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WorksheetsThe Middle East's Cold War
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
How do Saudi Arabia and Iran wage war on each other?
Directly through attacking each other with their militaries
Indirectly through supporting opposing countries in other wars
They do not. The two nations are at peace.
Which of the following best explains why Saudi Arabia had a much smoother course of development than Iran?
The Saudis had more oil than Iran
Iran had a larger population
Iran was continuously invaded by foreign powers
Brought to power by the Iranian Revolution of 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini believed in what kind of Government?
A Western-style secular democracy
An Islamic theocracy led by Muslim clergy
A Saudi-style monarchy
Besides the political effects of the Iranian Revolution, what cultural difference put Iran and Saudi Arabia at odds?
Iran was Shia and Saudi Arabia was Sunni
The Saudis were less conservative than the Iranians
In response to the Revolution, the Saudis wanted to change their state flag
How did Saudi Arabia react to Iran's attempt to spread a Shia Revolution throughout the Middle East?
By declaring war on Iran
By persecuting Shia Muslims in their own country
By forming stronger military alliances with other nations, especially the US
What country invaded Iran in 1980 and who came to assist them?
Saudi Arabia, the United States
Iraq, Saudi Arabia
The Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia
Why did neither Iran, nor Saudi Arabia support the US invasion of Iraq in 2003?
Neither country had good relations with the US.
Both countries wanted to invade Iraq for oil
Iraq had served as a geographical "buffer zone" between the two nations
After the US invasion destabilized Iraq, how did Iran and Saudi Arabia take advantage of the situation?
They each supported different warring factions in the chaotic Civil War after Saddam fell.
The joined forced and invaded Iraq together
They both supported different candidates in a Democratic election after Saddam's Ba'ath Party left power
Which of the two countries DID NOT support the events of the Arab Spring in 2011?
Neither, both supported the popular uprisings across the region
Iran
Saudi Arabia
What two current Civil Wars are being fueled by the political animosity between the Iranians and the Saudis?
Kuwait and Qatar
Syria and Yemen
North Korea and South Korea
