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Unit 24 Reading Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name of the operation in Somalia to save thousands of starving Somalis.

a)

Operation Restore Hope

b)

Operation Desert Storm

c)

Operation Just Cause

d)

Operation Enduring Freedom

2.

Name of Operation to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait

a)

Operation Restore Hope

b)

Operation Desert Storm

c)

Operation Just Cause

d)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

3.

Leader of Panama that turned against the United States

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Manuel Noriega

c)

Mohammed Aidid

d)

Bin laden

4.

Name of the Somali city that had a bloody battle between 400 elite US soldiers and Somalian soldiers.

a)

Baghdad

b)

Mogadishu

c)

Panama City

d)

Berlin

5.

President involved in all three military interventions.

a)

George H.W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Ronald Reagan

6.

The primary purpose of Operation Restore Hope was to do what?

a)

Provide military support so humanitarian aid could be given

b)

Provide military support to remove an invading army

c)

Provide military support to capture a drug trafficker

d)

Provide military support to rebuild destroyed infrastructure

7.

The primary purpose of Operation Desert Storm was to do what?

a)

Provide military support so humanitarian aid could be given

b)

Provide military support to remove an invading army

c)

Provide military support to remove a leader

d)

Provide military support to hunt down a terrorist leader

8.

The primary purpose of Operation Just Cause was to do what?

a)

Use military support so humanitarian aid could be given

b)

Use military support to remove an invading army

c)

Use military support to remove a leader

d)

Use military support to hunt down a terrorist leader

9.

This region was involved in what US military operation?

a)

Operation Restore Hope

b)

Operation Just Cause

c)

Operation Desert Storm

d)

Operation Enduring Freedom

10.

This region was involved in what US military operation?

a)

Operation Restore Hope

b)

Operation Just Cause

c)

Operation Desert Storm

d)

Operation Enduring Freedom

11.

This region was involved in what US military operation?

a)

Operation Restore Hope

b)

Operation Just Cause

c)

Operation Desert Storm

d)

Operation Enduring Freedom

12.

Leader USA fought in Operation Desert Storm

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Manuel Noriega

c)

Mohammed Aidid

d)

Osama Bin Laden

13.

What happened to Saddam Hussein after 2003?

a)

He was captured by American forces and executed three years later

b)

He was captured by American forces and sent to a prison in the United States

c)

He fled to Iran where he still resides

d)

He was found and killed at a compound in Pakistan

14.

What happened to Manuel Noriega after Operation Just Cause?

a)

He was found guilty of drug trafficking and was sentenced to 40 years in prison. He died in a Panamanian City.

b)

He was found guilty of leading Al Qaeda and was sent to a secret CIA prison.

c)

He was captured by American forces and was executed three years later.

d)

He was killed in a special forces operation conducted inside the city of Mogadishu

15.

Who was Mohammed Aidid?

a)

A warlord the United States fought in Somalia

b)

A dictator the United States fought in the Gulf War

c)

A corrupt drug trafficking leader of Panama

d)

A terrorist leader of Al Qaeda

16.

What was the initial response of the U.S. government to the attacks of September 11, 2001?

a)

To impose economic sanctions on Libya for sponsoring terrorist activities

b)

To begin military operations in Afghanistan

c)

To reopen military bases in Europe that had been closed after the Cold War

d)

To form a coalition to eliminate terrorist training bases in Panama