| 11440893482 | George W. Bush | 43rd president of the US who began a campaign against terrorism in 2001. | ![]() | 0 |
| 11440904760 | Taliban | A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government. | ![]() | 1 |
| 11440916487 | Afghanistan | A mountainous landlocked country in central Asia controlled by the Taliban and supported the terrorist organization al Qaeda. | ![]() | 2 |
| 11440959614 | Osama Bin Laden | Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks. | ![]() | 3 |
| 11440978490 | Al Qaeda | A network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001. | ![]() | 4 |
| 11441064671 | Flight 93 | The hijacked plane that crashed in an open field in Shanksville, Penn. when passengers attempted to gain control of the plane. | ![]() | 5 |
| 11441067923 | World Trade Center | This location was one of the targets hit during the 9/11 attack. | ![]() | 6 |
| 11441074930 | Pentagon | The United States military control center attacked on 9/11. | ![]() | 7 |
| 11441121197 | Iraq War | A war fought to end Saddam Hussein's influence in Iraq and disarm them of WMD's. | ![]() | 8 |
| 11441133101 | weapons of mass destruction | Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use. | ![]() | 9 |
| 11441153916 | Barack Obama | The first African American president of the US, responsible for removing troops from Iraq and killing of Osama bin Laden. | ![]() | 10 |
| 11441197539 | ISIS | Islamic State of Iraq and Syria came to power when the United States left the Iraq War. | ![]() | 11 |
| 11441222104 | Seal Team 6 | The group of soldiers credited with the killing of Osama bin Laden. | ![]() | 12 |
| 11441258565 | Saddam Hussein | Was a dictator in Iraq who refused to let the UN into Iraq in order to check if the country was secretly holding weapons of mass destruction. | ![]() | 13 |
| 11441289048 | Terrorism | Targeting random people who are usually civilians with violence for a political purpose. | ![]() | 14 |
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