13. What do the Dead Sea and the Caspian Sea have in common?

Both seas are at high elevations.

Both have straits that open to the Indian Ocean.

ON September 11, 2001, an Ismlamist organization called the al-Qaeda carried out terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that killed nearly 3,000 people. The United States determined that the Taliban, Afghanistan’s Islamist ruling group, was supporting al-Qaeda and sheltering its leaders. In October, forces led by the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Afghanistan and removed the Taliban from power. Two years later, the Second Persian Gulf War began when U.S. and U.K. forces invaded Iraq and overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein, who was accused of supporting terrorists and possessing weapons of mass destruction, a suspicion that was ultimately not proven true. ~Discovering World Geography, Eastern Hemisphere 15. Based on the excerpt, what was a reason that U.S. and U.K. forces invaded Iraq in 2003?

They believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

They believed Iraq had joined forces with Iran.

They believed Saddam Hussein was a leader of al-Qaeda.

They believed Saddam Hussein had masterminded the attack on U.S. soil.

17. What event triggered the invasion of Israel by Arab countries in 1948?

Israel's declaration of independence

removal of British troops from Israel

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4. Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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7. landform created by sediment deposited during floods

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Chapter 11 SW Asia

2. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are often considered parts of the same river system.

4. Israel controls the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

1. Turkey has coasts on the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

5. The population of Southwest Asia is less than that of the United States.

7. landform created by sediment deposited during floods

6. one area at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict

8. one of two main branches of Islam

3. By about A.D.800, Islam extended from northern Africa into most of France.

10. streambed that is dry for much of the year

9. holy month of fasting for Muslims

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