War on terror

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/war-on-terror

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the date of initiating attacks?September 11, 2001
2. What is the primary perpetrator group?Al-Qaeda
3. What was the War on Terror and why did it start?It was a big effort by the U.S. and its allies to stop bad groups after the 9/11 attacks, which killed many people.
4. How did the U.S. first try to stop the bad group in Afghanistan?They launched Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 to take out the group and remove the Taliban who protected them.

Al-Qaeda: A transnational militant Islamist organization responsible for numerous terrorist attacks worldwide.
Taliban: An Islamic fundamentalist political and military organization that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 and has since been involved in insurgency.
Operation Enduring Freedom: The U.S. military operation in Afghanistan, part of the broader War on Terror, launched in response to the 9/11 attacks.
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE): Strategies and programs aimed at preventing individuals from being drawn into violent extremist ideologies and actions.