The 9/11 Attacks
Key Leaders & Figures
Where in the World?
Global Terrorist Groups
Modern Terror & Tactics
100

This is the exact year the 9/11 terrorist attacks took place.

What is 2001?

100

He was the President of the United States when the 9/11 attacks occurred.

Who is George W. Bush?

100

The U.S. invaded this Middle Eastern nation in 2003 over fears that its dictator possessed weapons of mass destruction.

What is Iraq?

100

This group, founded by Osama bin Laden, carried out the 9/11 attacks.

What is al-Qaeda?

100

Using violence against civilians to achieve political goals.

What is terrorism?

200

This famous, massive New York City office complex was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks.

What is the World Trade Center?

200

He was the wealthy leader of Al-Qaeda who planned the 9/11 attacks and was later found in Pakistan in 2011.

Who is Osama bin Laden?

200

The U.S. military entered this country in 2001 to remove the Taliban government and hunt for Al-Qaeda.

What is Afghanistan?

200

This extremist group ruled Afghanistan and hid foreign terrorists.

What is the Taliban?

200

Attacks done by one person acting entirely alone.

What are lone-wolf attacks?

300

This U.S. military headquarters building in Virginia was struck by a hijacked plane on 9/11.

What is the Pentagon?

300

He was the U.S. President who authorized the special forces raid that successfully targeted Osama bin Laden.

Who is Barack Obama?

300

This body of water in the Middle East is a vital shipping route for the world's oil supply and a frequent area of U.S. naval operations.

What is the Persian Gulf?

300

This group took over parts of Iraq and Syria to build a "caliphate."

What is ISIS?

300

The main digital tool groups use to recruit people today.

What is the internet?

400

Passengers on this specific hijacked flight fought back against terrorists, causing the plane to crash in a Pennsylvania field instead of Washington, D.C.

What is United Flight 93?

400

This Iraqi dictator was overthrown by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and later captured.

Who is Saddam Hussein?

400

This nation is America's closest democratic ally in the Middle East, and the U.S. provides it with billions in military aid annually.

What is Israel?

400

This Iran-backed militant group operates primarily out of Lebanon.

What is Hezbollah?

400

Small, remote-controlled flying objects used to drop explosives.

What are drones?

500

This Mayor of New York City during 9/11 became widely known as "America's Mayor" for his leadership during the crisis.

Who is Rudy Giuliani?

500

This member of the Bush administration served as Secretary of State and was the first African American woman to hold the position.

Who is Condoleezza Rice?

500

This heavily populated, nuclear-armed South Asian country was a key U.S. ally in the War on Terror, despite harboring Osama bin Laden.

What is Pakistan?

500

This region in Africa is currently the world's biggest hotspot for terror deaths.

What is the Sahel?

500

The process of a person adopting extreme views.

What is radicalization?

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