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George W. Bush

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What made the 2000 presidential election so controversial?

Select three that apply.

a)

Voting results in Florida were very close.

b)

The winner did not receive the popular vote.

c)

The debates were televised for the first time.

d)

Legal battles escalated to the Supreme Court.

2.

Which of the following best completes this diagram?

a)

Iraq War

b)

Persian Gulf War

c)

9/11 terrorist attacks

d)

2000 presidential election

3.

What justification did the U.S. government use to invade Iraq?

a)

They thought Osama bin Laden was hiding in Iraq.

b)

They thought the Iraqi government was pursuing weapons of mass destruction.

c)

They wanted to liberate the Iraqi people.

d)

They thought Iraq possessed rich oil fields.

4.

Who was the president of Iraq?

a)

Osama bin Laden

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Yasser Arafat

d)

Saddam Hussein

5.
What day did a deadly terrorist attack blow up the World Trade Centers in NYC?
a)
September 5, 2002
b)
September 11, 2001
c)
November 3, 2001
d)
October 3, 2001
6.
What hurricane destroyed much of the city of New Orleans in 2005?
a)
Hurricane Ike
b)
Hurricane Irene
c)
Hurricane Katrina
d)
Hurricane Andrew
7.
Increased carbon emissions are believed to be causing what disastrous environmental effect?
a)
Increased food prices
b)
Increased gasoline prices
c)
Climate Change
d)
Increased rates of poverty
8.
What most contributed to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina?
a)
Climate Change
b)
breaking levees
c)
Increased fuel prices
d)
Poor city planning
9.
What countries did President Bush start wars in during the War on Terror?
a)
Iraq and Afghanistan
b)
North Korea and China
c)
Mexico and Panama
d)
Iran and Iraq
10.

What federal department was created to handle national security, as it relates to terrorism?

a)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

b)

United States Department of Justice

c)

Department of Homeland Security

11.

_______________ was the invasion of Afghanistan by the U.S. and allied forces to push terrorist organizations out.

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Operation Enduring Freedom

c)

the D-Day invasion

12.

Which of the following describe Operation Iraqi Freedom? (click all that apply)

a)

Bush feared Saddam Hussein was supplying terrorists with weapons to use against the U.S.

b)

No weapons of mass destruction were actually found

c)

Saddam Hussein was working with French forces to invade the U.S.

d)

Saddam Hussein was captured and ultimately executed by the Iraqi government in 2006

13.

Which international terrorist group was responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States

a)

Al Shabaab

b)

Irish Republican Army

c)

Al-Qaeda

d)

The Muslim Brotherhood

14.

Which event did NOT occur during George W. Bush's presidency?

a)

9/11 Attacks

b)

Fall of the Berlin Wall

c)

Hurricane Katrina

d)

Iraq War (2003)

15.

The Patriot Act was passed under this president after 9/11.

a)

George W. Bush

b)

Carter

c)

Clinton

d)

Obama

16.

What powers did the government gain from the PATRIOT making it a controversial law.

a)

It gained the power to imprison American citizens without due process rights

b)

To gave the President war powers similar to the War Powers Act

c)

It gave the government power to conduct surveillance without warrants

d)

It gave the Congress the power to oversee military courts

17.

A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996.

a)

Al-Qaeda

b)

Muslims

c)

Taliban

d)

ISIS

18.

Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Al Qaeda

c)

George W Bush

d)

Osama Bin Laden

19.

A war fought to end Saddam Hussein's influence in Iraq. U.S. claimed he had connections to terrorism and had WMD.

a)

Iraq War

b)

Afghanistan War

c)

Vietnam War

d)

Gulf War

20.

Biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons that can cause a massive number of deaths in a single use.

a)

Guerilla Warfare

b)

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

c)

Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

d)

Manhattan Project

21.

How did the Bush administration justify the use of "waterboarding" and other harsh interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists?

a)

Since terrorists had used torture on captured Americans, the United States was justified in using torture.

b)

The torture of a few individuals can sometimes provide information that saves thousands of innocent lives.

c)

Although these methods were harsh, they were not torture and they saved lives from possible terrorist attacks.

d)

Harsh interrogation methods do not usually yield accurate information, but they deter other people from becoming terrorists.

22.

Bush tax cuts combined with two wars and a recession led to a

a)

budget surplus

b)

budget deficit

23.

This education law required standardized testing across the nation.

a)

Race to the Top

b)

Education Excellence Act

c)

No Child Left Behind

d)

Academic Assistance Program

24.

Where was one of the worst high school shootings in 1999?

a)

Columbine High School

b)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

c)

Sandy Hook

d)

Red Lake High School

25.

On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the _____________________.

a)

White House

b)

Kabul

c)

Kuwait

d)

Pentagon

26.

A U.S. President's decision to send troops into combat is an example of his power as _________

a)

a dictator

b)

Secretary of Homeland Security

c)

Commander in Chief

d)

Head of the EPA

27.

The 4th Amendment protects citizens from ___________

a)

unreasonable search and seizure

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Right to vote

d)

right to an attorney

28.

What region is Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait in?

a)

North America

b)

East Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Middle East

29.

The Department of Homeland Security has expanded its goal within recent years to include ________________.

a)

immigration

b)

domestic terror

c)

environmental disasters

d)

all of these

30.

What nation is located at number 17?

a)

Iraq

b)

Aghanistan

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Kuwait

31.

What nation is located at number 14?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Iraq

d)

Kuwait

32.

What body of water is located at letter D?

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Persian Gulf

33.

How many Americans died as a result of the terrorist attacks on 9/11?

a)

1,000

b)

3,000

c)

10,000

d)

20,000

34.

What is the longest war in US history?

a)

Iraq

b)

Afghanistan

c)

World War II

d)

Revolutionary War

35.

In 2021, Afghanistan fell back into the hands of ____________.

a)

Isis

b)

the Taliban

c)

al Qaeda

d)

Osama Bin Laden

36.

______________ had emerged as a new terrorist cell intent on building an Islamic empire

a)

al Qaeda

b)

ISIS

c)

mujahedeen

d)

Sandinistas

37.

Reorder the following

a)

Cold War Ends

b)

Persian Gulf War I

c)

Afghan War

d)

Iraq War

e)

ISIS air and drone strikes

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
38.

Suspected terrorists were held in a prison by the U.S. government at

a)

Kabul Afghanistan

b)

Guantanimo Bay Cuba

c)

Baghdad, Iraq

d)

Washington, D.C.

39.

Cell phones and the Internet have both had the effect of

a)

reducing poverty and malnutrition.

b)

reducing trade barriers between nations.

c)

improving medical technology in developing countries.

d)

making the world a "smaller" place by increasing communication speeds.

40.

Which had the MOST significant impact on the Department of Defense budget increase between 2001 and 2014?


a)

increasing NATO troop levels

b)

fighting the war on terrorism

c)

protecting US embassies abroad

d)

rebuilding the military infrastructure

41.

If a country lowers tariffs, what will most likely happen?

a)

Transportation costs will rise.

b)

Communication costs will drop.

c)

Exports will decrease.

d)

Imports will increase.

42.

Read the list and answer the question that follows:

-Growth of social media

-Increaseduse of cell phones

-Election of First African American president

What time period is represented by this information?

a)

1970's

b)

1980's

c)

1990's

d)

2000's

43.

After Hurricane Katrina, _______ suffered fierce public criticism for a slow and inadequate emergency response.

a)

FEMA

b)

DOD

c)

DOJ

d)

NCIS