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What two major bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?
Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea and North Sea
Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
What country does the Suez Canal run through?
Syria
Israel
Egypt
What two countries colluded with Israel to regain control of the Suez Canal after it had been seized by Egypt?
Syria and Great Britain
Great Britain and France
France and Soviet Union
Who was the leader of Egypt during the Suez Crisis?
Anwar Sadat
Mohamed Morsi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
What major superpower threatened to enter the conflict on the side of the Egyptians?
Soviet Union
United States
China
What public project did Nasser hope to pay for with the revenue from taking control of the Suez Canal?
Nile Barrage
Aswan Dam
Ismailia Canal
In what year did the Suez Crisis occur?
1958
1961
1956
What was the name of the Dam that Egypt wished to build to control the Nile River and develop it's economy?
Aswan
Answad
Contra
Which countries refused to continue to help Egypt fund the massive Aswan dam project as a result of Nasser's acceptance of USSR military equipment
USSR
USA and UK
France and UK
These three nations decided secretly to work together to attack Egypt in response to the nationalization of the suez canal
USSR, UK, USA
USA, France, USSR
Israel, France, UK
In this month Israeli troops invaded Egypt's Sinai peninsula and began the Suez war
October 1956
November 1956
September 1956
This country was outraged by the involvement of France and the UK and demanded that they, along with Israel, accept a ceasefire and withdraw.
Syria
USA
USSR
As a result of the Suez Crisis Egypt was now firmly allied with the USSR
True
False
These forces moved in and controlled the area immediately around the canal for the next 10 years, ensuring relative peace on the Israeli/Egyptian border until the next war in 1967.
US
USSR
the UN
Which U.S. President was significant to the Suez Crisis because he decided to intervene with the Egyptian and Israeli conflict after they didn't accept the ultimatum.
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Who was the Prime Minister of France that intervene in the Suez Crisis along with the British?
Édouard Philippe
Guy Mollet
Gérald Darmanin
The Suez Canal was closed during which war?
Six Day War
World War II
Crimean War
In 1875, whose shares of the Suez Canal did the British government buy?
Israel
France
Egypt
How many British casualties resulted from the Suez Crisis?
16 killed, 96 wounded
18 killed, 71 wounded
19 killed, 38 wounded
How many Egyptian casualties resulted from the Suez Crisis
2,300 killed 4,500 wounded
1,500 killed 5,000 wounded
2,000 killed 4,000 wounded
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