WorksheetsMIddle East Wars
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 49mins
In the Middle East, there are many causes of....
El niño
Globalization
Conflict
Natural disasters
Israel is known for having a multicultural society, what could be a negative outcome of this?
Blended cultural values
Religious conflict
Cultural diffusion
Religious multiculturalism
Which groups fought over who should rule the land of Palestine?
Afghanis and Israelis
Jews and Palestinians
Americans and Russians
Syrians and Afghanis
US is attacked on September 11th, 2001 US invades country harboring terrorists responsible for 9/11 US overthrows Taliban government
Which of the events is described in the list?
Persian Gulf War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Invasion of Afghanistan
World War II
Why did the international community feel sympathetic for a Jewish homeland?
WWI
The Holocaust
Balfour Declaration
Jewish Diaspora
The US invaded ________ again in 2003 in order to destroy the nuclear weapons program and overthrow Saddam Hussein.
Afghanistan
Israel
Iraq
Iran
What was NOT attacked on September 11, 2001?
White House
World Trade Center
Pentagon
What was President George W. Bush's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?
Persian Gulf War
War on Terrorism
Operation Desert Storm
Operation WMD
What was the result of the War on Terrorism in Afghanistan?
The Taliban was removed from power.
Osama Bin Laden remained in control of the country.
A communist government was set up.
Totalitarian leaders remained in control of the country.
Why did the US send troops into Iraq as part of the War on Terrorism?
The US feared Hussein would supply terrorists with WMDs.
American troops were searching for Osama Bin Laden in Iraq.
The United Nations recommended that the US invade Iraq.
The US wanted to remove the Taliban from power.
Who was responsible for the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?
Saddam Hussein
Osama Bin Laden
Hamid Karzai
Mustafa Kemal
The creation of what non-Arab state was the root of modern Middle Eastern conflicts?
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Syria
On September 11, 2001, what militaristic group controlled the government of Afghanistan?
Al Qaeda
the Kurds
the Taliban
Hammas
Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East
oil and terrorism
oil and diamonds
diamonds and textiles
land and religion
When did 9/11 occur ?
September 21, 2001
September 11, 2001
September 11, 2002
August 11, 2001
What was the Islamic terrorist group that carried out 9-11?
Boko Haram
ISIL
Al-Qaeda
ISIS
When did Operation Iraqi Freedom begin?
1990
2001
2003
2008
Who invaded who in Operation Iraqi Freedom?
Iraq invaded Kuwait
US invaded Afghanistan
US invaded Iraq
Arabs invaded Israel
What are WMDs?
weapons made dangerous
scud missles
weapons of mass destruction
nuclear weapons
What caused the War in Afghanistan?
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
9-11 attacks
Iraq was thought to have WMDs
What caused the War in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom)?
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
9-11 attacks
Iraq was thought to have WMDs and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat
When war broke out in Palestine, what countries joined with the Palestinian Arabs to try to stop the creation of the new state of Israel
The United States
Neighboring Arab countries
The major nations of Europe
The countries belonging to the United Nations
What was the outcome of the 1948 war between the new state of Israel and the Arabs living in and around Palestine?
The conflict ended and all Palestinian Arabs became citizens of the new state of Israel
Israel won the war and the new State of Israel was even bigger than planned
Almost no Jewish People were willing to go to Israel because of the country's angry Arab neighbors
The United nations decided to withdraw the proposal to create a State of Israel because of all the problems
What is Anti-semitism
The State of Israel was established in
1802
1848
1948
What country did U.S. forces enter to look for terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden?
Afghanistan
Iran
Israel
Kuwait
The TWO conflicts that involved Suddan Hussein were
WWI and Iraqi War
The Persian Gulf and Operation Iraqi Freedom
The Persian Gulf and Afghanistan War
Afghanistan War and the Iraqi War
What are the Invasions of Iraq and Adghanistan often called (especially by Americans)
The Wars of Iraq
The Anti-Terrorism Wars
The Wars on Terror
The Invasions
