The History of Our United States Test 10

Identify the states in the Midwest region.

a

b

c

d

e

Missouri

Nebraska

Indiana

Illinois

Wisconsin

Identify the states shown in the map.

a

b

New Mexico

Oklahoma

Match the following

• Colin Powell

•  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the

  Persian Gulf War (p. 427)

• Jerry Falwell

• founder of the Moral Majority (p. 406)

• George H. W. Bush

• president during the Persian Gulf War (p. 427)

• Jimmy Carter

• withdrew the United States from the 1980 Olympics

  (p. 394)

Match the following

• Ronald Reagan

• resigned after the Watergate Affair (pp. 388-389)

• Richard Nixon

• known as the "Great Communicator" (p. 407)

• Norman

  Schwarzkopf

• led troops during Persian Gulf War (p. 427)

Match the following

• Phoenix

• Nebraska

• Lansing

• Arizona

• Pierre

• Michigan

• Lincoln

• South Dakota

Match the following

• St. Paul

• Ohio

• Columbus

• Iowa

• Austin

• Minnesota

• Des Moines

• Texas

The_____ ______ ______ _ ___resulted in a massive oil spill. (p. 420)

• San Francisco earthquake of 1989

• Exxon Valdez hitting a reef

• Mount St. Helens eruption

• Three Mile Island accident

The ___ _________ was sent to the surface of Mars to gather data and send photos back to Earth. (p. 438)

• Mars Pathfinder

• Apollo 13

• Voyager I

• Mars Sojourner

The ________ ______ __________ was designed to be a defensive system to destroy missiles before they reached the United States. (p. 416)

• Strategic Defense Initiative
• Ballistic Shield Project
• National Security Initiative
• Missile Defense Program

The first ______ _______ was the World Wide Web. (p. 439)

• space station

• MP3

• DVD

• internet browser