WH Ch 27

Question 1

dictator of Iraq that invaded Kuwait

Answer 1

Saddam Hussein

Question 2

when did Iraq invade Kuwait

Answer 2

1990

Question 3

president during the Persian Gulf War

Answer 3

George H.W. Busch

Question 4

when did operation desert storm begin

Answer 4

1991

Question 5

overall commander of operation desert storm

Answer 5

General Collin Powell

Question 6

leader of ground troops in combat

Answer 6

General Norman Schwarzkopf

Question 7

Islamic terrorist attack on N.Y.C and Washington D.C

Answer 7

September 11, 2001

Question 8

led by Osama Bin Laden

Answer 8

Al-Qaeda

Question 9

the “government” of Afghanistan

Answer 9

Taliban

Question 10

president who declared the War on Terror

Answer 10

George W. Bush

Question 11

warned that nations harboring terrorists would be treated as enemies of the US

Answer 11

Bush Doctrine

Question 12

president bush’s label for Iraq,Iran,and N. Korea because of the threat of nuclear weapons

Answer 12

“Axis of Evil”

Question 13

the bombing of Iraq began when

Answer 13

March 19,2003

Question 14

became the president of iran in 2005

Answer 14

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Question 15

prime minister of G.B who supported US war on terrorism

Answer 15

Tony Blair

Question 16

president of Pakistan who supported the U.S

Answer 16

Pervez Musharraf

Question 17

Pakistan’s first female P.M.

Answer 17

Benazir Bhutto

Question 18

region that is a great source of conflict between Pakistan and India

Answer 18

Kashmir

Question 19

a plan for a central bank with a single unified currency for all members of the EEC

Answer 19

Maastricht Treaty

Question 20

the new name of the EEC

Answer 20

European Union

Question 21

united France and England under the Eng. Channel

Answer 21

The Chunnel

Question 22

longest ruling leader of post-war Germany

Answer 22

Helmut Kohl

Question 23

1st female Chancellor in Germany’s history

Answer 23

Angela Merkel

Question 24

a coalition of private industry and govt.

Answer 24

Managed Capitalism

Question 25

who rebelled against serbia in 1998

Answer 25

Kosovo

Question 26

"president" of Russia used his power to put down his opposition in Russia and Chechnya

Answer 26

Boris Yeltsin

Question 27

the leader of China that wanted to pursue his plan called the "four modernizations"

Answer 27

Deng Xiaoping

Question 28

succeeded Kim II sung; this made Korea the only Communist Dynasty

Answer 28

Kim Jong II

Question 29

successor of Kim jong II

Answer 29

Kim jong un

Question 30

Marxist terrorist government of Namibia

Answer 30

SWAPO

Question 31

the Hutu tribe attacked and slaughtered the Tutsi people

Answer 31

Rwanda

Question 32

1st woman head of the state in Africa

Answer 32

Ruth Perry

Question 33

head of the ANC

Answer 33

Nelson Mandela

Question 34

the leader of Cuba after fidel castro's decline in health

Answer 34

Raul Castro

Question 35

known for violence incited by drug lords and Guerillas

Answer 35

Colombia

Question 36

saw the longest war against the guerrillas

Answer 36

Guatemala

Question 37

eliminated trade barriers between USA,Canada,and Mexico

Answer 37

NAFTA

Question 38

government party of Mexico

Answer 38

Institutional Rev. Party

Question 39

2nd largest country in the world

Answer 39

Canada

Question 40

liberal leader of Canada

Answer 40

Pierre Trudeau

Question 41

Canada's first female Prime Minister

Answer 41

KIm Campbell

Question 42

Conservative party leader and new prime minister in Canada

Answer 42

Stephen Harper

Question 43

democratic president after H.W Bush

Answer 43

Bill Clinton

Question 44

dictator of Haiti

Answer 44

Jean Bertrand Artistide

Question 45

first female secretary of state in America

Answer 45

Madeline Albright

Question 46

1st black American president

Answer 46

Obama

Question 47

helped Japan with rebuilding after WW2

Answer 47

Douglas MacArthur

Question 48

stand in stark contrast to the failures of China

Answer 48

Taiwan,Hong Kong,and S. Korea

Question 49

1st democrtically elected president of China

Answer 49

Lee Teng-Hui

Question 50

1st civilian pres. of South Korea

Answer 50

Kim Young Sam

Question 51

what year did the philippines get its independence

Answer 51

July 4,1946

Question 52

president of the Philippines until he was forced to flee

Answer 52

Ferdinand E. Marcos

Question 53

Indo's 1st president

Answer 53

Sukarno

Question 54

replaced Sukarno and sought assistance from the west

Answer 54

Suharto

Question 55

the only S. East Asian country to never have been ruled by a separate govt.

Answer 55

Thailand

Question 56

1st nation to place itself under U.N. jurisdiction

Answer 56

Australia

Question 57

P.M. of India who focused on bettering India's domestic condition and standing worldwide

Answer 57

Singh

Question 58

an ethnic group of nomadic Muslims

Answer 58

Kurds

Question 59

IDF pursuit of Yassir Arafat

Answer 59

Operation Defensive Shield

Question 60

Israeli reoccupation of territory previously ceded to Palestine

Answer 60

Operation Determined Path

Question 61

the agreement between israel and palestine that said palestine will be peaceful if land was given

Answer 61

Oslo Accords

Question 62

palestine occupied land in israel

Answer 62

Intifada

Question 63

2 state system for Israel and Palestine

Answer 63

Road map for Peace

Question 64

hurricane that struck the U.S. in 2005: one of the greatest natural disasters America has ever experienced

Answer 64

Katrina

Question 65

linking together of military and university computers

Answer 65

ARPANET

Question 66

Radio Frequency Identification Chips; tracking system associated with GPS tech

Answer 66

RFID

Question 67

largest and most intricate global project undertaken

Answer 67

ISS

Question 68

1st Chinese Taikonaut in space

Answer 68

Yang Liwei

Question 69

belief that the order in the universe isn't a result of random combination, but it was created by an intelligent being

Answer 69

Intelligent design

Question 70

the idea that some biological systems are irreducibly complex

Answer 70

Irreducible Complexity

Question 71

who popularized irreducible Complexity

Answer 71

Michael Behe

Question 72

the killing of the weak or infirmed; 1st legalized in Holland

Answer 72

Euthanasia

Question 73

idea of God-given absolute standard of ethics

Answer 73

Metanarrative

Question 74

animals and plants are on the same level of importance as humans

Answer 74

modern environmentalists

Question 75

belief that the general temp. of the earth and its oceans is being warmed due to pollution and greenhouse gases

Answer 75

Global Warming

Question 76

requires nations to limit greenhouse emissions to baselines used during the 1900's

Answer 76

Kyoto Protocol

Question 77

a plan for a one world government rather than individual freedom

Answer 77

Globalism