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Quiz for Document 31–5: Barack Obama, On a New Beginning, June 4, 2009

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. In his 2010 Cairo speech, what did President Obama ask Muslims to do?

Embrace Israel and abandon the Palestinian cause.

Accept Jesus as their Savior and tear down their mosques.

Secularize their societies and embrace science.

Abandon old stereotypes about Americans.

2. According to President Obama, what trend increased the importance of relations between the United States and followers of Islam?

Diminishing oil supplies

Increasing globalization

Refugee migrations

Rise of social media

3. As explained by President Obama, what goal did the United States have in Afghanistan?

Capture of Osama bin Laden

Establishment of permanent military bases

Elimination of terrorist threats

Development of new oil fields