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A network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden.

Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.

Acts of violence designed to promote a specific ideology or agenda by creating panic among an enemy population.

An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

American-led attack on Iraqi forces after Iraq refused to withdraw its troops from Kuwait.

The site of the former World Trade Center in New York City, destroyed in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.

A government order that forbids trade with a specified nation.

Denial of export, import, or financial relations with the target country in an effort to change that nation's policies.

A member of the smaller branch of Islam that regards Ali and his descendants as the legitimate successors to Muhammad and rejects the first three caliphs.

A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996.

Conflict resulting from Iraq's invasion of oil-rich Kuwait.

Right to vote

Sought legal and economic gains for women, among them equal access to professions and higher education; came to concentrate on the right to vote; won initial support from middle class women.

The movement of women to gain the right to vote.

Nations that are economically and technologically less developed than industrialized nations.