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Post Cold War Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

AIDS

a)

Stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

b)

Stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

c)

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration,

elected in 1981.

d)

This space shuttle exploded in 1986 and interrupted the space

program

2.

HIV

a)

Stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

b)

Stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

c)

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration,

elected in 1981.

d)

This space shuttle exploded in 1986 and interrupted the space

program

3.

Reaganomics

a)

Stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

b)

Stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

c)

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration,

elected in 1981.

d)

This space shuttle exploded in 1986 and interrupted the space

program

4.

Challenger

a)

Stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

b)

Stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

c)

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration,

elected in 1981.

d)

This space shuttle exploded in 1986 and interrupted the space

program

5.

Iran-Contra Affair

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was

enacted in 1994

d)

The Gulf War was an armed campaign waged by a United States led

coalition of 35 nations against Iraq

6.

Chernobyl

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was

enacted in 1994

d)

The Gulf War was an armed campaign waged by a United States led

coalition of 35 nations against Iraq

7.

NAFTA

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was

enacted in 1994

d)

The Gulf War was an armed campaign waged by a United States led

coalition of 35 nations against Iraq

8.

Gulf War

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was

enacted in 1994

d)

The Gulf War was an armed campaign waged by a United States led

coalition of 35 nations against Iraq

9.

Oklahoma City

Bombing

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The North American Free Trade Agreement, which was

enacted in 1994

d)

Domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal

Building in 1995.

10.

OJ Trial

a)

Scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send

money to help the Contras in Nicaragua

b)

Nuclear power plant that had an explosion releasing radioactive

materials into the air.

c)

The criminal trial in which former gridiron football star was tried

for the 1994 murder of his ex-wife

d)

Domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal

Building in 1995.