Iraq War
Led by President ____________, the US contributed the majority of the military personnel.
George W. Bush
These attacks triggered the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks
Aside from the Twin Towers, where did the other successfully hijacked airplane land?
The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
The Iraqi invasion of ______ led to the Persian Gulf War.
Kuwait
____ was the year the modern state Israel became a nation.
1948
The dictator who served as the fifth president of Iraq.
Saddam Hussein
Along with The Iraq War, The U.S. war in Afghanistan became part of a larger effort known as the ________________
Global War on Terror
The number of terrorists from al-Qaeda that hijacked four commercial airplanes.
19
True or False: Iraq invaded Kuwait to gain access to their farming land.
False
True or False: The Israel/Palestine conflict started in 2023.
False
This operation began in March 20, 2003, as a U.S.-led coalition invasion to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
True or False: The U.S. war in Afghanistan was the longest conflict in United States history.
True
The Mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and founding leader of Al-Qaeda.
Osama Bin Laden
What did Iraqi forces set fire to while retreating from Kuwait?
Oil wells
What is the name of the document from Britain expressing support for a "home for the Jewish people" in Palestine?
Balfour Declaration
A type of weapon that was highly desired in Iraq.
Weapons of mass destruction or WMD
Afghanistan became the leading producer of this product, despite being in the middle of war.
opium
What is Al-Qaeda?
An international Islamist extremist terrorist network
When did the Persian Gulf War start?
August 2, 1990
True or False: The Suez Crisis only lasted for nine days.
True
Saddam Hussein was captured by United States special forces when?
December 13, 2003
The place where Osama Bin Laden was captured.
Abbottabad, Pakistan
What is the name of the ringleader who was the hijacker-pilot of the first plane.
Mohamed Atta
How many days after Iraq invaded Kuwait, did President Bush commence Operation Desert Shield?
Five days
In 1973, Syria and Egypt invaded Israel again, their attack began on what Jewish holy day?
Yom Kippur