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WorksheetsAttacks on 9/11/01
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
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Class
Date
1.
On September 11, 2001, this terrorist organization launched a four-prong, coordinated attack on the USA:
a)
Hamas
b)
Al Qaeda
c)
Tamil Tigers
d)
ISIS
2.
Terrorists ____________ four planes, intending to fly them into strategic US building
a)
bought
b)
hijacked
c)
built
3.
The four intended targets of the terrorist attack were chosen for their _______ representation of America's strengths (democracy and capitalism).
a)
literal
b)
symbolic
4.
Two targets were in NYC, at the time, the largest structures in North America:
a)
Empire State Building/Chrysler Building
b)
Washington Monument/Capitol Building
c)
World Trade Center 1 and 2, "Twin Towers"
5.
One plane reached its target in Washington, DC, striking the
a)
White House
b)
Capitol
c)
Pentagon
d)
Washington Monument
6.
A fourth plane which did not reach its intended target, crashed in __________, some people believe passengers aboard the plane played a role in its crash.
a)
Boston, MA
b)
Shanksville, PA
c)
Baltimore, MD
d)
Radford, VA
7.
The death toll of 9/11, including hijackers, passengers, emergency responders, and victims in the buildings reached:
a)
2,996
b)
6,421
c)
1,776
d)
4,849
8.
The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks was ________, a high level terrorist operative. He is currently detained in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
a)
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
b)
Osama bin Laden
c)
Ayman Al-Zawahiri
d)
Sayeed Almasri
9.
In 1993, the same terrorist group in its fledgling stages, launched its first attack on US soil, attacking this same location as 9/11:
a)
Capitol
b)
Twin Towers
c)
Pentagon
d)
White House
10.
The leader of the terrorist organization who launched the 9/11 attacks was ________, a former US ally in the early 1980s. He was killed in a Navy Seal raid on his Pakistani compound in 2011.
a)
Al-Zawahiri
b)
Abu Al-Baghdadi
c)
Khalid Mohammed
d)
Osama bin Laden
11.
Each year on 9/11, the September 11 Memorial marks the anniversary by:
a)
Ringing a bell every 2 minutes
b)
Reading the names of all the deceased
c)
2,996 moments of silence
d)
Closing the NY Stock Exchange for the day
12.
This image shows the memorial in:
a)
NYC
b)
Shanksville
c)
DC
13.
This image shows the memorial in
a)
Shanksville
b)
NYC
c)
Washington
14.
This image shows the memorial in:
a)
NYC
b)
Shanksville
c)
Pentagon
15.
September 11, 2017 marks the __ anniversary of the attacks:
a)
15
b)
16
c)
17
16.
Who was the President of the United States on 9/11?
a)
George HW Bush
b)
George W Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Barack Obama
17.
Immediately after 9/11, the US began an unconventional war against the attackers' organization by launching airstrikes and sending ground troops to:
a)
Iraq
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
18.
Of the 19 terrorist attackers on 9/11, 15 were citizens of _________, a close ally in the Middle East.
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Pakistan
d)
Iraq
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