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SWAH2 DT#4 Reperformance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?

a)

Iraq gained access to the Persian Gulf, and they wanted the oil fields located there.

b)

Iraq lost its access to the Mediterranean Sea.

c)

Iraq lost its access to the Jordan River, and they wanted the oil fields located there.

d)

Iraq lost its access to the Persian Gulf, and they wanted the oil fields located there.

2.

Why did the United States get involved in the Persian Gulf War?

a)

The US was happy about this invasion and wanted to support Saddam Hussein.

b)

The US was concerned about this invasion, as a lot of the country’s oil came from Kuwait & Saudi Arabia.

c)

The US was concerned about this invasion, as a lot of the country’s oil came from Turkey.

d)

The US loves war.

3.

What did the US and the coalition of countries call the military mission to recapture Kuwait?

a)

Operation Enduring Freedom

b)

Operation Dessert Time

c)

Operation Desert Storm

d)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

4.

How long did the Desert Storm last?

a)

6 weeks

b)

6 months

c)

6 years

d)

6 decades

5.

How did Desert Storm end?

a)

The Iraqi government took over Kuwait. The war was lost.

b)

The Iraqi government would not agree to a truce.

c)

The Kuwaiti government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Iraq.

d)

The Iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Kuwait.

6.

What did Saddam Hussein do before leaving Kuwait?

a)

Wrote an apology note.

b)

Set the oil fields on fire.

c)

Helped rebuild the buildings.

d)

Burned the trees and houses.

7.

What is an embargo?

a)

an official ban on trade with a particular country

b)

a tax

c)

a limited quantity of a particular product

d)

a tax on barges

8.

Why did the US impose an embargo on Iraq?

a)

Because the US wanted to find out how they make their chemical weapons

b)

Because the US wanted them to continue making their chemical and biological weapons

c)

Because the US wanted them to destroy their chemical and biological weapons and to promise to stop making nuclear weapons

d)

Because the US wanted them to sell us chemical and biological weapons

9.

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

a)

The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia

b)

Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil

c)

9-11 attacks

d)

Iraq was thought to have WMDs

10.

Who was the Iraqi leader during the Persian Gulf War?

a)

Osama bin Laden

b)

Saddam Hussein

c)

George H.W. Bush

d)

Adolph Hitler

11.

Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East

a)

oil and terrorism

b)

oil and diamonds

c)

diamonds and textiles

d)

land and religion

12.

The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait in which war?

a)

Persian Gulf War

b)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

c)

WWI

d)

War in Afghanistan

13.

When did 9/11 occur ?

a)

September 21, 2001

b)

September 11, 2001

c)

September 11, 2002

d)

August 11, 2001

14.

What was the Islamic terrorist group that carried out 9-11?

a)

Boko Haram

b)

ISIL

c)

Al-Qaeda

d)

ISIS

15.

What is the main reason the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan?

a)

Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban

b)

Attacks of September 11, 2001

c)

To help the Afghans fight the Soviets

d)

The U.S. wanted to fight the Taliban

16.

Who harbored the terrorist group al Qaeda and ran the government of Afghanistan before September 11, 2001?

a)

Taliban

b)

ISIS

c)

Iraq

d)

Palestinian Arabs

17.

What are WMDs?

a)

weapons made dangerous

b)

scud missles

c)

weapons of mass destruction

d)

nuclear weapons

18.

In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded which country?

a)

Iran

b)

United States

c)

Kuwait

d)

Afghanistan

19.

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?

a)

Persian Gulf War

b)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

c)

Invasion of Afghanistan

d)

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

20.

What caused the War in Afghanistan?

a)

The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia

b)

Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil

c)

9-11 attacks

d)

Iraq was thought to have WMDs