WorksheetsCopy of Cold War in the Middle East
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. The Soviet Union was involved in a long and costly war against the Mujahedeen in which country in the 1980’s?
a)
a. Syria
b)
b. Iraq
c)
c. Afghanistan
d)
d. Pakistan
2.
2. The U.S. and the British overthrew what Iranian leader in 1953?
a)
a. Mohammed Mossadegh
b)
b. Ayatollah Khomeini
c)
c. the shah
d)
d. Saddam Hussain
3.
3. The U.S. propped up which anticommunist dictator in Iran from 1953 to 1979?
a)
a. The shah
b)
b. Fulgencia Bautista
c)
c. Anastasio Samoza
d)
d. Fidel Castro
4.
4. What crisis emerged in Iran when Islamic revolutionaries took power in 1979?
a)
a. the Iran Hostage Crisis
b)
b. the Iran Missile Crisis
c)
c. the Iran-Iraq War
d)
d. the Bay of Pigs invasion
5.
5. The August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union was significant in that it resulted in
a)
a. United States invades Soviet Union
b)
b. the fall of the communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union
c)
c. the greater support for Soviet Hardliners
d)
d. Gorbachev’s reelection
6.
6. Most countries of the Middle East were once part of the ___________and then came under British or French rule following World War 1
a)
a. Ottoman Empire
b)
b. Soviet Union
c)
c. The United States
d)
d. Roman Empire
7.
7. What two countries colluded with Israel to regain control of the Suez Canal after it had been seized by Egypt?
a)
a. Syria and Lebanon
b)
b. United States and Germany
c)
c. Soviet Union and Iraq
d)
d. Libya and Sudan
e)
e. France and Great Britain
8.
8. October 6, 1973 on Yom Kippur- the Syrians and Egyptians launched a surprise attack on Israel in an attempt to recover the lands lost in the Six-Day war or 1967. Nixon ordered US nuclear forces on alert and airlifted $2 billion in arms to Israel to stem their retreat.
a)
a. True
b)
b. False
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