Worksheets8th Grade History 2nd Semester Exam Review 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the result of the presidential election of 2000 after the dispute over the vote in Florida was resolved?
a)
George W. Bush was elected President.
b)
There was another election.
c)
Bill Clinton was elected President.
2.
Who plotted the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?
a)
Osama bin Laden
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
Al-Qaeda
d)
Cuba
3.
1. Who did the US target in the war on terror?
a)
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
b)
Huey Lewis and the News
c)
Ho Chi Minh
d)
Vietnamese
4.
What event in 2010 had a major impact on fish and wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
Hurricane Katrina
b)
BP oil leak
c)
Exxon Valdez tanker leak
d)
an earthquake
5.
Which location was rocked in 2011 by a major earthquake?
a)
California
b)
Haiti
c)
Japan
d)
Canada
6.
Who did the Vietcong take orders from?
a)
Kung Fu Panda
b)
Qin Shi Huang
c)
Osama bin Laden
d)
Ho Chi Minh
7.
What were many soldiers classified as after the Vietnam War ended?
a)
Purple Heart recipients
b)
MIAs
c)
Heroes
d)
Orange Agents
8.
What is an embargo?
a)
Ban on shipments
b)
Extra shipments to location
c)
To go board a ship
d)
Executive orders to trade with other countries
9.
What happened to the debt during Reagan’s presidency?
a)
Increased
b)
Decreased
c)
Remained the same
d)
There wasn't any debt.
10.
What was the economy like when President Obama took office?
a)
Strong
b)
Weak
c)
Fair
d)
Explosive
11.
The emergency military rule over the public
a)
impeach
b)
respond
c)
embargo
d)
martial law
12.
American soldiers missing in action
a)
Orange agents
b)
OPEC
c)
NAFTA
d)
MIA
13.
Gave proof of how official misled the public
a)
Pentagon Papers
b)
The news
c)
MIA
d)
Orange Agents
14.
To reply with action
a)
Sleep
b)
Respond
c)
Deny
d)
Charge
15.
Charge with misconduct
a)
Martial Law
b)
Impeach
c)
Recall
d)
Respond
16.
Group of oil-producing nations
a)
NAFTA
b)
OPN
c)
OPEC
d)
UNITED NATIONS
17.
Trade agreement to drop trade barriers
a)
OPEC
b)
Pentagon Papers
c)
NAFTA
d)
TAB
18.
What closed the border and cut communications between West Berlin and East Berlin?
a)
Nixon
b)
Berlin Wall
c)
Oil embargo
d)
NAFTA
19.
What followed Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in April 1968?
a)
Rioting in many cities
b)
Silent protests
c)
Church revivals
d)
Nixon's resignation
20.
How did Nixon think the federal courts should be on criminals?
a)
increase probation
b)
public hangings
c)
tough
d)
slapon the hand
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