U.S. Presence in SW Asia

What is the US's main economic interest in SW Asia?

• Oil

• Maintain stability

• Oil and to Maintain Stability

• Peanuts

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait? (select 2)

• Gain back access to the Persian Gulf

• Join the European Union

• Take over Kuwait's oil fields

• Unite with Kuwait's government

Who was Saddam Hussein?

• Iran's leader

• Kuwait's leader

• Iraqi dictator

• Afghani dictator

How did the Persian Gulf conflict end? (Select 3)

• Iraq retreated

• The US lost to Kuwait

• Iraqi soldiers burned Kuwait's oil fields

• UN imposed an embargo against Iraq

Why did the U.S. go to war against Iraq in 2003?

• They believed Osama bin Laden was working with Gadhafi

• They believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)

• Afghanistan asked the US to intervene

• Iran's Ayatolla was colluding with Russia

What happened to Saddam Hussein?

• He was captured in 2003 and then executed in 2006

• He escaped to Morocco

• He was sent to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

• He changed from an autocracy to a democracy

Why is there still conflict in Iraq?

• Sunnis Muslims and Shias Muslims are fighting

• Saddam Hussein's sons are fighting for control of the country

• Christians and Jews are fighting each other over the city of Jerusalem

• Saddam Hussein won't give up power

Who are the Taliban?

• The name of Iraq's army

• Anti-American religious group led by Osama bin Laden

• An anti-American religious group that aided al-Qaeda

• An extremist group led by Saddam Hussein

Why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan in 2001? (select 2)

• To capture Osama bin Laden

• To stop a terrorist attack against the UK

• To disable the Pakistani government

• To disable the Taliban

How did the Afghanistan invasion end?

• The U.S. helped to establish a democratic government in Afghanistan

• The U.S. installed a dictator

• Afghanistan joined with Pakistan to defeat al-Qaeda

• The Afghani military took control of the government