US in Middle East (10C)

Who is the United States' closest ally in the Middle East today?

• Syria

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

• Pakistan

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

Which of the following actions occurred during the Iran-Contra affair?

• The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
• The Reagan administration secretly hired Iranian agents to fight against the contras.
• The Reagan administration paid the contras to release Americans being held hostage in Iran.
• The Reagan administration hired Lebanese agents to rescue Iranians being held by the contras.

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

• oil

• tourism

• trade routes

• selling American-made products

The nation of Israel was created soon after....

• World War I

• World War II

• The Persian Gulf War

• The Korean War

The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -

• Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
• Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
• Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
• Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism

Profits from weapons sales to Iran were used to fund

• Reagonomics

• Domestic Programs

• Nicaraguan Contras

• Social Security

The goal of OPEC is...

• to protect Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
• to control the global supply and price of copper
• to control the global supply and price of oil
• to keep all oil in the Middle East

What did Iranian student activists do when the Shah of Iran was treated in an American hospital?

• they terrorized American travelers in Europe
• they forced an attack on Iraq
• they seized the American embassy and took hostages
• they staged an overthrow of the government

What country did President Reagan send in troops 1983 in an international effort to stop a Civil War? 

• Libya
• Lebanon
• Iraq
• Iran