The Iraq War (2003-2011)
In December 2003, U.S. troops captured this former Iraqi leader.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This terrorist group carried out the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
What is al-Qaeda?
These buildings collapsed in New York on 9/11.
What are the Twin Towers or the World Trade Center.
In 1990, this country invaded Kuwait.
What is Iraq?
This empire held Southwest Asia together from the 1300s until it began to decline during World War I.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
The U.S. invaded Iraq in this year.
What is 2003?
He was the U.S. president during the 9/11 attacks and promised to win the war against terrorism.
Who is George W. Bush?
This caused the steel in the Twin Towers to weaken and collapse after the planes hit.
What is jet fuel?
This country was invaded by Saddam Hussein in 1990.
What is Kuwait?
Although the Ottoman Empire won this battle, it was their last major victory in World War I.
What is the Battle of Gallipoli?
The Iraq War was started because the United States believed Iraq had these.
What are weapons of mass destruction?
This group began losing power in Afghanistan after a major defeat in Mazar-e-Sharif on November 9, 2001.
What is the Taliban?
The 9/11 terrorists chose flights headed to this part of the U.S. so the planes would be full of fuel.
What is California?
In 1990, this Iraqi leader accused Kuwait of stealing oil.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This leader helped create the Republic of Turkey and became known as “Father of the Turks.”
Who is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk?
This leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was killed in a 2006 U.S.-led airstrike near Baquba.
Who was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?
This organization passed Resolution 1378 to help create a new government and send peacekeepers.
What is the United Nations?
These three East Coast airports were where the 9/11 hijackers boarded the planes.
What are Logan, Dulles, and Newark airports?
This country led the coalition that won the Persian Gulf War.
What is the United States?
About 1.5 million of these people died in what many call a genocide during World War I.
Who are the Armenians?
In 2011, this U.S. president said all troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year, ending a long war.
Who is Barack Obama?
This battle in the mountains lasted two weeks in 2001 and ended with Osama bin Laden escaping.
What is the Battle of Tora Bora?
This Airline flight crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
What is American Airlines Flight 77?
This war ended with a United Nations-brokered ceasefire in August 1988, but the peace talks were slow to start until mid-1990.
What is the Iran-Iraq War?
This man became shah of Iran in 1925 and started a new ruling dynasty.
Who is Reza Pahlavi?