History of SW Asia ( Three Conflicts)

Oil was the main economic interest to the U.S. in which region

• Southwest Asia

• Africa

• Southern Asia

• Eastern Asia

Iraq invaded Kuwait and then a coalition of of forces helped Kuwait in this war.

• Vietnam War

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Kuwait War

• Persian Gulf War

To gain control of oil fields was the reason __________ invade Kuwait.

• Iraq

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

Iraq's leader was

• Saddam Hussein

• Osama Bin Laden

• Adolf Hitler

• None of the above

September 11, 2001 or 9/11 was the day terrorist attacked

• The World Trade Center in New York

• The Oklahoma City Bombing

• The oil fields in Kuwait

• and captured Osama Bin Laden

The US believed Afghanistan’s government was offering safety to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. This led to the

• Invasion of Afghanistan

• Invasion of Iraq

• Persian Gulf Conflict

• Creation of Israel

What was the United Nations inspection team looking for or trying to destroy when they returned to Iraq after the Persian Gulf Conflict?

• Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Oil Fields

• Osama Bin Laden

• Suddam Hussein

The US believed Iraq was developing nuclear weapons and offering aid to terrorist groups like al-Qaeda was the result in the

• Afghanistan Invasion

• Iraq Invasion

• Persian Gulf Conflict

• WW2

The Taliban was the government of

• Afghanistan

• Iraq

• Iran

• Kuwait

Those who felt the world's Jews deserved to return to the homeland in Zion. Hint: It's a movement!

• Holocaust

• Partitioned

• Zionism

• Taliban