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1. 
Why has the United States been involved in Middle East conflicts?
A.
The US has supported Israel and is dependent on the region’s oil.
B.
The US has refused to provide economic aid to the region.
C.
US environmental standards have hurt the region’s economy.
D.
The US has refused to build military bases in the Middle East, despite repeated requests.
2. 
Why did US troops invade Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm?
A.
The US was attempting to colonize Kuwait in order to control oil supplies there.
B.
The US was trying to free Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.
C.
The US was overthrowing a Fascist dictator.
D.
The US was helping Saddam Hussein to institute martial law.
3. 
Who was Osama Bin Laden?
A.
The king of Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm.
B.
The leader of a nationalist terrorist group that attacked New York in 2001.
C.
An important US ally during the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
D.
A peace negotiator in Middle East conflicts.
4. 
Why did the US invade Afghanistan?
A.
Afghanistan had supported Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.
B.
Afghanistan was trying to set up a puppet government in Iraq.
C.
Neighboring countries had fallen into civil war and the US wanted to promote stability.
D.
The Taliban was suspected of supporting Al Qaeda members, including Osama Bin Laden.
5. 
Why didn’t the UN support the US invasion of Iraq in 2003?
A.
The UN was going through an isolationist phase.
B.
The UN had not found any evidence of WMD’s in Iraq.
C.
The UN voted to settle the matter with sanctions instead.
D.
The UN was too scared of Saddam Hussein to act.
6. 
The need for oil and support of Israel have resulted in:
A.
conflicts between the US and Middle Eastern countries.
B.
a favorable relationship between the US and Iran.
C.
the formation of an all-inclusive alliance between Middle Eastern nations.
D.
the deployment of nuclear weapons in several Middle Eastern countries.
7. 
Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in order to control its oil supplies resulted in:
A.
a permanent annexation of the region.
B.
approval by the UN of a united country.
C.
US invasion of the region to liberate Kuwait.
D.
Afghanistan's invasion of Iraq.
8. 
Osama Bin Laden was:
A.
a leading Muslim cleric in Iran during the Iran-Iraq War.
B.
a Saudi ambassador to the United States during the 1990's.
C.
a terrorist who organized the destruction of the World Trade Towers in New York.
D.
a news anchor who argued in favor of a more diplomatic approach to the war on terror.
9. 
The US invaded Afghanistan as part of the War on Terror in order to:
A.
establish fundamentalist Islamic rule in the country.
B.
remove the Taliban from power.
C.
unite Afghanistan and Iraq into a single nation.
D.
coordinate the movement of emergency supply routes to Iraq.
10. 
In 2003, the US invaded Iraq:
A.
because of international agreement about the presence of WMD's.
B.
without the support of the United Nations.
C.
shortly after Russia had allowed use of its border as a landing stage.
D.
in order to promote an alliance with Iran.