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

In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy

Iraqi weapons of mass destruction

100

Al-Qaeda operatives hijack four commercial airliners, crashing them into

the World Trade Center in New York/twin towers and the Pentagon in Washington, DC

100

On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into

the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City./twin tower

100

Hussein delivered a speech in which he accused neighboring nation Kuwait of

siphoning crude oil from the Ar-Rumaylah oil fields

100

Soon after _____ ___ __, Kemal led the Turks in a war of independence against ______.

World War I, Greece

200

When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a violent insurgency arose, the war lost

public support

200

President Bush calls for the reconstruction of what in a speech at the Virginia Military Institute.

Afghanistan

200

As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the

Pentagon military headquarters at 9:45 a.m.

200

In justifying his invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Saddam Hussein claimed it was an artificial state carved out of the Iraqi coast by

Western colonialists

200

The heart of the Ottoman Empire had always been ____ _____, which is now modern Turkey

Asia Minor

300

what happened when saddam was captured

tried, and hanged

300

President Bush signs into law a joint resolution that dose what

authorizing the use of force against those responsible for attacking the United States

300

The hijackers were Islamic terrorists from _____ ______ and several other ____ _______.

Saudi Arabia, Arab nations

300

The Persian Gulf War, also known as

Operation Desert Storm or the First Gulf War

300

Mustafa Kemal came to be known as Atatürk, which means “______ __ ___ _____.”

“Father of the Turks.”

400

President Bush declares the end of major combat operations in Iraq from the deck of the aircraft carrier

USS Abraham Lincoln.

400

with substantial Iranian diplomatic help because of Iran’s support for the Northern Alliance faction, installs who to be interim administration head

Hamid Karzai

400

At 10:30 a.m., the north building of the twin towers collapsed. Only __ people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of the collapse survived

18people

400

Operation Desert Storm began with

a massive U.S.-led air offensive

400

The Ottoman Empire continued to hold the region together, as it had done since the ____s. However, by the start of _____ ___ __ in ____, the empire had fallen into decline.

1300s, World War I in 1914

500

Bush announces a “new way forward” in Iraq, vowing to commit an additional

twenty thousand troops to bring stability in and around Baghdad

500

The U.S. military, with British support, begins a bombing campaign against Taliban forces, officially launching Operation

Enduring Freedom

500

Then, __ minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing ___—United Airlines Flight ___

18 minutes Boeing 767—United Airlines Flight 175

500

Two-thirds of the __ members of the ____ ______ condemned Iraq’s act of aggression

21 members, Arab League

500

Unlike in Africa or other parts of Asia, European empires had not colonized _________ Asia during the ____s and ____s

Southwest Asia, 1700s and 1800s