Exemplar New STAAR Test Qs USH 1 - Laham

Which items help to explain the events surrounding the Watergate scandal of the Nixon Administration ? (hot spot)

Andrew Carnegie contributed to American civic and social life by establishing philanthropic organizations that contributed to ​ (a)   and ​the

​ (b)   . (drag and drop)

• education
• arts
• sciences
• politics

On August 29, 2005 Hurricane ​​ ​​ (a)   ​ hit the City of New Orleans, Louisiana.​ ​ (Drag and drop )

• Katrina
• Camille
• Ida
• Laura

Label the following items : Soviet Missiles in Cuba, Houston, TX, and New Orleans, LA. (Labeling )

a

b

c

New Orleans, LA

Miami, FL

Soviet Missile bases

Houston, TX

Match the following items (matching)

• Worked with Congress to create the Environmental Protection Agency

• Pres. Richard Nixon

• U.S. music and culture diffused world wide

• September 11, 2001

• Source of power that is NOT petrochemical

• OPEC

• Organization of oil producing nations that placed an embargo on the US in 1973

• alternative energy

• Resulted in an invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. declaring war on terror

• Pop Culture

What futuristic depictions of technology in the original TV series STAR TREK in the 1960's have become real technology in American society in the 21st century ? Explain ... (open ended)

During 19th Century America, many Irish immigrants were discriminated against for being ​ ​ (a)   ​ ​ ​

• Roman Catholic
• Methodist
• Jewish
• Atheist