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WorksheetsModern America Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins
American politician, diplomat and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993.
Declared war on Iraq with Operation Desert Storm, commonly known as the Gulf War.
Barack Obama
George W. Bush
George H. W. Bush
Donald Trump
American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, this person was the first African-American president of the United States.
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
George W. Bush
American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to his presidency, he served as governor of Arkansas and as attorney general of Arkansas.
Married to Hillary Clinton, former candidate for US presidency; and, was the second
President to ever be impeached.
Bill Clinton
George Clinton
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, this person previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
George H. W. Bush
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama
A company engaging in outsourcing is doing which of the following?
Implementing a a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
Installing communications over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting
Strategizing with other governments on foreign policy.
Obtaining goods or a services from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
Greater access to heating and air-conditioning has provided Americans the ability to do which of the following?
Obtain goods and services from an outside or foreign supplier.
Move to areas with more extreme temperatures.
Develop international influence and start operating on an international scale.
Strategize with other nations.
____________________ advancements include those related to medicine, technology, environment, and space.
Economic
Academic
Cultural
Scientific
________________ advancements include those related to music, media, art, communication, technology, and architecture.
Economic
Cultural
Academic
Scientific
___________________ advancements include contributions to a field of study.
Scientific
Cultural
Economic
Academic
___________________ advancements include those related to banking, business, and industry.
Economic
Academic
Scientific
Cultural
What historical terrorist attack, occurring in 2001, resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 American citizens and the establishment of the Departmant of Homeland Security and the signing of the USA Patriot Act?
D-Day
Black Tuesday
VJ Day
September 11
Internet use exploded in the 1990's. Computers and the Internet made it easier and faster for people at home, work, and school to access and share information. Computer programmers moved to places like San Francisco due to the increase in the number technology companies. This era is known as the _____________________.
Gilded Age
Information Age
Progressive Era
Gold Rush
As the year 2000 approached, the fear that the world was on the brink of disaster due to a data reporting method only including the last two digits of the year was known as the __________________.
Great Recession
Y2K Crisis
Zero Hour Crisis
Red Scare
Which of the following best describes the term globalization?
The communication over a distance by cable, telegraph, telephone, or broadcasting.
The obtaining of goods and services from an outside or foreign supplier, especially in place of an internal source.
A government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Which of the following best defines the term climate change?
The weather patterns forcing the migration of people who ultimately live permanently in a foreign country.
A change in global or regional climate patterns attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.
An environmentally caused disease prevalent over a whole country or the world.
Weather disasters affecting a government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
Airline industry (jet engine)
Automobile industry and interstate highway system
Mining industry
Entertainment and news media industries
Exploration of space
Computer industry
Satellite systems, telecommunications industry
Internet, social media
Which of the following best describes the relationship between all of these industries?
All of these industries used outsourcing to address the global pandemic.
Each of these industries relies heavily on the new technology of burning fossil fuels to create the required energy and progress for each industry.
These industries have benefited from new technologies in the new millennium.
These industries are unrelated.
