13 Road to 9 11 Birth of Al Qaeda 1 What do these terms refer to Islamic Muslim Sharia Islamist Caliphate Jihad 2 Why is Sayyid Qutb significant a Man who s writings eventually gave birth to Muslims key guiding light for most of Radical thinking in Muslim s father of modern Islamic thinking 3 How did Qutb s visit to America influence his views about Islam a American culture disgusted him turned him into a radical Islamic 4 What happened to Qutb in 1966 a Executed 5 Why was the U S government s attention focused on the Middle East at the beginning of the Cold War 6 What did Egypt do in 1967 that angered the Israeli government 7 How did Israel respond 8 What was the name of this conflict WHY 9 Why was this war significant 10 From 1967 on what did Islamist teachers and preachers call for 11 What TWO major events occurred in 1979 12 Why did the Iranian Revolution occur 13 Why was this revolution significant throughout the Middle East 14 Why did the Soviet army invade Afghanistan in 1979 15 When were the Soviets forced to retreat from Afghanistan WHY 16 Two years later what happened to the Soviet Union 17 Who were the Mujahideen 18 Who were THREE major types of friends of the Mujahideen 19 Why did these friends support the Mujahideen 20 In regard to the Islamic world why the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan significant 21 How did Osama bin Laden interpret the retreat of the Soviets from Afghanistan 22 How did he interpret the fall of the Soviet Union 23 What did bin Laden believe would be easy to do next 24 Where was Osama bin Laden born 25 Who was his father 26 What famous Islamist writer strongly influenced bin Laden 27 By the time he left college bin Laden was convinced that all Muslims should work for WHAT 28 How did bin Laden respond to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 29 As the Soviets prepared to leave Afghanistan what did bin Laden create WHEN 30 What was the goal of this new movement 31 What the strategy to achieve this goal
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