Terrorism Analysis questions

Chart 1: Deadliest Terrorist Strikes in the US

1. What was the deadliest attack in the US? How many people died? How many people injured?

2. What happened on April 19th, 1995?

3. When was the first attack on the World Trade Center?

Chart 2: Deadliest Terrorist Strikes Worldwide

4 What was the deadliest attack in the world?

5. What methods of attack seem to be the most deadly?

Chart 3: Significant Terrorist acts using unconventional weapons

6. What attack had the most injuries?

General Questions, using all charts

7. How many terrorist strikes have been in Iraq since 2003? Why do you think there have been so many?

8. What seems to be the most common method of attack?

9. What seems to be the most common target?

10. Select 10 terrorist attacks from the charts to put in order on a timeline. On the back of your timeline, write a description of each event.

Extension Activity

1. Choose one of the major attacks on the chart to research and create a poster on using an 8.5x11 piece of paper. Include the following information:

Name give to attack (if any), date, and place, Terrorist group responsible (if known), description of attack (what happened), number of dead and injured, social, economic or political impacts, description of memorial (if known), 4 pictures.

Terrorism Analysis questions

Chart 1: Deadliest Terrorist Strikes in the US

1. What was the deadliest attack in the US? How many people died? How many people injured?

2. What happened on April 19th, 1995?

3. When was the first attack on the World Trade Center?

Chart 2: Deadliest Terrorist Strikes Worldwide

4 What was the deadliest attack in the world?

5. What methods of attack seem to be the most deadly?

Chart 3: Significant Terrorist acts using unconventional weapons

6. What attack had the most injuries?

General Questions, using all charts

7. How many terrorist strikes have been in Iraq since 2003? Why do you think there have been so many?

8. What seems to be the most common method of attack?

9. What seems to be the most common target?

10. Select 10 terrorist attacks from the charts to put in order on a timeline. On the back of your timeline, write a description of each event.

Extension Activity

1. Choose one of the major attacks on the chart to research and create a poster on using an 8.5x11 piece of paper. Include the following information:

Name give to attack (if any), date, and place, Terrorist group responsible (if known), description of attack (what happened), number of dead and injured, social, economic or political impacts, description of memorial (if known), 4 pictures.