Afghanistan War and the War on Terror

True or false? During the Cold War, all of the Middle East was a communist region.

• True

• False

True or false? During the Cold War, Afghanistan was a communist country.

• True

• False

True or false? In 1979, the United States invaded Afghanistan.

• True

• False

Which of the following are true about the history of Afghanistan?

• Afghanistan was a democracy until the Taliban took over the country.

• The USSR invaded the country to back its weak communist government in 1979.

• After the Soviet withdrew in 1988, Afghanistan slipped into a Civil War.

• The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from the end of the Civil War until the US invasion in 2001.

• The Taliban was supported by the Afghan people.

The Islamist guerrilla soldiers fighting against the Soviet army in the Afghanistan war were supported by (a)   (which country?).

True or false? The Taliban and the US formed an alliance in the 1990s.

• True

• False

Which of the following were true about Osama bin Laden?

• He led the Afghan Taliban government.

• He led the terrorist network A-Qaida.

• He opposed American military presence in Saudi-Arabia.

• He opposed US support to Israel in the Middle East.

• He received training from the US during the Afghanistan War in the 1980s.

Which took place first?

• The American invasion of Iraq.

• The American invasion of Afghanistan.

How did the US justify its attack against Iraq in 2003?

• They wanted to depose (overthrow) Saddam Hussein.

• They suspected that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

• They accused Iraq of protecting suspected terrorists.

• They wanted to control Iraqi oil resources.