Afghanistan
Terrorist Groups
9/11
Iraq
Key People
100

This superpower invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to support a communist takeover.

What is...The Soviet Union?

100

This terrorist group committed 9/11.

What is...Al Qaeda?

100

This is the number of planes involved in 9/11.

What is...Four?

100

The US invaded Iraq in 2003 on the suspicion that the country had these.

What are...weapons of mass destruction?

100

This president started the War on Terror.

Who is...George W. Bush?

200

This Islamic rebel group fought in the Soviet Afghan War secretly backed by the US.

What is...The Mujahideen?

200

This terrorist group ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001.

What is...the Taliban?

200

After 9/11 this prison located in Cuba was opened for housing terrorists. 

What is...Guantanamo Bay?

200
This president ended the war in Iraq in 2010, but brought us back in 2014. 

Who is...Barack Obama?

200

Leader of Al Qaeda.

Who is...Osama Bin Laden?

300

This is the geographical feature that unites the Hindu Kush Mountains and the Himalayas. 

What is...the Pamir Knot? 

300

This is the name of the leader of ISIS.

Who is...Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi?

300

This is the reason Al Qaeda chose the World Trade Center.

What is...it is a symbol of US global influence and success?

300

This is the main reason the US returned to Iraq in 2014.

What is...to fight the growing power of ISIS?

300
This person was responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

Who is...Ramzi Yousef?

400

This is the nickname of Afghanistan because of outside powers' inability to conquer the nation. 

What is...The Graveyard of Empires? 

400

Before 9/11, Al Qaeda attacked US embassies in these two countries. (Must get both) 

What are...Tanzania and Kenya?

400

This piece of legislation gave the government broader powers to monitor suspected terrorists.

What is...the Patriot Act?

400

This is what ISIS stands for. 

What is...the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria?

400

This is the name of the journalist that was murdered by Pakistani terrorists. 

Who is...Daniel Pearl?

500

This is the year the war in Afghanistan ended.

What is...2021?

500

This is the covering that the Taliban made women wear that left only their eyes showing.

What is...a burqa?

500

This department was created in 2002 to combat terrorist threats from within the nation after 9/11.

What is...the Department of Homeland Security?

500

This is the year that the last city held under ISIS fell.

What is...2019?

500

This is the name of the advocate for girls' education that was shot by the Taliban.

Who is...Malala Yousafzai?

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