Copy of Cold War in the Middle East

1. The Soviet Union was involved in a long and costly war against the Mujahedeen in which country in the 1980’s?

• a. Syria
• b. Iraq
• c. Afghanistan
• d. Pakistan

2. The U.S. and the British overthrew what Iranian leader in 1953?

• a. Mohammed Mossadegh
• b. Ayatollah Khomeini
• c. the shah
• d. Saddam Hussain

3. The U.S. propped up which anticommunist dictator in Iran from 1953 to 1979?

• a. The shah
• b. Fulgencia Bautista
• c. Anastasio Samoza
• d. Fidel Castro

4. What crisis emerged in Iran when Islamic revolutionaries took power in 1979?

• a. the Iran Hostage Crisis
• b. the Iran Missile Crisis
• c. the Iran-Iraq War
• d. the Bay of Pigs invasion

5. The August 1991 Coup in the Soviet Union was significant in that it resulted in

• a. United States invades Soviet Union
• b. the fall of the communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union
• c. the greater support for Soviet Hardliners
• d. Gorbachev’s reelection

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. Ottoman Empire
• b. Soviet Union
• c. The United States
• d. Roman Empire

7. What two countries colluded with Israel to regain control of the Suez Canal after it had been seized by Egypt?

• a. Syria and Lebanon
• b. United States and Germany
• c. Soviet Union and Iraq
• d. Libya and Sudan
• e. France and Great Britain

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. True
• b. False