GD Social Studies Vocab War on Terror & Post 9/11

The bombing of 9/11/2001 included which buildings?

The World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia

The World Trade Center in New York and the Washington Monument

The Pentagon in Washington DC and the Lincoln Memorial

The Jefferson & Lincoln Memorials

The group al Qaeda can be classified as an Islamic terrorist group because

It uses violence to incite fear for political or ideological purposes; like the bombings on 9/11/2001

It abhors violence and was kind to people

It encouraged the War on Terror

It hated the War on Terror

Who was Osama bin Laden?

A leader of a conservative Islamic network that protected the people

A leader of a radical Islamic network that fought Western influence and trained terrorist attackers called the Taliban.

The brother to Saddam Hussein

The cousin to Obama bin Laden

US President George W. Bush launched an international campaign to fight terrorism. It was called the "War on Terror" in response to what action?

A brutal attack on the subway systems of New York

The attack on Texas oil fields

The attacks on 9/11/2001 on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon

The purchase of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) by Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom was what?

The second wave of the war in Afghanistan

The nickname President George W Bush gave the Marine battalions that invaded Iraq

The official name of the US-led operations in Afghanistan as part of the War on Terror

The official name of Iraqi-led actions in response to the US invading their land

Who was Saddam Hussein?

The Iranian leader who opposed terrorists

The dictator of Iraq who was executed for crimes against humanity in providing aid and weapons to the Taliban

The cousin of Osama bin Laden, protesting the US presence in Iraq

The leader who controlled the Islamist regime in Iraq

A "weapon of mass destruction" can be defined as

An atomic weapon

A class of weapon that uses Artificial Intelligence for fighting

A class of weapon that can inflict death on a large scale

A class of weapon that protects innocents from slaughter

The War in Afghanistan can be defined as

The longest war in US History

A war which began with airstrikes against al Qaeda terrorists

A result of Western influence on Islamic nations

The reason why we have increased security now in airports, businesses, and schools

Two causes of the 9/11 attacks can be defined as (there are 2):

Radical islamic terrorist organizations that are dedicated to fighting Western influence that reached Islamic cultures through globalization

The international reaches of US business into foreign countries like Iraq

An effect of globalization and Western influence in Islamic nations

The internet being world-wide

The World Trade Center was what?

A few buildings in New York that focused on commerce and trade

A set of 2 skyscrapers in New York that housed assorted businesses that were destroyed in the 9/11 attacks by planes crashing into them

A set of buildings also called "The Twin Towers" in New York

One of the bombed buildings in the 9/11 attacks

GD Social Studies Vocab War on Terror & Post 9/11

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