1990 - 21st Century

The __________ was a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe

• Warsaw Pact

• NATO

• NAFTA

• UNICEF

Which action is an example of the type of participation described above?

• Obtaining a driver's license

• Organizing a blood drive

• Choosing a place to live

• Voting for City council members

A person born in 1990 was born in which century?

• 19th

• 20th

• 21st

• What is a century?

When did the Afghanistan War begin?

• 1997

• 2001

• 2000

• 2003

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security, passage of the Patriot Act, increased airport security, are all results of

• the September 11th terror attacks

• 2008 financial crisis

• WWII

• the end of the Cold War

Based on the graph, the best estimate of the population of Mississippi in 2020 is

• 1,800,000

• 2,200,000

• 3,000,000

• 4,400,000

Under the U.S. Constitution, the government may not take private property unless --

• the land requires extensive restoration

• the government determines that the land is critical to developers profits

• the landowner refuses to build a home on the land

• the government pay the over fair compensation for the land

When did the Iraq war begin?

• 1990

• 2000

• 2005

• 2003

This list describes some effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in 2010.

1. Americans gained increased options for purchasing private health insurance outside the workplace.

2. Some employer-sponsored insurance plan prices increased slightly, but only temporarily.

3. Americans could receive government subsidies to help pay for the cost of health insurance.

4. Coverage limits, or maximum amounts that insurance companies would pay for medical treatment during a person’s lifetime, ended.

Which effect would LIKELY be opposed by a person who believes that the national debt is too high?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Based on the graph and your knowledge of U.S. history, which factor contributed to the overall trend shown in the graph?

• A long term decline in stock prices in the U.S. market

• Lower production costs in foreign countries when compared with the United States.

• Reduced demand in the United States for factory-made consumer goods.

• The withdrawal of the U.S. government from regional free-trade agreements.