US Involvement in the Middle East

What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?

• oil
• tourism
• trade routes
• selling American-made products

Why did the USA invade Iraq in 1990?

• To capture control of oil fields

• To get Iraq out of Kuwait

• To get Iraq out of Iran

Why did the USA invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• The 9/11 terrorists were supported by Afghanistan
• Afghanistan owed the US oil
• Afghanistan invaded Kuwait

Who was Osama bin Laden?

• Leader of Iraq
• Leader of PLO
• Leader of al-Qaeda

Iraq invaded Kuwait and international forces joined to help Kuwait in this war:

• Persian Gulf War

• Vietnam War

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Kuwait War

Why did Iraq invade Kuwait?

• To gain control of oil fields and reserves

• To stop Kuwait from building nuclear weapons

• To protect the Arab culture

• To overthrow Kuwait's harsh dictator

Which country did Saddam Hussein rule?

• Afghanistan

• Kuwait

• Iraq

• Israel

When did terrorists attack the World Trade Center in NYC?

• 1991

• 2011

• 1983

• 2001

What led the U.S. to bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• Afghanistan was building nuclear weapons and the U.S. wanted to put a stop to it

• The U.S. believed Afghanistan's government was offering safety to al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden

• The United Nations asked the U.S. to overthrow the Taliban government

• Afghanistan invaded Kuwait and threatened the U.S. oil supply

A United Nations inspection team was in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, with the purpose of finding and destroying:

• Oil fields

• Desalination plants

• Weapons of mass destruction

• Military helicopters