terrorism pt 2

terrorism

the use of violence against people or property to force changes in societies or government

what’s the goal of terrorism

to destroy what they consider evil

where do most terrorist attacks take place

public places known as safe

subways bus stops malls etc

how many planes were hijacked and where were they going

4 planes hijacked going to California

USA Patriot Act

law that expanded the us gov surveillance and investigative law enforcement tools

what is dept of homeland security

section of gov that was tasked with defending the us from terrorist attacks and stopping terrorist networks

what is the FAA

Federal aviation administration

added tsa and assigned sky marshals to flights

cyberterrorism

terrorism involving hacking into government computer systems

what county has the most amount of terrorist attacks? least?

africa

latin america

What is UN

United nations

allies of the us

Who was the first secretary of homeland security

Tom Ridge