Question

Match each country below to its role in the 1956 Suez Crisis.

home to the Suez Canal
Correct label: newly founded state in the Middle East that participated in the 1956 invasion
Correct label: used intense diplomatic pressure to put a stop to the 1956 invasion
Correct label: part-owner of the Suez Canal, and the dominant Western power in the Middle East prior to 1956
Correct label: - Israel
- Britain
- Egypt
- the United States

Answer 1

Correct labels:

- Egypt: home to the Suez Canal

- Israel: newly founded state in the Middle East that participated in the 1956 invasion

- Britain: part-owner of the Suez Canal, and the dominant Western power in the Middle East prior to 1956

- the United States: used intense diplomatic pressure to put a stop to the 1956 invasion