In what way was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait influenced by the end of the Cold War?
a. Saddam Hussein thought the world would be too busy with the restoration of Eastern European countries to object to his invasion of Kuwait.
b. The Soviet Union was no longer a superpower that could influence Saddam Hussein.
c. Iraq had seized stockpiles of weapons from Eastern European countries when the Soviet Union collapsed.
d. Saddam Hussein resented the Kuwaiti government for supporting the communist regimes of the former Soviet Union.
e. Saddam Hussein was hoping to once again pit the United States against Russia by invading Kuwait.
B
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A) Powhatan. B) Pequot. C) Wampanoag. D) Iroquois.
In the early 1970s, Congress passed the Indian Education Act and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act which gave tribes much greater control over their own affairs.
a. true b. false
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