Chapter 29 and 30

Question 1

First femal Supreme Court Justice

Answer 1

Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 2

Marine Colonel implicated in the Iran scandal

Answer 2

Oliver North

Question 3

Chief Justice of the US (1986-2005)

Answer 3

William Rehnquist

Question 4

Last General Secretary of the Soviet Union (whose reforms helped bring about its final course)

Answer 4

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 5

Commander of the US- led invasion of Iraq

Answer 5

Norman Schwarzkopf

Question 6

Reform presidential candidate

Answer 6

H. Ross Perot

Question 7

Republican Speaker of the House during the administration of William Clinton

Answer 7

Newt Gingrich

Question 8

Terrorist who killed 168 peopole while blowing-up a federal office building

Answer 8

Timothy McVeigh

Question 9

Israeli Prime Minister who signed a meaningless treaty with the “Palestinians”

Answer 9

Yitzhak Rabin

Question 10

Creator of the largest chain of discount stores in the US

Answer 10

Sam Walton

Question 11

Creator of the PC

Answer 11

Steve Jobs

Question 12

Founder of amazon.com

Answer 12

Jess Bezos

Question 13

Theory that sizeable tax cuts will stimulate the economy by putting more cash in the hands of the consumer

Answer 13

Supply-side

Question 14

Reagns controversial space-based missile-defense program, know to its sarcastic critics as “Star Wars”

Answer 14

Strategic Defense Initiative

Question 15

The invasion of Iraq by the US and its allies during the Persian Gulf War of 1991

Answer 15

Operation Desert Storm

Question 16

The conservative agenda proposed by the Republican Party during the 1994 midterm elections

Answer 16

Contract with America

Question 17

The attempt by Serbian forces to rid Bosnia and Herzegovina of its Muslim population, either by killing them or driving them away, is an example of

Answer 17

Ethnic cleansing

Question 18

To lie uner oath in a court of law

Answer 18

perjury

Question 19

The world’s first computer

Answer 19

ENIAC

Question 20

The network that allows all computers linked to the internet to communicate and exchange information

Answer 20

Worldwide Web

Question 21

The location of pro-democracy demonstrations against the chinese communist government in 1989

Answer 21

Tiananmen Square

Question 22

The terrorist bombing of a federal building in 1995 that resulted in the deaths of 168 people occured in

Answer 22

Oklahoma City

Question 23

The treaty that proposed eliminating tariffs and other barriers to trade between the US, Canada, and Mexico is the

Answer 23

North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 24

The Orginization that keeps to expand international commerce, and mediate trade disputes between nations

Answer 24

World Trade Organization

Question 25

The US naval vessel attacked by terrorists in Yemen was the

Answer 25

USS Cole

Question 26

Ronald Reegan's forigen policy initiatives

Answer 26

Not: obtaining the release of our hostages in Iran

Question 27

George H Bush's foreign policy initiatives

Answer 27

Not: Permanent suspension of armed shipments to the peoples Republic of China

Question 28

Bill Clinton's foreign policy initiatives

Answer 28

Not: Seeking the capture of Osama Bin Laden

Question 29

Clinton's domestic policy successes

Answer 29

Not: a mojor overhaul of the national healthcare system

Question 30

Provisions of the Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation

Answer 30

Not: it expanded the food stamp program and increased benefits for recents immigrants

Question 31

Provisions of the Immigration Control and reform Act of 1986 (3)

Answer 31

1. Penalties for employers 2. border controls 3. administration test for aliens

Question 32

Provisions of the Immigration reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (4)

Answer 32

1. income higher than poverty level 2. fence on mexican border 3. 5000 border patrol agents 4. tougher penalties

Question 33

T/F: The scandla that occured during Reagans second term involved the scale of weapons to Iran with the profits of being used to arm anti communist rebels in Nicaragua

Answer 33

true

Question 34

T/F: The event that led to the collapse of the soviet union was the tearing down of the Berlin Wall

Answer 34

true

Question 35

T/F: President Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 because of the poor performance of the economy and the presence of a strong third party candidate

Answer 35

False

Question 36

T/F: The US embassies attacked by terrorists in 1998 were located in East Africa

Answer 36

True

Question 37

T/F: The impeachment charges filed against President Clintion were for perjury, encouraging perjury, and obstruction of justice

Answer 37

False

Question 38

T/F: The internet originated as a secure means of communication between the military and defense-related research facilities

Answer 38

True