The correct answer is that the Arab country that was attacked by its northern neighbor, Iraq, in 1990, was Kuwait.
In 1990 the small country of Kuwait was invaded militarily and annexed by the Iraq of Saddam Hussein, an occupation that lasted for seven months and that provoked the intervention of the United States Army and the outbreak of the Gulf War. The Iraqi army withdrew from the country before the US advance but on its way it burned almost eight hundred Kuwaiti oil wells, an economic and environmental catastrophe for the nation. The country's infrastructure was devastated during the conflict and had to be rebuilt.
The Arab country that was attacked by its Northern neighbor, Iraq, in 1990 was Kuwait. The rest of the choices were not attacked by Iraq. The correct answer is C.
The topography of an area was important for early human settlement. Farmers preferred to settle in flat, open areas such as plains and valleys. Large, flat spaces gave farmers room to plant crops. Also, the rich soil in coastal plains and river valleys was excellent for growing these crops.
From 1861 to 1900, the Civil War fostered a great deal of economic change in the United States. During this period, the economic change most fostered by the Civil War included (1) an end to slavery; (2) an increase in the need for cheap labor to work in the factories; and (3) an increase in railroad building.
