Transcript Unit II Test Study Challenge Game

Middle East Study Challenge
This war began in 1991?
Persian Gulf War or
Operation Desert
Storm
The United States got involved in
the Persian Gulf War because…
A large portion of oil
comes from this region
What was the goal of the United
Nations forces during the Persian
Gulf War?
The leader of Iraq during the
Persian Gulf War?
Why did the United States begin a
military campaign in Afghanistan in
2001?
9/11 Attacks on the World
Trade Center, Washington D.C.
A group of terrorist that planned
and carried out the attack on the
U.S.?
This Saudi born man lead AlQaeda. He used his wealth to
finance the 9/11 attacks?
Osama bin Laden
Strait of Hormuz
Suez Canal
Persian Gulf
Iran
Kuwait was a member of this
organization. They formed a coalition
to stop Iraq from taking over Kuwait.
United Nations
This organization led the attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001?
al Qaeda
Why did the United States go to
war against Iraq in 2003?
We thought Iraq was developing
nuclear weapons and helping alqaeda
The hatred of Jews simply because
they practice Judaism?
This canal makes it possible for
ships to get from the Mediterranean
Sea to the Red Sea?
The Suez Canal
The Strait of Hormuz connects which
two bodies of water?
The process of removing salt from
sea water?
desalination
A government that sees God as
the supreme ruler?
Theocracy
What type of ruler rules Saudi
Arabia?
A King
The name of the Israeli
parliament? Equivalent to the U.S.
Congress.
Knesset
The murder of millions of
European Jews during World War
II?
Holocaust
World organization that created
Israel in 1948?
United Nations
The belief that Jews deserved to
return to a homeland where they
had lived in Biblical times?
Zionism
What is the United States main
economic interest in Southwest
Asia?
OIL
The government of Iraq fell quickly
because many Iraqis felt he was a
cruel ruler?
Saddam Hussein
Which two groups made it difficult
for the United States to help Iraq
after the war?
Ethnic and Religious
groups
One of the goals of al-qaeda was to
bring an end to
_________________ influence in
the region.
Western
How did the United States help
rebuild Japan after WWII?
Helped write constitution,
established democracy, supplied
food to citizens, etc.
What is a natural resource?
A resource produced by nature
OPEC
Why was OPEC started?
To control oil prices and policies
A trade barrier when one country
no longer trade with another
country?
EMBARGO
A tax placed on goods whey they
are brought into one country from
another country?
Anything that slows down or
prevents one country fro
exchanging goods with another?
Trade Barrier
The products a country makes
best and that are in demand on
the world market?
Saudi Arabia specializes in the
production of _____ & _____.
Oil and Gas
What type of economy does Israel
have today?
Mixed/Market
A way of limiting the amount of
foreign goods that can come into a
country?
Quota
Factories, machines, and
technology that people use to
make products to sell?
Capital Goods
Willing to take a risk to create
new businesses and products?
Entrepreneurship
The two river flowing through Iraq?
Euphrates and Tigris
River separating Israel from
Jordan?
The Jordan River
What is currency?
money
When both parties in the transaction see
that they will be able to gain something
from the exchange?
Voluntary Trade