View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the "Predator"?
(a) A U.S. satellite.
(b) A U.S. missile used to attack Afghanistan.
(c) An unmanned drone with video surveillance capabilities.
(d) A U.S. Air Force Jet used to attack Afghanistan.

2. By July 1999, the U.S. succeeded in labeling Afghanistan a state sponsor of __________.
(a) Military aircrafts.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Food.

3. Where did NORAD assumed that hijacked airline terrorist threats would originate?
(a) Inside Mexico.
(b) Outside the United States.
(c) Inside the United States.
(d) Inside Canada.

4. What does FAA stand for?
(a) Federal Airlines Administration.
(b) Federal Airlines Association.
(c) Federal Aviation Association.
(d) Federal Aviation Administration.

5. How many total terrorists hijacked the planes on 9/11?
(a) 19.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 6.

6. How many planes where hijacked on 9/11/2001?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

7. Who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud?
(a) U.S. Marines.
(b) Al-Qaeda operatives.
(c) Saddam Hussein.
(d) The Taliban.

8. As of 1993, the public and Congress seemed convinced that treating terrorism that occurred on U.S. soil was a ________ ________ problem.
(a) Law Enforcement.
(b) U.S. Marines.
(c) U.S. Army.
(d) U.S. Navy.

9. What "base" or "foundation" did Bin Laden establish to preserve his military structure for future jihads?
(a) Jihadist.
(b) Soviet Union.
(c) Mongols.
(d) Al-Qaeda.

10. What is the name of the Indonesian terrorist group that accepted Bin Laden's offer of an alliance with the purpose of waging war against Christians and Jews?
(a) Muslim Brotherhood.
(b) Jemaah Islamiah.
(c) Baader-Meinhof Group.
(d) Islamic Army of Aden.

11. After WWII, what was the chief agency involved in setting foreign policy and advising the President on foreign policy?
(a) The State Department.
(b) The Justice Department.
(c) The Defense Department.
(d) The Vice President.

12. When was President Bush informed of the 9/11 attacks?
(a) After United Airlines Flight 93 crashed.
(b) After American Airlines Flight 77 crashed.
(c) After American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.
(d) Before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed.

13. Bin Laden stated that America can remedy the situation by all of the following ways except:
(a) It should reform its decadent culture.
(b) It should abandon the Middle East.
(c) It should convert to Islam.
(d) It should give Al-Qaeda $2.5 billion.

14. In 1999, new intelligence emerged that Bin Laden would spend a night at a specific location in which city of Afghanistan?
(a) Kunduz.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Jalalabad.
(d) Kabul.

15. What is "Gestapo"?
(a) Satellite.
(b) Secret army.
(c) Atomic bomb.
(d) Secret police.

Short Answer Questions

1. The CIA's Bin Laden unit knew that attacking Bin Laden's sources of __________ was an important component of the effort against al-Qaeda.

2. Bin Laden used passages from the ______ to justify his actions.

3. In 2000, the U.S. and ________ succeeded in adding an arms embargo against the Taliban.

4. What does NEADS stand for?

5. Any order to shoot down a passenger aircraft had to come from the President or who?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 452 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample