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WorksheetsSS7H2d: Explain why the U.S. has interest in S.W.Asia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What conflict involved Iraq invading Kuwait in 1990?
a)
Operation Iraqi Freedom
b)
Operation Desert Storm
c)
Invasion of Afghanistan
d)
9/11
2.
The dictator of Iraq was named ________ _________.
a)
Persian Gulf
b)
Osama bin Laden
c)
Saddam Huessain
d)
Al Qaeda
3.
Access to the Persian gulf, more land and oil fields were all things _______ wanted from Kuwait.
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
U.S.
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Iraq
4.
The terrorist organization called ____ _______ attacked the U.S. on September 11th, 2001.
a)
al-Qaeda
b)
Taliban
c)
Saddam Huessain
d)
Kurds
5.
The U.S. believed Iraq had _______ ______ ________ _______to and invaded which country in 2003.
a)
Osama bin Laden
b)
9/11 bombs
c)
acid rain
d)
WMD's
6.
What country needed U.S. help in 1990?
a)
Iraq
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Kuwait
d)
Persian Gulf
7.
The invasion of Afghanistan removed the _______ from power and the U.S. helped began a new democracy.
a)
al-Qaeda
b)
Taliban
c)
Saddam Huessain
d)
Iraq
8.
Which empire in the Middle East broke up after losing WWI?
a)
Ottoman
b)
Persian
c)
Roman
d)
Kurdish
9.
What did European nations do to the area in the Middle East after WWI?
a)
rule it
b)
drill for oil
c)
partition it
d)
bomb it
10.
What year did the U.S. invade the country of Afghanistan?
a)
2001
b)
2003
c)
1990
d)
1991
11.
The ________ was ruling the Afghan people in a very harsh, unfair way.
a)
Osama bin Laden
b)
Saddam Huessain
c)
Taliban
d)
Al-Qaeda
12.
This body of water provides access to many countries for oil drilling, shipping and trading purposes.
a)
Jordan Sea
b)
Euphrates river
c)
Tigris River
d)
Persian Gulf
13.
The word partition means to _______ ___.
a)
break up
b)
hold down
c)
unite
d)
come together
14.
What organization was founded after WWII to try help with world peace?
a)
United Nations
b)
United States
c)
NAFTA
d)
TRADE
15.
What type of new government are the countries of Afghanistan and Iraq starting after U.S. help?
a)
anarchies
b)
monarchy
c)
dictatorship
d)
democracies
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