclear weapons and they wanted to put a stop to the program.

• They believed the government was offering safety to al-Quaeda, the organization that attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.

Saddam Hussein was the leader of what country from 1979 to 2003?

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

• Kuwait

• Iran

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

According to the Torah, God told Abraham to

leave his home and head for what the Hebrews

came to call the "Promised Land." This area was

known as

• Ushu.

• Beirut.

• Canaan.

• Damascus.

Zionist pressure on the British government during

World War I resulted in religious and ethnic

tensions in

• Iran.

• Syria.

• Palestine.

• Saudi Arabia.

Which statement about the 1947 United Nations

plan with regard to Palestine is correct?

• The plan was to create a single Arab state.

• The plan was to create a single Jewish state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into an Arab

  state and a Jewish state.

• The plan was to divide Palestine into a socialist

  state and a democratic state.

The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between the

United States and which Southwest Asian

country?

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

• Iran

• Syria