Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
September 11 Attacks
Gulf War
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
100

This U.S. president ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Who is George W. Bush?

100

This militant group controlled most of Afghanistan before being ousted in 2001 and returning to power in 2021.

What is the Taliban?

100

This year is when the September 11 attacks occurred in the United States.

When is 2001?

100

This was the codename for the initial phase of the Gulf War.

What is Operation Desert Shield?
100

This densely populated area has been under a blockade by Israel since 2007, following Hamas taking over Gaza.

Where is the Gaza Strip?

200

This Iraqi leader was captured by the U.S. on December 13, 2003.

Who is Saddam Hussein?

200

This military operation led by the U.S. began in 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks.

What is Operation Enduring Freedom?

200

This day of remembrance occurs annually in the U.S. on September 11, honoring victims of the September 11 attacks.

What is Patriot Day?

200

This nickname was famously given to General Norman Schwarzkopf because of his passion and temper.

Who is Stormin' Norman?

200

This city is considered sacred by Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, and has been a driving force in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

Where is Jerusalem?

300

This 2003 U.S. mission to capture a certain leader of Iraq was named after a Cold War-era film.

What is Operation Red Dawn?

300

This agreement, signed in 2020 and officially called the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, required the U.S. to withdraw units from Afghanistan and granted the United States protections against terrorism.

What is the Doha Agreement?

300

This was the first building hit during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

What is the North Tower of the World Trade Center?

300
During their retreat from Kuwait, Iraqi detonated nearly 700 oil wells, causing this disaster.

What are the Kuwait oil fires?

300

This principle says that refugees should be allowed to return to their home country.

What is the right of return?

400

This U.S. doctrine, announced in 2002 by George W. Bush, said that America could attack countries to avoid being attacked first, and was used to justify the Iraq invasion.

What is the Preemptive War Doctrine?

400

This event, carried out in 2021 under President Joe Biden, marked the end of the United States' longest war.

What is the withdrawal of the United States troops from Afghanistan?

400

This terrorist organization, led at the time by Osama bin Laden, was responsible for the September 11 attacks.

What is al-Qaeda?

400

This news network became famous for its 24-hour coverage of the Gulf War.

What is CNN?

400

This Islamist political group has governed Gaza since 2007.

What is Hamas?

500

When Saddam Hussein was captured, he was found hiding in a spider-hole within this small Iraqi town.

Where is Ad-Dawr?

500

This NATO-led counterinsurgency offensive in 2010 was designed to remove the Taliban from their stronghold in Marjah, Afghanistan.

What is Operation Moshtarak?

500

This U.S. federal agency, created in response to the September 11 attacks, was established in 2002 to protect the U.S. from terrorism.

What is the Department of Homeland Security?

500

Approximately one third of returning veterans deployed in the Gulf War suffer from this chronic, multi-symptom condition as a result of their time in the war.

What is Gulf War Syndrome?

500

This principle proposes that Israel withdraws territories captured in 1967 in exchange for peace with Palestinians.

What is land for peace?