The Iraq War
Which U.S. president ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003?
Who is George W. Bush?
The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001.
What are the 9/11 attacks?
What was the terrorist Attack on?
The Twin Towers
Which U.S president led the country during the Persian Gulf War?
George W. H. Bush
What city is important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and is claimed as a capital by both Israel and Palestine?
Jerusalem
This Iraqi dictator was overthrown in the 2003 invasion?
Who is Saddam Hussein?
The U.S. went to war in Afghanistan to fight this terrorist group that planned the attacks.
What is al-Qaeda?
Who were the terrorists?
al-Qaeda
Which country invaded Kuwait in 1990, starting a war?
Iraqi
This strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea is one of the main areas where Palestinians live.
What is the Gaza Strip?
Why did the U.S invade Iraq in 2003?
The U.S belived that they had wepons of mass destuction
This group ruled Afghanistan before the war and helped hide al-Qaeda members.
Who are the Taliban?
This was the leader of al-Qaeda?
Osama bin Laden
Who was the leader in Iraq during the war?
Saddam Hussein
This group, which controls the Gaza Strip, is considered a political and militant organization.
What is Hamas?
What was the military operation called that began the Iraq War?
Operation Iraq Freedom
The U.S. officially ended its longest war and left Afghanistan this year.
What is 2021?
What U.S military building was hit with one of the hijacked planes?
The Pentagon in Arlington Virginia
The U.S and some other countries created this to force Iraq out of Kuwait
coalition
These two groups have lived in the same area for a long time, and both want to have their own independent country.
Who are Israelis and Palestinians?
What was the strategy that involved deploying over 20,000 U.S troops to Iraq?
What is the surge?
Many American and allied soldiers were sent to Afghanistan to do this — to help stop terrorism and support the Afghan government.
What is fight terrorism and help rebuild the country?
What was the name of the flight that crashed into the Pennsylvania field?
United Airlines flight 93
What was the name of the U.S.-led mission to fight back against Iraq?
Operation Desert Storm
This organization was created in 1947 and came up with a plan to split the land into separate Jewish and Arab countries.
What is the United Nations?