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Worksheets8.05 Quizizz Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
What does OPEC stand for?
Oil and Petroleum Exporter Conference
Outsourcing Prevention and Economic Council
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Operative Perestroika Executive Council
Which of these is an important goal for OPEC?
keeping gas prices as low as possible
oil price stability
controlling the political decisions of member nations
donating oil profits to renewable energy research
When was OPEC formed?
1880
1960
1985
2012
Which of the following countries was not involved in the Camp David Accords?
Iran
Israel
Egypt
the U.S.
What kind of agreement did Anwar Sadat and Meacham Begin sign at the Camp David Accords meetings?
free trade agreement
agreement to join the UN
promise to ally with U.S. during the Cold War
peace treaty
What event was spurred by fears that the U.S. would help return the Iranian shah to power?
Iran-Contra Affair
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran-Iraq war
Camp David Accords
What did Ronald Reagan do that later became known as 'The Iran-Contra Affair'?
secretly sell weapons to Iran & help fund Nicaraguan rebels
secretly fund a communist revolution in Nicaragua
Sell Iraqi intelligence to Iranian militants
Facilitated the sale of Iranian weapons to Nicaraguan Contras
Which of the following is considered to be a major milestone in the ending of the Cold War?
the Iran-Contra Affair
the Fall of the Berlin Wall
NAFTA took effect
OPEC was created
In 1994, this agreement reduced trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
NAFTA
OPEC
Camp David Accords
The Patriot Act
Deregulation in the 1980s & increasing globalization led to what economic trend?
outsourcing
deflation
safety testing for consumer products
global warming
Which election had to be settled via Supreme Court case when neither candidate won more than 50% of the popular vote and disputed recounts in Florida held up election results?
2000: Bush vs Gore
2008: Obama vs McCain
1996: Clinton vs Dole
2016: Trump vs Clinton
Who won the 2008 presidential election?
Barack Obama
Hilary Clinton
John McCain
George Bush
What terrorist attack on the U.S. led to The Patriot Act, a law allowing extensive government surveillance of citizens?
9/11
Oklahoma City Bombing
World Trade Center Bombing
Columbine shooting
What terrorist group is credited with carrying out the 9/11 attacks?
ISIS
Al-Qaeda
Taliban
Boko Haram
Who was responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombing?
A domestic (American) terrorist
A member of Al-Qaeda
A member of ISIS
A foreign government agent
What term means "economic reform that included removing restrictions on private ownership, reducing government oversight on trade, and allowing for foreign investment in Soviet industry"?
glasnost
detente
globalization
perestroika
Which of the following terms was used to describe racial segregation enforced through laws and allowing one race to dominate another, often in regards to South Africa?
detente
apartheid
deregulation
proliferation
Which of the following terms is an informal name for the South and Southwest, which tend to have warmer climates and had large population growth from the 1960s to the present?
Rust Belt
Bible Belt
Sun Belt
Wheat Belt
The process of creating stronger cultural, economic, and political ties between nations is known as...?
detente
deregulation
glasnost
globalization
Which of the following was a biological attack on media sources and legislators?
anthrax letters
Oklahoma City Bombings
Bosnian Genocide
Columbine
Which of the following was the result of a civil war that led to a million deaths?
Bosnian Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
Holocaust
Anthrax Letters
Which major oil company was associated with an accident that led to a 10 million gallon oil spill off the Alaskan coast?
BP
CITGO
Exxon
Valero
Al-Qaeda led an attack on this U.S. Naval ship in Yemen.
USS Constitution
USS Maine
USS Cole
USS Franklin
The text message, Playstation, and the World Wide Web were all technological innovations in which decade?
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
This event included the hijacking of 5 planes by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Dawson's Field crisis
9/11
World Trade Center bombings
USS Cole explosion
