IDENTIFYING KEY TERMS, PEOPLE, AND PLACES
For items 1-5, match each term with its description below. Type the letter of your answer choice in the box below each description. *You will NOT use all the terms
a. Boris Yeltsin
b. Newt Gingrich
c. Yasir Arafat
d Nelson Mandela
e. Bill Clinton
f. Janet Reno
g. Al Gore
h. Benjamin Netanyahu
i. Bill Gates
j. Carol Moseley-Braun
k. Bob Dole
l. Yitzhak Rabin
1. Former Senate Majority Leader who ran for President in 1996
(1 point)
2. Reform-minded former president of Russia (1 point)
3. Anti-apartheid leader in South Africa (1 point)
4. Israeli prime minister who reached an agreement with the PLO
(1 point)
5. Computer industry pioneer and billionaire
(1 point)
Multiple Choice
Choose the item that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
6. President Nixon’s “southern strategy” included
(1 point)
increasing the amount of money needed to enforce fair housing laws.
easing guidelines for desegregation.
encouraging the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
supporting busing of schoolchildren for purposes of integration.
7. What did President Nixon do to try to halt the inflation plaguing the country?
(1 point)
He increased federal spending to provide jobs.
He imposed an embargo on oil shipped from OPEC countries.
He imposed a short-term freeze on wages, prices, and rents.
He balanced the budget.
8. Conservatives criticized the New Deal and the Great Society for having (1 point)
succeeded in ending poverty in the United States.
expanded the size of the federal government.
put too much power into the hands of state governments.
encouraged the growth of big business.
9. The signing of arms-control treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union signaled the end of (1 point)
Russia.
the Cold War.
the Bush presidency.
German reunification.
10. Which of the following best describes Clinton in his second term? (1 point)
unpopular with most Americans
hurt by economic disaster
beset with charges of scandal
buried in budget deficits
For items 1-5, match each term with its description below. Type the letter of your answer choice in the box below each description. *You will NOT use all the terms
a. Boris Yeltsin
b. Newt Gingrich
c. Yasir Arafat
d Nelson Mandela
e. Bill Clinton
f. Janet Reno
g. Al Gore
h. Benjamin Netanyahu
i. Bill Gates
j. Carol Moseley-Braun
k. Bob Dole
l. Yitzhak Rabin
1. Former Senate Majority Leader who ran for President in 1996
(1 point)
2. Reform-minded former president of Russia (1 point)
3. Anti-apartheid leader in South Africa (1 point)
4. Israeli prime minister who reached an agreement with the PLO
(1 point)
5. Computer industry pioneer and billionaire
(1 point)
Multiple Choice
Choose the item that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
6. President Nixon’s “southern strategy” included
(1 point)
increasing the amount of money needed to enforce fair housing laws.
easing guidelines for desegregation.
encouraging the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
supporting busing of schoolchildren for purposes of integration.
7. What did President Nixon do to try to halt the inflation plaguing the country?
(1 point)
He increased federal spending to provide jobs.
He imposed an embargo on oil shipped from OPEC countries.
He imposed a short-term freeze on wages, prices, and rents.
He balanced the budget.
8. Conservatives criticized the New Deal and the Great Society for having (1 point)
succeeded in ending poverty in the United States.
expanded the size of the federal government.
put too much power into the hands of state governments.
encouraged the growth of big business.
9. The signing of arms-control treaties between the United States and the Soviet Union signaled the end of (1 point)
Russia.
the Cold War.
the Bush presidency.
German reunification.
10. Which of the following best describes Clinton in his second term? (1 point)
unpopular with most Americans
hurt by economic disaster
beset with charges of scandal
buried in budget deficits