Iran-Iraq to 1991

Which country in the Middle East has the United States been involved with since the Cold War in the 1950s and our relations remain hostile to this day?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Iran

• Yemen

From the 1950s-1970s, who was the leader of Iran that the CIA installed and cut the United States great deals on Iranian oil?

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• the Shah

• Mohammed Mossadeq

• Anwar Sadat

Who was the radical Muslim cleric who overthrew the Shah and established an Islamic government? He wanted to spread the revolution across the Middle East and said Israel needed to be eradicated.

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Osama bin Laden

• Mohammed Mossadeq

• Saddam Hussein

Who was President of the United States during the Iranian-Hostage Crisis and did not win re-election in 1980?

• Richard Nixon

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

What was the name of the scandal wherein the Reagan Administration secretly shipped weapons to Iran in order to release hostages in Lebanon and also battle communists in South America?

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Teapot-Dome Scandal

• Watergate Scandal

• Operation Nickel Grass

During the 1980s, which neighboring country did Iran fight in a decade-long stalemate?

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

• Afghanistan

• Pakistan

Who was the dictator of Iraq from the late 1970s through 2003?

• Saddam Hussein

• Osama bin Laden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• the Shah

On August 2, 1990 – which neighboring country did Iraq invade for its oil prompting an international response?

• Iran

• Qatar

• Afghanistan

• Kuwait

What was the name of the American-led effort to remove Saddam Hussein from Kuwait?

• Operation Nickel Grass

• Operation Eagle Claw

• Operation Iceberg

• Operation Desert Storm

Who was the President of the United States during Operation Desert Storm?

• Ronald Reagan

• George H. W. Bush

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush