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Contemporary History Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The __________ of 1996 allowed telephone companies to compete with one another, send television signals and allowed cable companies to offer telephone services.

a)

Pendleton Act

b)

Civil Rights Act

c)

World Wide Web Act

d)

Telecommunications Act

2.

A system of networked computers and supercomputers initially used only by certain government agencies was called:

a)

The World Wide Web

b)

Instagram

c)

The Internet

d)

Hyperlinks

3.

A regional trade organization that emerged in North America in 1993 was called:

a)

NATO

b)

EU

c)

WTO

d)

NAFTA

4.

The __________ Protocol was signed by several nations in 1997 limiting emissions, but not by the United States.

a)

Tokyo

b)

Athens

c)

Kyoto

d)

Geneva

5.

The __________ Act was created after the attacks on 9/11 to make America more secure and prevent future terrorist attacks.

a)

Pendleton

b)

Patriot

c)

American

d)

Social Security

6.

An act of domestic terrorism in 1995 known as the __________ Bombing destroyed a federal building in the Midwest.

a)

Wall Street

b)

Oklahoma City

c)

Atlanta

d)

Waco

7.

The __________ was a way to navigate cyber-space through the use of hyperlinks.

a)

World Wide Web

b)

Cyber Highway

c)

Internet

d)

Computer Network

8.

The name of the military building that was targeted on 9/11 was the:

a)

Octagon

b)

Hexagon

c)

Decagon

d)

Pentagon

9.

__________ was President of the United States for most of the 1990s.

a)

George W. Bush

b)

George H.W. Bush

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

10.

The attacks on 9/11 happened in the year _________.

a)

1999

b)

2021

c)

2003

d)

2001

11.

The name of the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for the attacks on 9/11 were called:

a)

The Taliban

b)

Kamikazes

c)

Al Qaeda

d)

The IRA

12.

The economic practice of globalism is called __________.

a)

Nationalism

b)

Globalization

c)

Imperialism

d)

Terrorism

13.

A major concern of environmentalists around the world in the 1990s was __________.

a)


Global Warming

b)

Nuclear Waste

c)

Desalination of the Ocean

d)

Wildfires

14.

President Bush Jr. called the countries of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an Axis of _____ during a speech he made to the nation in 2002 because of the danger to the world he said they posed.

a)

Danger

b)

Terror

c)

Wickedness

d)

Evil

15.

The flight that didn't reach its intended target on 9/11 was Flight __________.

a)

77

b)

175

c)

93

d)

11

16.

The war that the United States engaged in in 2003 was called the __________ War.

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Syrian

c)

Iran

d)

Iraq

17.

The recognized leader of the terrorist organization known for committing the attacks on 9/11 was:

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Yassir Arafat

c)

Osama Bin Laden

d)

Ayatollah Khomeini

18.

A domestic terrorist known as the __________ sent bombs to people in the mail.

a)

Unabomber

b)

Weatherman

c)

Branch Davidian

d)

Mad Bomber

19.

Which is a reason why Americans supported the Patriot Act?

a)

Invasion of Privacy

b)

Warrantless searches

c)

Better airport security

d)

Limits on freedom of speech

20.

The President of the United States when the attacks on 9/11 happened was:

a)

George W. Bush

b)

George H.W. Bush

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

21.

__________ the long-time dictator of Iraq was suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction and invaded by the United States in 2003.

a)

Saddam Hussein

b)

Osama Bin Laden

c)

Yassir Arafat

d)

Muammar Gaddafi

22.

The name of the building that was struck by hijacked airplanes in New York City on 9/11 was called:

a)

The World Trade Center

b)

Wall Street

c)

The Empire State Building

d)

The Sears Tower

23.

__________ was the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Marcus Garvey

24.

Why was Iraq labeled a threat to national and world security by the United States after the attacks on 9/11?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Terrorism

c)

Environmentalism

d)

Saddam Hussein

25.

What continent is Afghanistan located in?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

26.

Congress declared a _________ after the attacks on 9/11.

a)

War on Al Qaeda

b)

War on Terror

c)

War on Iraq

d)

War on Afghanistan

27.

What region is Iraq located in?

a)

Central America

b)

The Middle East

c)

Oceania

d)

The Baltics

28.

Why did the United States use military force against Afghanistan after 9/11?

a)

Al Qaeda was there

b)

We disagreed with their government

c)

They had a ruthless dictator

d)

They boycotted trade with us

29.

What was the main reason that the United States invaded Iraq in 2003?

a)

Osama Bin Laden

b)

Oil

c)

Al Qaeda was headquartered there

d)

Weapons of Mass Destruction were being developed there

30.

Which is a reason why Americans didn't support the Patriot Act?

a)

Improved airport security

b)

Better national security

c)

Warrantless searches

d)

Better communication between federal agencies