SW Week 29 Quiz

1. When was the World Trade Center in New York City attacked?

• a. 1993
• b. 2001
• c. 2013
• d. 2020

2. Which of these buildings was attacked by Al-Qaeda terrorists?

• a. Pentagon
• b. U.S. Capitol
• c. White House
• d. WWII Memorial

3. Which country did the U.S. invade after the September 11 attacks?

• a. Afghanistan
• b. Kazakhstan
• c. Turkmenistan
• d. Uzbekistan

4. Who was the U.S. president during the September 11 attacks?

• a. Donald Trump
• b. William Clinton
• c. Barack Obama
• d. George W. Bush

5. Which technology was greatly improved during the War on Terror?

• a. airplanes
• b. drones
• c. RADAR
• d. tanks

6. Which federal department was created in response to the September 11 attacks?

• a. Coast Guard
• b. Secret Service
• c. Veterans’ Affairs
• d. Homeland Security

7. Which law was passed in response to the September 11 attacks?

• a. ABLE Act
• b. Patriot Act
• c. IMPACT Act
• d. Equality Act

8. Which government power was expanded after the September 11 attacks?

• a. setting crop prices
• b. surveillance of citizens
• c. choosing the next president
• d. declaring war on other nations

9. Why did the U.S. and Great Britain invade Iraq?

• a. The Iraqi military invaded Europe.
• b. Iraq threatened to stop producing oil.
• c. They believed Iraq was building WMDs.
• d. Iraqi citizens did not have enough to eat

10. What had a large effect on how the War on Terror was fought?

• a. tank
• b. internet
• c. telegraph
• d. atomic bomb