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Consequences of the Soviet War in Afghanistan

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Consequences of The Soviet War in Afghanistan

The Soviet War in Afghanistan led to the rise of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

Islam under threat

Islam under threat

  • After the end of the Cold War, there were many in Afghanistan, especially among the Mujahidin, who believed Islam was under threat from the West and other more moderate Islamic states.
  • The movement to protect Islam was known as Al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

  • Osama Bin Laden was the most significant leader of Al-Qaeda.
  • Bin Laden was from Saudi Arabia but turned against the USA when his country took the Americans’ support over his after the Kuwait invasion.
  • The Taliban was a similar group, supported by Al-Qaeda, which was operating in Afghanistan.
  • It ruled Afghanistan when the US invaded in the 2000s.

Al-Qaeda's Attacks

During the 1990s, Al-Qaeda launched a series of increasingly sophisticated attacks on Western targets.

1998

1998

  • Truck bombing outside the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, killed 213 and injured 4,600.
2000

2000

  • The US ship USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, with 17 crew killed.
2001

2001

  • When two planes struck the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center on 9/11 (11th September), 2,606 were killed.
  • A further 125 people died when a third plane hit the Pentagon (the US military headquarters in Washington, D.C.).
  • A fourth plane, headed for the White House, crashed into woodland in Pennsylvania.
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Key Topics

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Conflict & Cooperation 1918-1939

1.1.1The Treaty of Versailles1.1.2The Terms of Versailles 11.1.3The Terms of Versailles 21.1.4Versailles & the League of Nations1.1.5LoN Successes & Failures1.1.6LoN Failure - Upper Silesia1.1.7LoN Failure - Corfu & Washington1.1.8End of Topic Test - Treaties and Agreements1.1.9The Great Depression1.1.10Tension in Europe in the 1930s1.1.11WWII & Failure of the League of Nations1.1.12End of Topic Test - Tension in the 1930s1.1.13Grade 9 - Conflict & Cooperation
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The Cold War 1945-c.1989

1.2.1Emerging US-Soviet Rivalry1.2.2Communism in the 20th Century1.2.3The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan1.2.4East-West Alliances1.2.5Berlin Crises1.2.6The End of the Berlin Wall1.2.7End of Topic Test - East & West1.2.8Build-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.9The Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.10Cold War Conflict - Vietnam1.2.11Cold War Conflict - Afghanistan1.2.12End of Topic Test - The Cold War 1945-19891.2.13Grade 9 - The Cold War1.2.14Diagnostic Misconceptions - Russia vs USSR1.2.15Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin & the Atom Bomb1.2.16Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Iron Curtain1.2.17Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Truman Doctrine1.2.18Diagnostic Misconceptions - USSR vs Eastern Europe1.2.19Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Airlift1.2.20Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Wall1.2.21Diagnostic Misconceptions - Hungarian Uprising1.2.22Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin's Death1.2.23Diagnostic Misconceptions - Cuba1.2.24Diagnostic Misconceptions - Bay of Pigs
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From the End of the Cold War to 9/11

1.3.1Reagan & Gorbachev1.3.2Consequences of the Soviet War in Afghanistan1.3.3End of Topic Test - End of the Cold War to 9/111.3.4Grade 9 - The End of the Cold War1.3.5Diagnostic Misconceptions - Fall of the Wall
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Changing Interpretations

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Changing Interpretations

2.1.1Appeasement2.1.2The Responsibility for Cold War Tensions2.1.3End of Topic Test - Appeasement2.1.4Grade 9 - Changing Interpretations

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    Who was the most significant leader of Al-Qaeda?Multiple choice
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    What is the name of the group similar to Al-Qaeda that operates in Afghanistan?Multiple choice
  3. 3
    Which of the following is true about the movement to protect Islam after the end of the Cold War?True / false
  4. 4
    Al-Qaeda's Attacks on Western TargetsPut in order
  5. 5
    What name is commonly given to the plane attacks on New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and attempted attack on the White House?Multiple choice
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Reagan & Gorbachev

End of Topic Test - End of the Cold War to 9/11