Steavi Swinson Northeastern University Masters of Professional Studies in Geographic Information Technology Capstone Project Capstone Advisor: Dr. Cordula Robinson Abstract Here we serve to analyze global terrorism, events that occurred within the United States between 1985-2016, specifically, a comparison of terrorist events before 9/11 and after 9/11. These data are analyzed along with weapons types, terrorist organizations responsible, target types, and temporal analysis. The main analysis performed is kernel density and pivot tables. Results show a decrease in terrorism, but an increase in awareness. Significance is because news media are more prominent nowadays, most people are under the impression that terrorism has increased recently. Due to increasing social media and spread of information, people are led to believe that terrorism occurs daily. The analysis shows the opposite, and current social and political influences support these data. Social society changes freque