The Iraq War (2003-2011)
The U.S. War in Afghanistan
9/11 Attacks
The Persian Gulf War
Israel and Palestine Conflict
100

Question: What country did the United States invade in 2003?



Answer: What is Iraq?

100

Question: What country did the U.S. invade after the 9/11 attacks?



Answer: Afghanistan

100

Question: On what date did the 9/11 attacks happen?



Answer: September 11, 2001

100

Question: What country did Iraq invade in 1990, starting the Persian Gulf War?



What is Kuwait?

100

Question:  What is the name of the event in 1948 when many Palestinians were displaced?


What is The Nakba?

200

Question: Who was the leader of Iraq at the start of the war?



Answer: Who is Saddam Hussein?

200

Question: What group was the U.S. trying to remove from power in Afghanistan?



Answer: The Taliban

200

Question: What famous buildings in New York City were destroyed in the attacks?



Answer: The Twin Towers (World Trade Center)

200

Question: Who was the leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War?



Answer: Who is Saddam Hussein?

200

Question: What is the name of the country created in 1948?



Israel

300

Question: What was one major reason the U.S. gave for invading Iraq?



Answer: What are suspected weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)?

300

Question: What terrorist group was being targeted by the U.S. in Afghanistan?



Answer: Al-Qaeda

300

Question: What method did the attackers use to carry out the attacks?



Answer: Hijacked airplanes

300

Question: What international organization approved the use of force against Iraq after it invaded Kuwait?



Answer: What is The United Nations?

300

Question: What is the term for Israeli communities built in disputed land?



Israeli settlements

400

Question: What was the name of the U.S. strategy that involved a large increase in troops in 2007?



Answer: What is the Surge?

400

Question: In what year did the U.S. officially begin the war in Afghanistan?



Answer: 2001

400

Question: What U.S. military building was hit during the attacks?



Answer: What is The Pentagon?

400

Question: What country led the coalition forces against Iraq?



Answer: What is The United States?

400

Question: What is the name for Palestinian uprisings against Israeli control?



Answer: Intifada

500

Question: In what year did the United States officially withdraw most of its troops from Iraq?


Answer: 2011

500

Question: Who was the leader of Al-Qaeda that the U.S. was trying to capture after invading Afghanistan?



Answer: Who is Osama bin Laden?

500

Question: What terrorist organization was responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks?



Answer: Who’s Al-Qaeda?

500

Question: What was the name of the military operation to push Iraqi forces out of Kuwait?



Answer: What is the Operation Desert Storm?

500

Question: What Palestinian political group controls Gaza?



Answer: Hamas

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