1. The civil rights movement organized protests _____.

a. to fight the Civil Rights Act
b. to end the Cold War
c. against discrimination
d. to support communism

2. In the 1950s, many people feared that if North Korea defeated South Korea, _____.

a. communism would spread to South Korea
b. the United Nations would fail
c. North Korea would attack China
d. North Korea would attack South Vietnam

3. The Department of Homeland Security was created _____.

a. before the Vietnam War
b. when North Korea attacked South Korea
c. after American troops were sent to Iraq
d. after terrorists attacked the United States

4. When gasoline burns it makes________.

a. oxygen
b. helium
c. carbon dioxide
d. sulfur

5. President George W. Bush declared a war on _____.

a. communism
b. terrorism
c. discrimination
d. civil rights

6. By 2003 ________ Americans had computers in their homes.

a. half
b. two out of three
c. three out of five
d. all

7. An unfair difference in the way people are treated is called _____.

a. communism
b. terrorism
c. discrimination
d. obligation

8. The _____ War was between the United States and the Soviet Union.

a. Vietnam
b. Korean
c. Great
d. Cold

9. Where were American troops sent after 9/11?

a. Iran
b. Afghanistan
c. Pakistan
d. Korea

10. Hurricane Katrina hit the _____ in August 2005, stopping oil production.

a. East Coast
b. West Coast
c. Hawaiian islands
d. Gulf Coast