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Vocabulary
100
The name of the building where the Department of Defense is located
What is the Pentagon?
100
This sickness was the result of 70% of those who worked at Ground Zero a. heart failure b. mental illness c. respiratory illness d. sunburn
What is respiratory illness?
100
The terror network that was responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
What is al Qaeda?
100
The following is not considered a first responder. a. a police officer b. a news reporter c. an emergency medical technician (EMT) d. a firefighter
What is a news reporter?
100
The meaning of the term "hijacked".
What is forcefully taken over?
200
After the planes hit the Twin Towers this caused the buildings to eventually collapse.
What is the fire melted the steel structure?
200
The amount of people that lost their lives on 9/11.
What is about 3,000?
200
The mastermind of the 9/11 attack.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
200
This event killed most of the first responders in New York City.
What is the collapse of the North and South Tower?
200
Afghanistan was harboring al Qaeda terrorists. The meaning “to harbor” is....
What is to provide protection?
300
There were four hijacked planes on 9/11. This is the inference about the fourth plane. a. The passengers took the plane over from the hijackers. b. The hijackers planned to crash the plane in the field. c. The plane suffered from a mechanical failure. d. The hijackers did not know how to properly fly the plane.
What is the passengers took the plane over from the hijackers?
300
The specific group of first responders that lost the most men.
What is firefighters?
300
The statement that best describes the 9/11 attacks. a. a well-planned attack c. a tragic accident b. a last minute decision
What is a well-planned attack?
300
One of the effects of September 11th a. The U.S. economy received an immediate boost. b. Transportation security became less strict. c. The United States invaded Afghanistan. d. Congress issued a declaration of war against the country of Saudi Arabia.
What is the United States invaded Afghanistan?
300
favoring drastic political or social ideas
What is radical or radicalism?
400
True or False...the White House was hit by one of the planes on 9/11.
What is false?
400
The number of civilians and flight crew that survived the crashes on 9/11.
What is zero?
400
The phrase that best describes al Qaeda. a. regimented army b. enemy state c. criminal network d. fascist dictatorship
What is criminal network?
400
Both after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. entered World War II. After the attack on 9/11 a War on Terror was announced. Both attacks have this in common. a. Both attacks were on American soil and caused public outrage. b. Both attacks were on foreign soil and caused public outrage. c. Both attacks involved hijacked planes, which destroyed buildings and lives. d. Both attacks were directed against military targets, not civilian targets.
What is both attacks were on American soil and caused public outrage?
400
the use of violence and threats to intimidate others
What is terrorism?
500
This is the presumed target area of the fourth plane United 93.
What is the White House or the Capitol Building?
500
True or False....More people died on the planes than in the North & South Towers and the Pentagon.
What is false?
500
The adjective that best describes the al Qaeda terrorists. a. nonviolent b. liberal c. radical d. moderate
What is radical?
500
The following event would represent a victory for al Qaeda. a. The United States withdraws all diplomats from the Middle East. b. The United States increases foreign aid to Israel. c. The United States formally declares an end to the War on Terror. d. The United States elects a Muslim president.
What is the United States withdraws all diplomats from the Middle East?
500
the religious faith of Muslims who are taught by the Koran
What is Islam?