Ch. 16, Sections 1 and 2

In August 1990 _____, dictator of Iraq, invaded neighboring

oil-rich Kuwait. (pg. 495)

• Saddam Hussein

• Osama Bin Laden

• Al Gore

• Shazaam

General _____, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the highest-ranking African American to ever serve in the U.S. military. (pg. 495)

• Colin Powell

• Norman Schwarzkopf

• George W. Bush

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As Democratic presidential nominee, Arkansas governor _____ told voters he would focus on improving the economy. (pg. 496)

• Bill Clinton

• George H. W. Bush

• Osama Bin Laden

• Condoleezza Rice

Once elected, President Clinton convinced Congress to support the _____ Agreement, which eliminated trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. (pg. 496)

• North American Free Trade

• Free Trade Barriers Now

• Whip Inflation

• W. M. D.

A major issue in the 1990s was _____, or the use of violence by individuals or small groups to advance political goals. (pg. 497)

• terrorism

• scare tactics

• hate mail

• weapons of mass destruction

Who won the disputed 2000 presidential election? (pg. 499)

• Bill Clinton

• George W. Bush

• Colin Powell

• Al Gore

In 2001 terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on what date? (pg. 500)

• October 11

• August 11

• September 11

• November 11

The hijackers of the planes used in the attack on New York were members of a fundamentalist Islamic terrorist group called _____ (pg. 500)

• al Qaeda.

• Iraqis United.

• Kuwait Alliance.

• Operation Afghanistan.

Who is the wealthy Saudi Arabian leader of al Qaeda? (pg. 500)

• Boris Yeltsin

• Osama bin Laden

• Saddam Hussein

• Mikhail Gorbachev

What are chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons that can kill thousands called? (pg. 500)

• trade barriers

• chemical networks

• weapons of mass destruction

• napalm