US Presence in the Middle East

What is the main economic interest of the United States in the Middle East?

• oil and gas

• gas

• oil

• Kuwait

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait in 1990?

• get access to the Persian Gulf

• get access to the Persian Gulf and control their oil

• control the oil

• take over all the land

How did the Persian Gulf conflict end?

• Iraq lost the war

• Iraq burned Kuwait's oil fields

• UN forced Iraq to not make any more WMD

• UN forced Iraq to destroy all their WMD

Why did the US go to war against Iraq in 2003?

• World believed Iraq had WMD

• Wanted control of Kuwait's oil

• Iraq was providing aid to al-Qaeda

• Wanted access to the Persian Gulf

What happened to Saddam Hussein

• He was captured.

• He was tried and sentenced to death.

• He was executed.

• He hid for 10 years.

Why is there still conflict in Iraq today?

• There is no conflict.

• Kuwait and Iraq are fighting over power of the country.

• Shia and Sunni Muslims are fighting for power of the country

• US and Afghanistan fighting for power

Who are the Taliban?

• extremely religious anti-American group

• pro-American group

• anti-American group

• Muslims that hated America

Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• kill bin Laden

• locate bin Laden

• join forces with the Taliban

• disable the Taliban

How did the Afghanistan invasion end?

• Taliban was defeated

• US formed a democratic government

• bin Laden was shot and killed in a raid

• bin Laden took control of Iraq and Kuwait