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Grow World Presence

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Cuba
China
Soviet Union
Both China and Soviet Union
2.
In August 1974, Richard Nixon becomes the first president to do what?
a)
Resign
b)
Die while in office
c)
Flee the country
d)
Own a cat
3.
What was the name of the hotel that Nixon allegedly sent people to break in to and spy on the DNC?
a)
Waterfront
b)
Watergate
c)
Wyndgate
d)
Waterfall
4.

Who became President immediately after Nixon left office?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Lyndon Johnson

c)

Gerald Ford

d)

Ronald Reagan

5.
CONTROL OIL PRICES AROUND THE WORLD
a)
OPEC
b)
NATO
c)
UNITED NATIONS
d)
IRAN
6.
Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?
a)
He had an affair with an intern
b)
He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
c)
He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
d)
He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation
7.

The Camp David Accords was-

a)

peace treaty to end the Cold war

b)

agreement between the U.S and Middle eastern nations to lift the oil embargo by OPEC.

c)

peace agreement negotiated by Carter between Israel & Egypt

d)

agreement to protect Middle Eastern countries from Soviet rule

8.

What two countries signed the Camp David Accords?

a)

Russia and USA

b)

England and France

c)

Spain and Mexico

d)

Israel and Egypt

9.

What is the United States' main economic interest in Southwest Asia?

a)

oil

b)

tourism

c)

trade routes

d)

selling American-made products

10.
The goal of OPEC is...
a)
to protect Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia
b)
to control the global supply and price of copper
c)
to control the global supply and price of oil
d)
to keep all oil in the Middle East
11.
US EMBASSY ATTACKED. HOSTAGES TAKEN.
a)
IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR
b)
CAMP DAVID ACCORDS
c)
IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
d)
OPEC
12.
In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...
a)
returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
b)
suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
c)
freeing hostages being held in Iran
d)
providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
13.
In 1979 a revolution in this nation ended with 53 Americans being held hostage.
a)
Iran
b)
Iraq
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Syria
14.

What two countries were involved in the Iranian Hostage Crisis ?

a)

North & South Africa

b)

Iran & United States

c)

Iran & Iraq

d)

China & Japan

15.
Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America
a)
Iran-Contra Affair
b)
Watergate Affair
c)
Reagonomics
d)
Camp David Accords
16.

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

a)

Iran, Nicaragua, United States

b)

Nicaragua, United States, Iran

c)

United States, Iran, Nicaragua

17.
This woman was the first woman appointed to the supreme court.
a)
Sonia Sotomayor
b)
Sandra Day O'Connor
c)
Hillary Clinton
d)
Eleanor Roosevelt
18.
Profits from weapons sales to Iran were used to fund:
a)
Reagonomics
b)
Domestic Programs
c)
Nicaraguan Contras
d)
Social Security
19.

Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:

a)

Reaganomics

b)

Strategic Defense Initiative

c)

Containment

d)

Fiscal Responsibility