The Suez Crisis

What three powers wanted control over Egypt?

• The king

• The Wafd

• The British

• The Saudis

• The French

Who was the king of Egypt?

The Egyptians didn't think their king was a good ruler because...

• He tried to keep Egypt neutral during WW2

• Egypt lost the 1948 war with Israel

• He spent a lot of money gambling

• He spent a lot of money traveling

• All of these

What did Gamal Abdel Nasser and 90 army officers do in 1952?

• Took over Egypt's government

• Took over the Suez Canal

• Go to war with the United States and Britain

• None of these

• All of these

Nasser wanted to put his energy into...

• Building the Suez Canal

• Defending and shaping Egypt

• Annexation of Saudi Arabia

• None of these

• All of these

When Nassar came to power, who controlled the Suez Canal?

• Egypt

• Great Britain

• Egypt and Great Britain

• USA and Egypt

• USA and Great Britain

What did Nasser want all Arabs in the world to do?

• All of these

• Quit their jobs to help build a dam across the Nile River

• Share Israel with non-Arabs

• Unify into one country called the United Arab Republic

• None of these

Why did Nasser want to build a dam across the Nile River?

• Egyptians could irrigate their fields and generate electricity

• Egyptians could cross the river more quickly

• Egyptians wanted to prevent the annual river flooding

• None of these

• All of these

Who was the President of the USA at this time?

Why didn't the USA president want to lend Nasser money?

• Nasser was too friendly with Israel

• Nasser was too friendly with Germany

• Nasser was too friendly with the Soviet Union

• None of these

• All of these