Important Figures - IRA
Who is the founder of the IRA?
Michael Collins
When did the political group that started Easter uprising gain popularity.
Decades after the Irish potato famine
Both terrorist groups proved their determination in achieving their own goals, but which group showed to be more radical in ideas? (Who had more in mind?)
ISIS
What happened to ISIS' territory by 2017?
They lost nearly 95% percent of it
Who founded the organization ISIS?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Longest serving chief of staff in the IRA.
Kevin Mckenna
At ISIS' peak, how much of Iraq and Syria were under their control?
Iraq was 40% and Syria was 1/3
What where the basic religious battles that the terrorist groups fought for?
Catholic v Protestant
Islam v. The west
The event that massacred 14 Catholic civilians and strengthened support of the IRA by Catholics.
Bloody Sunday
Who caught more high-profile attacks, Osama Bin Ladin or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
The first chief of staff of the IRA.
Cathal Brugha
What types of videos would ISIS release?
Depictions of captives getting murdered, justified it by referencing the Quaran
How were each of their political systems different?
ISIS was a totalitarian/authoritarian regime under a "global caliphate" and the IRA operated as a militant (an unground parliamentary force)
What event pushed ISIS to be feared and made them to be well-known throughout the world?
The Capture of Mosul
Who is the ISIS leader that renamed the organization into ISIL (Islamic State and Levant)
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
An instrumental figure in the peace process.
Gerry Adams
What was the name of the blank uprising in the early twentieth century?
Easter uprising
This religious group would more or less give the IRA support. They would also be persecuted by ISIS way later on. Who is this group?
Christians
Resulted in the execution of 16 rising leaders by firing squad.
Easter uprising
After Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death in 2006, who was the one to be his successor?
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
What organization did the IRA grow from?
The Irish volunteer
Many Catholics and clergymen disapproved the actions of the IRA, but a certain event changed their point-of-view. An event that made some of them consider the IRA's actions. What was the event?
Bloody Sunday
What are 3 differences between the two groups? (besides cultural)
Consolidation, how they operate, and inciting events
How did ISIS become a decentralized group?
The loss of territory owned by the Caliphate
Out of the three previously mentioned leaders in the slideshow, (al-Zarqawi, al-Masri, & al-Baghdadi) who was the one to grant himself the title "caliphate"?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi