9/11 Vocabulary

Islamist militant group that leads an Islamist revolution

• world trade center

• Al-Queda

• terrorists

• vigil

to use terror to intimidate people, especially for political reasons

• Al-Queda

• extremeists

• vigil

• terrorists

unlawfully seize while in transit (aircraft, ship, vehicle; force to go in a different destination or directions

• Hi Jack

• vigil

• capital

• ground zero

complex of several buildings in New York City that were attacked on 9/11

• extremist

• middle east

• capitol

• World Trade Center

Virginia head quarters fo the U.S. Department of Defense

• islamist

• World Trade Center

• pentagon

• capitol

a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists

• Flight 93

• capitol

• World Trade Center

• vigil

an Islamic territory that is landlocked by central and South Asia

• World Trade Center

• Afghanistan

• Al-Queda

• United States

43rd President of the U.S. when the 9/11 attacks took place

• terrorists

• Al-Queda

• George W. Bush

• Osama Bin Laden

An international , American led military campaign fighting against terrorism.

• vigils

• extremists

• Islamists

• War on Terror

site of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks

• Ground Zero

• World Trade Center

• Al-Queda

• George W. Bush