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WorksheetsSWAH2 DT#4 Reperformance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?
Iraq gained access to the Persian Gulf, and they wanted the oil fields located there.
Iraq lost its access to the Mediterranean Sea.
Iraq lost its access to the Jordan River, and they wanted the oil fields located there.
Iraq lost its access to the Persian Gulf, and they wanted the oil fields located there.
Why did the United States get involved in the Persian Gulf War?
The US was happy about this invasion and wanted to support Saddam Hussein.
The US was concerned about this invasion, as a lot of the country’s oil came from Kuwait & Saudi Arabia.
The US was concerned about this invasion, as a lot of the country’s oil came from Turkey.
The US loves war.
What did the US and the coalition of countries call the military mission to recapture Kuwait?
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Dessert Time
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Iraqi Freedom
How long did the Desert Storm last?
6 weeks
6 months
6 years
6 decades
How did Desert Storm end?
The Iraqi government took over Kuwait. The war was lost.
The Iraqi government would not agree to a truce.
The Kuwaiti government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Iraq.
The Iraqi government agreed to a truce and withdrew from Kuwait.
What did Saddam Hussein do before leaving Kuwait?
Wrote an apology note.
Set the oil fields on fire.
Helped rebuild the buildings.
Burned the trees and houses.
What is an embargo?
an official ban on trade with a particular country
a tax
a limited quantity of a particular product
a tax on barges
Why did the US impose an embargo on Iraq?
Because the US wanted to find out how they make their chemical weapons
Because the US wanted them to continue making their chemical and biological weapons
Because the US wanted them to destroy their chemical and biological weapons and to promise to stop making nuclear weapons
Because the US wanted them to sell us chemical and biological weapons
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
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
Who was the Iraqi leader during the Persian Gulf War?
Osama bin Laden
Saddam Hussein
George H.W. Bush
Adolph Hitler
Two main reasons for continued interest in Middle East
oil and terrorism
oil and diamonds
diamonds and textiles
land and religion
The United States went to war to help liberate Kuwait in which war?
Persian Gulf War
Operation Iraqi Freedom
WWI
War in Afghanistan
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
What is the main reason the U.S. went to war in Afghanistan?
Free the people from the brutal rule of the Taliban
Attacks of September 11, 2001
To help the Afghans fight the Soviets
The U.S. wanted to fight the Taliban
Who harbored the terrorist group al Qaeda and ran the government of Afghanistan before September 11, 2001?
Taliban
ISIS
Iraq
Palestinian Arabs
What are WMDs?
weapons made dangerous
scud missles
weapons of mass destruction
nuclear weapons
In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded which country?
Iran
United States
Kuwait
Afghanistan
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
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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
