Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | The
2000 presidential election was decided by electoral college votes in the state of A. | Florida. | C. | Texas. | B. | California. | D. | New York. | | | | |
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| 2. | Approximately what percentage of married women worked outside of the home in
1995?
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| 3. | What
elected position did Bill Clinton hold before becoming president of the United
States? A. | governor of
Arkansas | C. | vice president
of the United States | B. | senator from Arkansas | D. | governor of Mississippi | | | | |
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| 4. | Approximately what percentage of the world’s energy was consumed by the United
States in 1998?
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| 5. | Which
of the following phrases best describes the U.S. economy of the 1990s? A. | severe
recession | B. | longest and largest economic boom in
history | C. | extended bear market | D. | steadily
climbing interest rates | | |
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| 6. | Where
was the location of a nuclear accident that pumped 50 times more radioactive material into the
environment than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined? A. | Three Mile
Island | C. | Juarez
City | B. | Chernobyl | D. | Santiago | | | | |
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| 7. | How
did President Clinton protect 30 groves of ancient sequoia trees? A. | He invoked
executive privilege. | B. | He threatened to veto other legislation if Congress attempted
to stop his action. | C. | He created the Giant Sequoia National
Monument. | D. | He was able to direct the passage of a special
referendum. | | |
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| 8. | By
2000 the world’s population was A. | 6 billion. | C. | 950.9 million. | B. | 2.9
billion. | D. | 16
billion. | | | | |
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| 9. | The
atrocities in Kosovo were committed against A. | Bosnians. | C. | Serbians. | B. | Albanians. | D. | Czechoslovakians. | | | | |
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| 10. | Who
replaced Yitzhak Rabin as the prime minister of Israel? A. | Yasir
Arafat | C. | Benjamin
Netanyahu | B. | Ross Perot | D. | Slobodan Milosevic | | | | |
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| 11. | In
1992 which presidential candidate promised to use his business skills to cut spending and balance the
budget? A. | Bob
Dole | C. | Ross
Perot | B. | Bill Clinton | D. | George Bush | | | | |
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| 12. | In
1998 John Glenn A. | became a U.S.
senator. | B. | became governor of Ohio. | C. | circled Earth in
Friendship 7. | D. | participated in a space shuttle
mission. | | |
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| 13. | Which
of these four Democratic senators was from the state of Washington? A. | Barbara
Boxer | C. | Carol
Moseley-Braun | B. | Dianne Feinstein | D. | Patty Murray | | | | |
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| 14. | Which
of the following was not a Bill Clinton “first?” A. | He was the first
president to play the saxophone at his own inaugural celebration. | B. | He was the first
president born during the post-World War II era. | C. | He was the first
president to be tried by the Senate. | D. | He was the first president who came from
Arkansas. | | |
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| 15. | The
Immigration Act of 1990 did all of the following EXCEPT A. | decrease the
number of immigrants allowed into the United States. | B. | double the
number of skilled workers allowed into the nation each year. | C. | increase the
number of immigrants allowed into the United States. | D. | give special
visas to certain overseas investors. | | |
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| 16. | Who
served as attorney general during the Clinton administration? A. | Janet
Reno | C. | Joycelyn
Elders | B. | Donna Shalala | D. | Ron Brown | | | | |
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| 17. | What
is expected to happen to India’s population between the present and the year
2025? A. | It will level
off. | B. | It will
decrease. | C. | It will grow at a very fast rate. | D. | It will decrease
and then increase slowly. | | |
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| 18. | Who
did President Clinton appoint as secretary of housing and urban development? A. | Henry
Cisneros | C. | Ron
Brown | B. | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | D. | Dee Dee Myers | | | | |
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| 19. | Who
became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1994? A. | Al
Gore | C. | Henry
Cisneros | B. | Newt Gingrich | D. | Shannon Lucid | | | | |
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| 20. | What
was the disaster that shook the Ukraine in 1986? A. | a nuclear accident | C. | a disastrous flood | B. | a devastating
earthquake | D. | a volcanic
eruption | | | | |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement. A. | Ross
Perot | G. | George W.
Bush | B. | World Wide
Web | H. | Nelson
Mandela | C. | Internet | I. | Contract with America | D. | Shannon
Lucid | J. | Slobodan
Milosevic | E. | Madeleine Albright | K. | Yasir Arafat | F. | NAFTA | L. | Kosovo
crisis | | | | |
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| 21. | Palestinian leader
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| 22. | U.S.
secretary of state who played a key role in the Kosovo crisis
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| 23. | person who became the U.S. president in 2000
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| 24. | Texas
billionaire who ran for president in 1992
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| 25. | provides for a lowering of trade barriers among the United States, Mexico, and
Canada
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| 26. | black
civil rights activist who was elected president of South Africa
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| 27. | enormous computer-based communications and information system
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| 28. | spent
188 days aboard the Mir
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| 29. | president of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo crisis
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| 30. | included a list of reforms drawn up by Republicans
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