Afghanistan War and the War on Terror

True or false? During the Cold War, all of the Middle East was a communist region.

• True

• False

True or false? During the Cold War, Afghanistan was a communist country.

• True

• False

True or false? In 1979, the United States invaded Afghanistan.

• True

• False

Which of the following are true about the history of Afghanistan?

• Afghanistan was a democracy until the Taliban took over the country.

• The USSR invaded the country to back its weak communist government in 1979.

• After the Soviet withdrew in 1988, Afghanistan slipped into a Civil War.

• The Taliban ruled Afghanistan from the end of the Civil War until the US invasion in 2001.

• The Taliban was supported by the Afghan people.

The Islamist guerrilla soldiers fighting against the Soviet army in the Afghanistan war were supported by _________________________ (which country?).

True or false? The Taliban and the US formed an alliance in the 1990s.

• True

• False

Which of the following were true about Osama bin Laden?

• He led the Afghan Taliban government.

• He led the terrorist network A-Qaida.

• He opposed American military presence in Saudi-Arabia.

• He opposed US support to Israel in the Middle East.

• He received training from the US during the Afghanistan War in the 1980s.

Which took place first?

• The American invasion of Iraq.

• The American invasion of Afghanistan.

How did the US justify its attack against Iraq in 2003?

• They wanted to depose (overthrow) Saddam Hussein.

• They suspected that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

• They accused Iraq of protecting suspected terrorists.

• They wanted to control Iraqi oil resources.