Terrorism Basics
September 11th
Vocabulary
Goals & Tactics
Terrorist Groups
100

What is the main goal of terrorism?

To spread violence and fear./Para difundir la violencia y el miedo.

100
Number of planes
4
100

a result or consequence

aftermath
100

Algunos quieren derrocar a un gobierno. Como se llaman?

 terrorista revolucionario

100

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

ISIS
200

Why are terrorists more dangerous today than they were in the past?/¿Por qué los terroristas son más peligrosos hoy que en el pasado?

Today's terrorists have access to modern technology and weapons.

200
Places attacked
World Trade Center and Pentagon, 4th plane crashed
200

to give shelter or refuge/dar refugio

harbor
200

Algunos terroristas se oponen a los grupos minoritarios, por ejemplo

Ku Klux Klan
200

Islamist terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S.

Al-qaeda
300
Types of terrorism?

State sponsored, domestic, and religious/Patrocinado por el estado, nacional y religioso

300
Who planned the attacks?
Al-qaeda/Osama bin Laden
300

to stop and steal from a vehicle/detener y robar de un vehículo

hijack
300

Algunos gobernantes quieren hacer que las personas teman ir en contra de su poder (Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler)

dictators
300
Leader of Al-qaeda
Osama Bin Laden
400

La gente que tiene la intención de morir cuando disparan sus explosivos.

suicide bomber
400
Approximately, how many people died from the attacks?
About 3000.
400

person held captive

hostage/rehen
400
What types of weapons are used?
bombs and chemical sprays
400

A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996/Grupo de musulmanes fundamentalistas que tomaron control del gobierno de Afganistán

Taliban
500
All Muslims are terrorists. True or False?
False
500
What was the U.S. reaction to the attacks?

President Bush declared war on terror and invaded Afghanistan./El presidente Bush declaró la guerra contra el terror e invadió Afganistán.

500

deber religioso impuesto a los musulmanes para difundir el Islam mediante la guerra

jihad
500
All terrorist want everyone to be Muslims. True or False
False
500

Country currently suffering because of the war with ISIS?/¿País que sufre actualmente debido a la guerra con ISIS?

Syria