Transcript The Middle East

FSMS
7th Grade Social Studies; Unit 2
Change: U. S. Military Involvement in SWA
Gulf Wars I & II + War on Terror
Georgia Standard SS7H2(d)
Standard
SS7H2 The student will analyze continuity and change in
Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century.
(d) Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia;
include the Persian Gulf conflict, invasions of Afghanistan and
Iraq.
AGENDA Message: CDA-1 covers Geography, Political
Boundaries, Natural Resources, Population Distribution, Ethnic
Religious Groups and the history of SWA (Ottoman Empire,
Creation of Israel & Gulf Wars!)
Standard: The U.S. military presence in SWA including the
Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
E.Q. Friday; 9/20/13: What caused the “Persian Gulf War”
also known as “Operation Desert Storm”?
Warm Up: Place the following in historical order. Creation of
Israel by the United Nations in 1948, Zionism, Partition creates
Palestine, Holocaust, Diaspora, Anti-Semitism, Ottoman Empire,
TODAY WE WILL
1.
Start the history of the Gulf Wars in Iraq & the war in
Afghanistan.
2.
Seating Chart Updates
3.
3rd,, 5th, & 7th Periods turn in Ethnic & Religious Groups W/S
E.Q. Answer for Friday September 20th:
In August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait in an effort to control
Kuwait’s large oil reserves.
Because of the threat to the oil supply, the United States sent a
large number of troops to be part of this United Nations
military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwaiti territory.
This effort was known as the Persian Gulf War, or Operation
Desert Storm.
Warm-Up Answer:1. Diaspora; 2. Zionism; 3. Ottoman Empire
4. Anti-Semitism; 5. Partition Creates Palestine; 6. Holocaust;
7. Creation of Israel by United Nations in 1948
U.S. Presence and Interest
The United States has had significant political and
economic interests in Southwest Asia for over 200
years.
Vast supplies of oil are found in this area, oil that is
critical to United States energy and economic
needs.
Since the end of World War I, the United States has
played an important role in diplomacy following the
break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
U.S Presence and Interest
The U.S. support for the creation of the state of Israel
in 1948 also focused attention on this part of the
world.
U.S Presence and Interest cont.
1991 Iraq War
In August 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait in an effort to
control Kuwait’s large oil reserves.
The leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, claimed that
Kuwait was taking more than they were allowed
from shared oil fields.
He also claimed that when the Ottoman Empire was
broken-up at the end of World War I, the area that
became Kuwait should have been part of Iraq.
U.S Presence and Interest cont.
1991 Iraq War cont.
The creation of the country of Iraq in 1920 meant
that Iraq no longer had any coastline on the Persian
Gulf.
The United States was concerned about the invasion
of Kuwait because the United States gets a large
percentage of its imported oil from Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia.
U.S Presence and Interest cont.
1991 Iraq War cont.
Kuwait belonged to the United Nations, a world
organization that will come to the aid of any
member nation that is attacked without cause by
another country.
The United Nations voted to raise a military force to
liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion.
U.S Presence and Interest cont.
1991 Iraq War cont.
Because of the threat to the oil supply, the United
States sent a large number of troops to be part of
this United Nations military force to drive Iraq out
of Kuwaiti territory.
This effort was known as the Persian Gulf War, or
Operation Desert Storm.
U.S Presence and Interest cont.
1991 Iraq War cont.
Thirty-nine countries joined in and within three
months, by February 1991, the Iraqi government
accepted a truce and agreed to withdraw from
Kuwait.
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Between Iraq & about
30 other nations.
Iraq accused Kuwait
of stealing Iraqi oil
Iraq invaded Kuwait
in 1990
Saddam Hussein and
his Iraqi army took
control of Kuwait
Early_Days_of_the_Persian_Gulf_Conflict.mov
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The United Nations
demanded Iraq to withdraw.
The U.N. cut off trade with
Iraq.
Iraq still did not leave.
Many Kuwaiti citizens left
the country during the
occupation. STOP Writing
PHOTO(: U.S. soldiers in the
Gulf War. In August of 1990
Saddam Hussein of Iraq
launched an invasion of the
neighboring oil-rich state
of Kuwait, but was forced to
withdraw after a military
coalition led by the U.S.
defeated Iraqs army with a
month-long air war and a
four-day ground campaign
in January-February 1991.
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The U.S. and other
countries sent troops to
Saudi Arabia.
The U.N. set a date for Iraq
to leave Kuwait.
Iraq refused to leave.
The date expired.
In January of 1991, the U.S.
& other nations invaded
Iraq.
Iraqi army defeated in less
than (2) months.
Iraq had to recognize
Kuwait as a free country
and destroy all weapons of
mass destruction.
The U.N. was never able to
prove WMD’s existed.
The_Persian_Gulf_War.mov
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September 11,
2001, Al-Qaeda
attacked the U.S.
Al-Qaeda- A group
of radical Islamic
terrorists based
largely in
Afghanistan.
Terrorist attacks
killed nearly 3,000
people.