Modern Middle East

What is the Middle East?

• region where all Arabs live

• region where countries are all ethnically different with no similarities

• arid region consisting of countries in southwest Asia and North Africa

• Region consisting of the countries in Arabian Peninsula

What was one origin of the modern conflicts in the region?

• US/European powers wanting oil

• US/European powers wanting to culturally dominate the area

• US/Europeans wanting more land for agriculture

• US/Europeans wanting more trade opportunities

What is an origin of conflict of the modern conflicts in the region?

• Borders were drawn without regard to language, ethnicity or regional identity

• borders were drawn with regard to the language, ethnicity and regional identity

• Middle East countries starting taking over European trade routes

• Middle East countries began attacking military bases of world powers

What is another origin to the conflicts in the Middle East?

• US leaving the Middle East

• US presence in Saudi Arabia and building military bases

• US funding the Afghan fighters against the Soviets

• US funding Saudi Arabian princes in getting rich

What new state in this region did the United States begin funding and protecting that angered Middle Eastern countries?

• Iran

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• Iraq

What two conflicts began in 1979 that led to long term consequences?

• United States backed coup in Iran

• invasion by the United States in Iraq

• Invasion by the Soviets into Afghanistan

• Peace Agreement between Egypt-Israel

What construction/oil tycoon rose to power in Saudi Arabia and made it his life long mission to defend the Middle East against any foreign power?

• Ahmad Bakr

• Saddam Hussein

• Osama bin LAden

• Ayatollah Khomeini

What militant group did Osama bin Laden founded?

• Hamas

• ISIS

• Al Qaeda

• Hezbollah

What notable conflict was fought in the early 1990s against Saddam Hussein?

• Iraqi War

• Gulf War

• War on Terrorism

• Soviet-Afghan War

The diplomatic ties between US/Saudi Arabia become closer and closer after the war in Kuwait. This leads Osama bin Laden to double down on his quest and begins planning what?

• Attacks on US bases in Saudi Arabia

• Attacks on US military bases in Israel

• Attack on 9/11

• Attack on US ships in the Persian Gulf