The Persian Gulf War

On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded

• Iran

• Kuwait

• Saudi Arabia

• Syria

____________ troops lined up along the border of Iraq and Saudi Arabia in a military action called Operation Desert Shield.

• UN

• French

• British

• American

An international force gathered for an offensive military action called _____________.

• Operation Desert Storm

• Operation Desert Shield

• Operation Enduring Freedom

• none of the above

Iraq was led by ___________.

• Ayatollah Khomeini

• Saddam Hussein

• Fidel Castro

• Osama bin Laden

The land war against Iraq lasted ____________.

• 100 weeks

• 100 hours

• 100 days

• 100 months

The UN said if Iraq did not leave Kuwait, it would approve the use of _________ _________ to make Iraq leave.

• Naval forces

• military force

• financial force

• Chemical warfare

Saddam Hussein threatened to use __________ __________ and missile attacks against the coalition troops.

• Subsurface attacks

• land missions

• Chemical weapons

• air attacks

After the war ended, the UN said Iraq could not have any programs to build

• Nuclear Weapons

• Oil Fields

• Tanks

• Military Forces

U.S. troops were sent to protect Saudi Arabia in case Iraq decided to __________ Saudi Arabia next.

• take over

• invade

• advance

• move

Thirty nine countries joined the ____________ against Iraq

• fight

• war

• coalition

• country