Chapter 28

Question 1

vice president for George w. bush (2001-2009)

Answer 1

Richard Cheney

Question 2

secretary of defense during 1st term and beginning of second term

Answer 2

Donald Rumsfield

Question 3

Bush’s national sectreatry advisor

Answer 3

Condoleezza Rice

Question 4

Former prime minitser of UK

Answer 4

Tony Blair

Question 5

Former prime minster of Australia

Answer 5

John Howard

Question 6

Leader of Taliban

Answer 6

Mullah Omar

Question 7

Seriously disturbed dear leader of North Korea

Answer 7

Kim Jong Li

Question 8

Vice president candidate for Republican Party in 2008 for John McCain

Answer 8

Sarah Palin

Question 9

Obamas attorney general

Answer 9

Eric Holder

Question 10

Current leader of North Korea

Answer 10

Kim Jonh Un

Question 11

President of Russia

Answer 11

Vladimar Putin

Question 12

Current speaker of the house from Ohio

Answer 12

John Boechener

Question 13

Current brand new member of the senate

Answer 13

Mitch McConnell

Question 14

terrorist organization responsible for 9/11

Answer 14

Al Qaeda

Question 15

organization that took over government in Afghanistan

Answer 15

Taliban

Question 16

respiratory disease attacking farm animals and can be contracted to human beings

Answer 16

anthrax

Question 17

weapons of mass destruction

Answer 17

biochemical/nuclear weapons

Question 18

law permitting factories to sell credit that permits an amount of pollution to companies that emit more

Answer 18

cap and trade

Question 19

process in which fluids are pumped under high pressure to reach extract oil from shale

Answer 19

hydraulic fracturing

Question 20

temporary increase of troop levels in spring 2007

Answer 20

surge

Question 21

spending measures added to apporations bill for benefit of single state or congressional district

Answer 21

filibuster

Question 22

terrorist organization that wishes to spread Islam across the world and kill all who disagree

Answer 22

ISIS

Question 23

detention center for terrorists

Answer 23

Guantanamo Bay

Question 24

Hit New Orleans in 2005

Answer 24

Katrina

Question 25

hit most of New Jersey; happened during the week before Obama's reelection for 2nd term

Answer 25

Sandy

Question 26

George W. Bush's domestic policy initiatives (7)

Answer 26

* tax cuts * faith-based initiatives * ANWR & offshore oil drilling * No Child Left Behind * vouchers for private school * prescription drug plan for medicare * "immigration reform"- amnesty

Question 27

Hemisphere nations Bush's foreign policy initiatives (4)

Answer 27

* bring War on Terror to the enemy * stop Saddam from producing biochem & nuke weapons * prevent North Korea & Iran from developing nukes * free trade with West

Question 28

Approximate number of innocent people killed on 9/11 | 

Answer 28

• 3,000

Question 29

Contents of UN Security Council Resolution #1441

Answer 29

• you must hand over or destroy any weapons of mass destruction that you have or you will face the use of force

Question 30

Countries that contributed troops to the U.S.-led coalition against Iraq (10)

Answer 30

* Australia * Britain * Italy * Japan * The Netherlands * New Zealand * Poland * South Korea * Spain * Ukraine

Question 31

Locations of terrorist attacks on 11 March 2004 and 7 July 2005; details 

Answer 31

* 11 March 2004: Madrid- bombs exploded near trains because they wanted to scare people into not voting for governor who helped us * 7 July 2005 : London- bombs went off underground and on a bus where many people died to intimidate them

Question 32

Categories whose members may be considered victims of "hate crimes" (8)

Answer 32

* gender * gender identity * sexual orientation * race * religion * national origin * age * disability

Question 33

Barack Obama's foreign policy initiatives (8)

Answer 33

* continue the war in Afghanistan * bringing home troops home from Iraq * close detention center in Guantanamo * negotiate with Iran & "moderate elements" of the Taliban * "reach out" to Islamic nations * "mend fences" with Europeans * arms control talks with Russia * improve relations with Cuba & Venezuela

Question 34

Location of attempted terrorist bombing on 1 May 2010; perpetrators?

Answer 34

* Times Square | * Pakistani American

Question 35

Location of the killing of Osama Bin Laden; by whom was it accomplished?

Answer 35

• Abbottabab by Pakistan Naval Seals

Question 36

Obama's domestic policy goals (5)

Answer 36

* government takeover of health insurance industry * tax increases * end voucher system in D.C. * renewable energy sources (wind, solar) * regulate as pollutants- CO2 & Dust

Question 37

Controversial decision made by the Justice Department in 2009

Answer 37

will not pursue violation of civil rights cases if victim is white

Question 38

Obamacare Examples of Obama's defiance of Congress, the courts, and the Constitution

Answer 38

* defiance of court-ordered end to moratorium on Gul oil-drilling * making recess appts. when Congress not in recess * non-enforcement of fed immigration law * executive orders which exceed his authority under Constitution * suspension of requirement that folks on unemployment must look for work * repeated changes to provisions of Obamacare

Question 39

Energy independance for US -possible?

Answer 39

Yes; enough oil deposits

Question 40

Current national debt; projected debt in 2025

Answer 40

18.5 trillion and 26.3 trillion

Question 41

Main difference between conservatives and liberals

Answer 41

liberals- huge gov. | conservatives- small and limited gov.