Practice Quiz US Involvement in War in Afghanistan

The US got involved in the war in Afghanistan as a direct result of what thing that happened?

• Terror attacks of September 11, 2001

• The bombing of the Statue of Liberty in 2010

• The Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan

• All of these things

Who was the person who planned and financed the terror attacks of September 11, 2001?

• Osama bin Laden

• Mulluah Omar

• Muhammad Ali

• Otero bin Lapah

The literacy rate (how many people can read) for both men and women has been extremely _________ in Afghanistan.

• low

• high

• inaccurate

• exaggerated

Which group is in charge of Afghanistan right now and also was before 2001?

• Taliban

• Al Qaeda

• As Samirah

• Bin Laden

What does the group who is in power in Afghanistan right now believe in? Check all the ones that are correct and none that are not!

• girls cannot attend school (at least above age 10)

• no separation between the government and the religion (Islam)

• Women must be covered from head to toe

• Sports and music and a few other things are completely banned

• Eating meals in the family, together is not good

What big event happened in 2010? It's related to all this about the US's involvement in Afghanistan and how this war got started.

• A Navy Seal team found and killed Osama bin Laden

• A Navy special forces team dropped a bomb on Kabul, Afghanistan

• There was an attempt on President Bush's life. The attacker was killed and President Bush was OK.

• All of these things are true

What would be the correct order of the things below. In other words which happened first, then second, etc.

A. Terrorist attack on World Trade Center in NYC

B. Taliban takes control of Afghanistan

C. Osama bin Laden brings his group to Afghanistan

D. Last of the US soldiers leave Afghanistan.

• B C A D

• B A C D

• D A B C

• C D A B

Afghanistan is in Central Asia

• True

• False

Life Expectancy of a man in Afghanistan is ____________

• 63 years old

• 28 years old

• 94 years old

• 47 years old

There are 30 different cultural groups in the country of Afghanistan

• True

• False