U.S. Involvement in World Affairs Quiz

Why has the focus of U.S foreign policy in the twenty-first century shifted to combating terrorism?

• The Cold War ended.

• Terrorists attacked a Marine base in Lebanon.

• Stockpiling nuclear weapons has been too costly to maintain.

• Terrorists attacked buildings in New York City and Washington, D.C.

The chart describes events of U.S. involvement in world affairs in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Match each event with its description. Match the organization with each function or goals that correpsonds to it.

Groups:

(a) GATT/WTO

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(b) NAFTA

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(c) Both WTO & NAFTA

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(d) RED

• Encourages free trade

• reduces & regulates trade

• Resolves disagreements amoung member nations

• RED

• limits free trade to a singel region

The elections of 1992 and 2000 were strongly impacted by the campaigns of third-party candidates. Describe TWO ways in which third-party candidates affected these elections. (This will be an opended ended question on the test)

Choose 2 answers

• In 1992, Ross Perot won a whopping 19% of the popular vote, costing George H. W Bush the Election

• In both elections the candidtates were not impacted by the third party canidate.

• In 2000, Ralph Nader won 100,000 votes in Florida taking away votes from Al Gore who was fighting over 500 votes between him and Bush

Many immigrants from Latin America take the risk of entering the United States illegally in order to —

• escape natural disasters

• gain U.S. legal protection

• flee from religious persecution

• seek out U.S. economic opportunities

Since 1970, the census has shown an increasing percentage of foreign-born residents in the United States. How has this immigration trend impacted the United States? How has this immigration trend impacted the United States?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Increased Increased marketing and product packaging in multiple languages

• Growing number of cultural enclaves within cities

• Homogenization of culture
• Cultural diversity, Economic growth

What was the purpose of the USA PATRIOT Act?

• To enhance national security

• To limit freedom of speech

• To increase taxes

• To reduce healthcare costs

Which year was the American Recovery Act passed?

• 2008

• 2010

• 2009

• 2012

How did the PATRIOT Act change the government's role in protecting the public from terrorism?

• It expanded governmental power to monitor communications.

• It expanded governmental power to limit freedom of speech.

• It enabled the government to arrest suspects without probable cause.

• It enabled the government to conduct searches of property without warrants.

Which of the following resulted from the U.S. Supreme Court decision to end the recounting of Florida ballots in the 2000 presidential election?

• New elections were conducted in Florida and George W. Bush won the state.

• George W. Bush was awarded Florida’s electors and the overall electoral vote.

• The state courts in Florida sued because the issue should have been decided in state courts.

• Florida’s ballots were not counted which allowed George W. Bush to win the overall electoral vote.

In 1991, the ​ (a)      came to end and the United States emerged as the world’s most important superpower.

    In response to severe economic problems and growing political turmoil, the ​ (b)   dissolved, and every communist state in the region replaced its government with a non-communist one.

• Cold War
• Persian Gulf War
• Vietnam War
• Soviet Union
• European Union
• Allied Powers