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1990s

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A trade agreement that removed restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico. 
a)
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
b)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
c)
Oil Crisis of 1979
d)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
2.
Reagan's Vice President, Republican who was elected President in the election of 1988.
a)
George HW Bush
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
George W Bush
d)
Jimmy Carter
3.

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

a)

Al Qaeda attacked the US.

b)

Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait.

c)

A coalition force entered Iran.

d)

The UN imposed trade embargos against Iraq.

4.

What was the result of Saddam Hussein's refusal to remove Iraqi troops from Kuwait?

a)

Operation Desert Storm

b)

Attacks of September 11

c)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

d)

War on Terrorism

5.

Who was the dictator of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

George Bush Sr.

c)

Saddam Hussein

d)

George W. Bush (Jr)

6.
What happened to Clinton after he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky?
a)
He was fired
b)
He resigned
c)
He was impeached
d)
He was promoted
7.

This event saw the Hutu racially target the Tutsi's. It resulted in the deaths of thousands of Tutsi citizens.

a)

The Congo Wars

b)

Rwandan Genocide

c)

Apartheid

d)

The African Wars

8.

The civil war and genocide in Rwanda were sparked by ethnic conflict between

a)

the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils.

b)

Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

c)

Hutus and Tutsis.

d)

Serbs and Bosnian Muslims.

9.

The ethnic cleansing in Bosnia was led by the?

a)

Muslim controlled government of Yugoslavia

b)

Serbian controlled government of Yugoslavia

c)

Bosnian controlled government of Yugoslavia

d)

Croatian controlled government of Yugoslavia

10.
the expelling from a country or genocide of an ethnic group; Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims were affected most in Serbia
a)
ethnic cleansing
b)
satelites
c)
cold war
11.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Bosnian Genocide?

a)

millions of ethnic & religious groups have either been killed or turned into refugees

b)

NATO sends in air strikes

c)

Bosnian Muslims were given back their land

d)

Slobodan Milosevic is prosecuted as war criminal for his role

12.

Who was the Oklahoma City Bomber?

a)

Randy Weaver

b)

David Koresh

c)

Timothy McVeigh

d)

Bill Clinton