1975 to Present Study Guide

What is the name of a government’s strategy when dealing with other nations? ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• Foreign
• Policy
• Domestic
• County

What was the effect of the Soviet Union spending more money on their military than their citizens?

​ (a)   ’ ​ (b)   conditions ​ (c)   causing them to want ​ (d)   .

• Citizens
• living
• worsened
• independence

? = ​ (a)   of the ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   of the ​ (d)  

• Causes
• Collapse
• End
• Soviet Union

What caused citizens in the Soviet Union to be given more personal freedom, more speaking out about independence, and economic struggle?

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​ (a)   began granting more ​ (b)   to ​ (c)   including​ (d)   and ​ (e)   .

• Michael Gorbachev
• rights
• citizens
• freedom of speech
• press

What does this image represent?

The ​ (a)   of the ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• COLLAPSE
• Soviet
• Union

What is the name of the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for the attacks on September 11, 2001?

​ (a)  

• Al-Qaeda
• Afghan Taliban.
• Afghan Taliban
• Al-Shabaab.

What building in Virginia was targeted and struck by terrorists in September of 2001?

​ (a)  

• The Pentagon
• The Statue of Liberty
• The White House

What is one action the United States took as part of what President George W. Bush called the “War on Terrorism?”

​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)   ​ (d)   the ​ (e)   .

• Preventing
• terrorist
• activities
• around
• world

In what city was the World Trade Center located that was the target of terrorists on September 11, 2001?

​ (a)  

• New York City
• Atlanta
• Long Island
• Boston
• Washisngton

Immediately following the events of September 11, 2001, to which country did the United States send troops to seek out those responsible for the attacks?

​ (a)  

• Afghanistan
• Saudi Arabia
• Pakistan
• Palestine