World History - Quiz 39 (25.1-25.3) Years of Change

Question 1

Saddam Hussein invaded this country, beginning the Persian Gulf War

Answer 1

Kuwait

Question 2

the year the Persian Gulf War began

Answer 2

1991

Question 3

he followed Gorbachev as president of Russia

Answer 3

Boris Yeltsin

Question 4

the year the U.S. Senate gave complete control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians

Answer 4

1999

Question 5

one of the most celebrated American artists of the 20th century

Answer 5

Andrew Wyeth

Question 6

the name for the global push toward unification popularized during George H. W. Bush’s presidency

Answer 6

New World Order

Question 7

this organization stimulates and supervises the push toward a global economy

Answer 7

World Trade Organization

Question 8

currency of the European Union, has rivaled the American dollar

Answer 8

euro

Question 9

this approach to culture reflects the past and traditional methods to create “original” cultural forms

Answer 9

modernist

Question 10

the most influential illustrator of the 20th century

Answer 10

Norman Rockwell