U.S. drone strikes continue amid Yemen's sectarian strife
Feb. 02, 2015
Q: U.S. drones continued to strike al-Qaida targets in Yemen last week even as Shiite and Sunni Muslim forces struggled for control of the nation. Where is Yemen on this map of the Mideast?
Circle the area on this map
Q: Yemen's U.S.-backed president and his cabinet resigned rather than agree to the demands by Shiite rebels for more power. The rebels are believed to have the active support of the largest nation with a Shiite majority . . .
A. Iran
B. Iraq
C. India
D. Indonesia
Q: Sectarian fighting in Iraq, Syria and Yemen has been seen as a proxy war between Iran and Yemen's northern neighbor . . .
A. Egypt
B. Oman
C. Somalia
D. Saudi Arabia
Q: Yemen's rebels placed the former president and cabinet under house arrest in the nation's capital. What is the capital of Yemen?
A. Muscat
B. Riyadh
C. Sana'a
D. Tehran
Q: The split between Shia and Sunni Muslims traces back to the dispute over who would succeed the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam. Muhammad died in 632 and was buried in Medina which is in which modern country?
A. Yemen
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Iraq
D. Iran
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