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Terrorism

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the 9/11 terror attacks?

a)

2011

b)

2001

c)

2006

d)

2005

2.

How many planes were hijacked by terrorists during 9/11?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

e)

5

3.

Almost _________ people were killed on 9/11.

a)

1,000

b)

2,000

c)

3,000

d)

500

4.

Who was the president during the 9/11 attacks?

a)

G.W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Ronald Reagan

5.

Who was the president during the 9/11 attacks?

a)

G.W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Ronald Reagan

6.

Who was the group held responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

a)

al-Qaeda

b)

Bokom Haram

c)

ISIS

d)

Tamil Tigers

7.

A civilian is an ordinary, regular person.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

One plane reached its target in Washington, DC, striking the

a)

White House

b)

Capitol Building

c)

Twin Towers

d)

Pentagon

9.

A group of fundamentalist Muslims who politically controlled Afghanistan, the _____________ was heavily funded by Osama bin Laden and drug sales from the Golden Triangle.

a)

Taliban

b)

Abu Sayyaf

c)

Houthis

d)

Lashkar-e-Taiba

10.

Islamist terrorist organization ______________launched a series of attacks against U.S. and was responsible for 9/11; currently, the organization has affiliates throughout the Middle East.

a)

Al-Qaeda

b)

Islamic State

c)

Muslim Brotherhood

d)

Hezbollah

11.

A terrorist group trying to seize territory in Iraq and Syria through extreme acts of terrorism, ______________ is one of the most dangerous and active terror cells and the major concern of the United States.

a)

ISIS

b)

PLO

c)

Muslim Brotherhood

d)

Hamas

12.

A Palestinian Islamic Terrorist movement ________________ has gained political control of the Gaza Strip and primarily functions to create a Palestinian state independent from Israel.

a)

Hamas

b)

Fatah

c)

Hezbollah

d)

Kurdish Resistance

13.

A radical Shi'ite Muslim Terrorism movement in Lebanon ___________________ has been warring with Israel and involved itself in several nation's war to establish Shia law; the organization has also been in direct conflict with ISIS.

a)

Hezbollah

b)

Hamas

c)

Ansar al-Sharia

d)

Lashkar-e-Taiba

14.

What Al-Qaeda affiliate originating from Libya has become involved in the Yemen Civil War and along with ISIS controls large areas of the nation?

a)

Ansar al-Sharia

b)

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

c)

Boko Haram

d)

Taliban

15.

What Islamic term indirectly meaning "holy war" is often associated with terrorists?

a)

jihad

b)

fatah

c)

zakat

d)

hajj

16.
The Persian Gulf War began in 1990 after Iraq attacked which country?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
USA
c)
Kuwait
d)
Iran
17.
This was the leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War.
a)
Osama Bin Laden
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
George H.W. Bush
d)
Nelson Mandela
18.
Why did Iraq invade its neighbor country in August of 1990?
a)
Russia forced them to attack their neighbor to spread communism
b)
The border was never secured following WWII
c)
There was a religious dispute over land ownership
d)
Iraq blamed them for a drop in oil prices
19.
What did Saddam Hussein do after he realized he had lost the Persian Gulf War?
a)
set the oil fields on fire
b)
repaid all damages from the war
c)
launched a nuclear bomb towards USA
d)
surrendered and was imprisoned 
20.
Who was the leader behind the attacks on USA on 9/11/01?
a)
Saddam Hussein
b)
Slobodan Milosevic
c)
Osama Bin Laden
d)
Joseph Stalin
21.
Which two locations were attacked on 9/11/01?
a)
White House and Empire State Building
b)
Statue of Liberty and Wall Stree
c)
Twin Towers and the Pentagon
d)
Sears Tower and St. Louis Arch
22.
Which terrorist organization accepted credit for the 9/11/01 attacks?
a)
ISIS
b)
Al Qaeda
c)
Nazis
d)
Iraqi Soldiers for Freedom (ISF)
23.
Following the 9/11 attacks, what did George W. Bush declare?
a)
a global war on terror
b)
that USA would surrender to Al Qaeda
c)
that he would resign as president
d)
an increase in nuclear weapon production in USA
24.
How did Gandhi's actions harm British rule in India?
a)
They defeated the British navy
b)
They overthrew the British king of India
c)
They boycotted British goods, hurting the British economy
d)
They took away all the salt from the British
25.
What is apartheid?
a)
South African political organization
b)
segregation based on race
c)
laws separating the church and state
d)
British division of power within the navy
26.
What is suffrage?
a)
The abuse of prisoners
b)
The right to a fair trial
c)
The abuse of power by a king
d)
the right to vote
27.
In the 1990's, countries began leaving the Soviet Union and formed the alliance known as?
a)
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
b)
Communist States for Independence (CSI)
c)
Socialist Countries of Democracy (SCD)
d)
Commonwealth of Democratic Nations (CDN)
28.
What did Boris Yeltsin end in USSR?
a)
Poverty
b)
Capitalism
c)
Communism
d)
Unemployment
29.
What is "ethnic cleansing?"
a)
Eliminating entire ethic groups from existence
b)
Creating soap to help specific ethnic groups
c)
Encouraging collaboration between many different ethnic groups
d)
Using social Darwinism to decide which ethnic group should live
30.
What was the purpose of the European Economic Community (EEC)?
a)
A European alliance that agreed to fight against the spread of Communist
b)
an alliance between former soviet countries
c)
to strengthen the economies of democratic nations in Europe
d)
To re-establish the triangle trade with Africa
31.

The ______________________ was the mass killing of several Central and South American migrants by Los Zetas drug cartel in 2010 and 2011.

a)

San Fernando Massacres

b)

Tijuana Shootings

c)

Honduras Caravan

d)

Christmas Massacres

32.

A series of violent acts committed by Mexican Drug cartels known as the ________________ occurring in 2011 exposed the use of mass graves by the organizations.

a)

Durango Massacres

b)

Mexican Holocaust

c)

Alamo Disaster

d)

Gulf Coast Killings

33.

On October 14, 2017, African terrorist cells (believed to be Al-Shabaab) committed the __________________ killing at least 587 people.

a)

Mogadishu car bombings

b)

Cairo Train bombing

c)

Kenyan hijacking

d)

South African hijacking

34.

On June 12, 2014, ISIL killed at least 1,566 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets, singling them out from their Sunni cadets, in the _______________________.

a)

Camp Speicher Massacre

b)

Camp David Accords

c)

Yemeni Civil War

d)

Valentine's Day Massacre

35.

In the _______________________, the Lord's Resistance Army attacked several villages killing more than 600, raping over 80 women, abducting over 200 children, and displacing over 20,000.

a)

2008 Christmas Massacres

b)

2008 Easter Massacres

c)

2008 Valentine's Day Massacres

d)

2008 Thanksgiving Day Massacres

36.

Committed by Al-qeada affiliates Lashkar-e-Taiba, the __________________ were a series of coordinated attacks on various people and organizations in India.

a)

2008 Mumbai Attacks

b)

2008 Hiroshima Bombing

c)

2008 London Fires

d)

2008 Mosul Invasion

37.

On September 11, 2012, Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia sacked the US Embassy; the __________________ exposed the vulnerability of America in North Africa

a)

Benghazi Attack

b)

Libyan Insurgency

c)

Egyptian Revolution

d)

Palestinian Conflict

38.

What terrorist attack happened at the 1973 olympics

a)

9-11

b)

7-11

c)

the munich massacre

d)

the Jonestown massacre