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Ch. 24 To The Present

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the 43'd president of the United States
a)
Barrack Nobama
b)
George W Bush
c)
George HW Bush
d)
Ronald Reagan
2.
Barrack Obama  was the ______ president?
a)
41
b)
42
c)
43
d)
44
3.
Who was the first female prime minister of Germany?
a)
Angela Merkel
b)
Johannes Mueller  
c)
Marie Von Panzerfaust
d)
Anna Hindenburg
4.
Who led the labour Party in Britain to victory in 1997?
a)
David Cameron 
b)
Boris Johnson
c)
John Major 
d)
Nigel Farage
5.
What judicial body settled the controversy over the presidential election in the United States in 2000?
a)
Supreme Being
b)
United Nations
c)
League of Nations 
d)
Supreme Court
6.
Which leader stabilized Russia in the early twenty-first Century?
a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Vladimir Lenin 
c)
Joseph Stalingrad 
d)
Michael Gorbachev 
7.
Which military organization expanded into Eastern Europe?
a)
UN
b)
IRS
c)
NRA
d)
NATO
8.
Who was the Serbian dictator who instituted a campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing in Kosovo?
a)
Nicolae Ceausescu
b)
Hugo Chávez
c)
Slobodan Milosevic
d)
Mr. Long
9.
How has China’s economy performed in recent years?
a)
failing economy
b)
bankruptcy 
c)
growing economy 
d)
New York Stock Exchange
10.
How has Taiwan played a role in China’s economic prosperity?
a)
Taiwan is a model of freedom and prosperity
b)
Taiwan is symbol of communist oppression
c)
Taiwan makes all the clothes
d)
Taiwan is a socialist regime 
11.
Mohandas Gandhi was a...
a)
Radical Hindu extremist  
b)
Leader and activist of Indian Independence
c)
Religious figure of Muslim culture 
d)
missionary to India
12.
opposition to a government or to specific governmental laws by the use of non-cooperation and other nonviolent methods
a)
passive aggression
b)
passive resistance 
c)
peace through tyranny  
d)
riots
13.
Who was the first democratically elected president of South Africa?
a)
Nelson Manchela 
b)
John Mueller
c)
Barrack Obama
d)
Nelson Mandela 
14.
What is the world’s largest Democracy?
a)
America
b)
India
c)
Canada
d)
Australia
15.
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for how many years?
a)
27
b)
32
c)
18
d)
12
16.
When was Israel founded as a modern State?
a)
1955
b)
1935
c)
1948
d)
1895
17.
Who led al-Qaeda to attack the United States in 2001?
a)
Mohammed Ali
b)
Osama bin Laden
c)
Osama bin Lifton
d)
Omar Long
18.
The U.S. fought against Iraq when they illegally invaded Kuwait in what war?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
WWII
c)
Gulf War
d)
Civil War
19.
Why does Iran pose a significant threat to peace in the Middle East?  
a)
They are trying to build nuclear weapons 
b)
They are evil
c)
There allies with Russia
d)
It's fake news
20.
Series of conflicts and disputes between Israel and Palestine
a)
Syrian Refugee Crisis
b)
Arabs vs Jews
c)
Iran Nuclear 
Deal
d)
The Palestinian Question