Chapter 24

Question 1

Son of the previous president, battled former vice president Albert Gore in one of the closest presidential elections in American history

Answer 1

George Bush

Question 2

The nation enjoyed reduced unemployment and steady economic growth

Answer 2

Bush Tax Cuts

Question 3

Elected in 2008 by a wide margin over Republican candidate John McCain

Answer 3

Barack Obama

Question 4

Crushed the Conservatives

Answer 4

Tony Blair

Question 5

Assembled a majority by combining her Christian Democratic Union party with two other parties

Answer 5

Angela Merkel

Question 6

Became the first socialist president of the Fifth Republic

Answer 6

Francois Mitterand

Question 7

Became president and returned France to a centrist government

Answer 7

Jacques Chirac

Question 8

The French elected him as president in 2007, lost to an openly socialist opponent in 2012

Answer 8

Nicolas Sarkozy

Question 9

A former KGB official acting president in Russia

Answer 9

Vladimir Putin

Question 10

Began a campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleaning in nearby Kosovo, where mostly Albanians lived

Answer 10

Slobodon Milosevic

Question 11

Was a major theme of the late twentieth century

Answer 11

Developing nations

Question 12

When imperialists nations granted independence to their colonies

Answer 12

Decolonization

Question 13

The leader of the Indian nationalists, mounted a campaign of passive resistance

Answer 13

Mohandas Ghandi

Question 14

Emerged as the leader for black majority rule, and the white government imprisoned him for three decades

Answer 14

Nelson Madela

Question 15

The tension between Israel and he Arab commuinty

Answer 15

The Suez Crisis

Question 16

Led the PLO

Answer 16

Yasir Arafat

Question 17

War of words escalated to a violent outburst known as

Answer 17

Intifida

Question 18

Highest title of honor that a Shiite Muslim can hold

Answer 18

Ayatollah Khomeini

Question 19

Frequently attacked the West in defiant speeches.

Answer 19

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Question 20

Gained control in Afghanistan, enforcing radical Muslim rule.

Answer 20

Taliban

Question 21

Was inaugurated as Afghanistan’s president

Answer 21

Hamid Karzai