Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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| 1. | Which
of the following women was NOT appointed to a high public office by President
Reagan? A. | Elizabeth
Dole | C. | Jeane
Kirkpatrick | B. | Margaret Heckler | D. | Geraldine Ferraro | | | | |
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| 2. | What
happened when a large number of private savings and loans and banks failed due to risky business
practices? A. | The government
provided no help to depositors who lost money. | B. | The economy
mysteriously improved. | C. | The government paid billions of dollars to
depositors. | D. | The government loosened regulations on the savings and loan and
banking industries. | | |
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| 3. | Who
was a Panamanian dictator and drug smuggler? A. | Manuel Noriega | C. | Anastasio Somoza | B. | José
Napoleón Duarte | D. | Fidel
Castro | | | | |
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| 4. | What
were the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act? A. | It prohibited
discrimination against people with disabilities. | B. | It recommended
that people with disabilities be given preferential treatment for specific
jobs. | C. | It required all companies to provide access to people with
disabilities. | D. | It required that anyone with a disability be guaranteed a
government job. | | |
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| 5. | What
was glasnost? A. | a period of
political repression | B. | a policy of openness that promised more freedoms for the Soviet
people | C. | a series of programs that revitalized the Soviet
economy | D. | a series of reciprocal trade agreements between the Soviet
Union and the United States | | |
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| 6. | What
did the Soviet Union do when pro-democracy demonstrations broke out in East Germany in
1989? A. | It sent in
troops to break up the demonstrations. | B. | It called a summit between East German and Soviet
leaders. | C. | It did nothing. | D. | It provided the
demonstrators with military protection. | | |
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| 7. | Who
became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985? A. | Boris Yeltsin | C. | Lech Walesa | B. | Mikhail
Gorbachev | D. | Erich
Honecker | | | | |
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| 8. | Which
activity consumed most of the Pentagon’s budget between 1981 and 1985? A. | the building of
nuclear weapons | B. | civil defense preparation | C. | the construction
of defensive missile systems | D. | paying salaries | | |
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| 9. | The
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty A. | eliminated all medium-range nuclear missiles from
Europe. | B. | eliminated all medium-range nuclear missiles from the United
States and Soviet Union. | C. | eliminated all long-range nuclear missiles but allowed for
medium-range missiles in the Soviet Union and United States. | D. | eliminated all
medium-range nuclear missiles from Asia and Africa. | | |
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| 10. | Who
was the independent presidential candidate who won 7 percent of the popular vote in
1980? A. | Pat
Paulsen | C. | George
Bush | B. | John
Anderson | D. | Walter
Mondale | | | | |
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| 11. | What
made the Persian Gulf War different from all preceding wars? A. | Women served as
combat pilots. | B. | The war was won on the ground. | C. | Television
reporters were banned. | D. | High-tech weapons played an important
role. | | |
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| 12. | Which
of the following Supreme Court justices was accused of sexual harassment during his confirmation
hearings? A. | Anthony
Kennedy | C. | David
Souter | B. | Thurgood Marshall | D. | Clarence Thomas | | | | |
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| 13. | Which
of the following countries was NOT an ally of the United States during the Persian Gulf
War? A. | Egypt | C. | Saudi
Arabia | B. | France | D. | Jordan | | | | |
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| 14. | What
did members of the New Right support? A. | school prayer and a strong national
defense | B. | abortion rights and gun control | C. | gun control and
school prayer | D. | the ERA and a strong national defense | | |
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| 15. | What
was the result of the pro-democracy protests in China in 1989? A. | New reforms
loosening the policies of the Communist Party were enacted. | B. | Hundreds and
perhaps thousands of protesters were killed by the government. | C. | A democratically
elected government was installed. | D. | Thousands of protesters were deported to the United
States. | | |
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| 16. | What
was perestroika? A. | a plan to
develop a democratic Soviet constitution | B. | a plan to restructure the Soviet government and
economy | C. | a new Soviet political party | D. | a shipyard
outside of Gdánsk, Poland | | |
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| 17. | What
was William Gibson’s warning? A. | that the Soviet Union should not be
trusted | B. | that a series of natural disasters would start beginning in
1990 | C. | that technology
might someday take over the world | D. | that environmental poisoning would take place if precautions
were not made | | |
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| 18. | When
did the Berlin Wall open?
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| 19. | After
the Persian Gulf War, the Senate A. | removed the ban against women serving as combat
pilots. | B. | removed the limitations against women fighting in ground
battles. | C. | provided all women soldiers who fought in the war with medals
of honor. | D. | passed a bill that removed all restrictions that limited
women’s military roles. | | |
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| 20. | What
did the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act require? A. | an increase of the federal budget
deficit | B. | a balanced federal budget by 1986 | C. | automatic
spending cuts when the deficit reached a certain amount | D. | reduced defense
spending | | |
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Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement. A. | Ayatollah
Khomeini | G. | Solidarity | B. | Geraldine Ferraro | H. | Sandra Day O’Connor | C. | Contras | I. | Norman
Schwarzkopf | D. | Christa McAuliffe | J. | Sandinistas | E. | New
Right | K. | Alexander
Haig | F. | Oliver
North | L. | Colin
Powell | | | | |
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| 21. | independent trade union in Poland
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| 22. | militant Islamic leader who forced Iran’s leader to flee the
country
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| 23. | movement of political conservatives
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| 24. | rebels who overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza
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| 25. | Walter Mondale’s running mate during the 1984 presidential election
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| 26. | conservative justice appointed to the Supreme Court by President Reagan
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| 27. | Nicaraguan rebel army financed by the CIA
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| 28. | social studies teacher who was aboard the Challenger when it
exploded
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| 29. | commander of U.S. forces during Operation Desert Storm
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| 30. | chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War
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