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Osama Bin Laden
What is the largest and most intricate global project to be undertaken to date?
International Space Station
What nation became the leading industrial nation and financial center of the world during the 1920s?
The United States
What term means "lessening of tension and hostility"?
Detente
What country's rise to nationhood is considered the climax in the gradual breakup of the former country of Yugoslavia?
Kosovo
Which president introduced the United States to socialism through the New Deal?
Franklin Roosevelt
During the Modern Age, authors were influenced by scriptures to write _______ that stood the test of time.
Classics
What date marks the first time since Pearl Harbor that a massive foreign attack had occurred on American soil?
September 11th, 2001
What type of art focused primarily on the common working man?
Regionalism
Capitalism
What artist was known for his illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post?
Norman Rockwell
Before the Industrial revolution, what was the name of the system based on work done in small private shops?
Domestic system
What year did the US enter WWII?
1941
What does "glasnost" mean?
Openness
Who was the first black president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Who was the Iranian President discussed in class?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
What "protocol" requires nations to decrease greenhouse emission levels?
Kyoto Protocol
In what year did the Soviet Union cease to exist as a nation?
1991
The _____ Doctrine was a declaration to contain Communism and keep it from spreading to the Americas.
Truman
What treaty was signed at the end of WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Who led ethnic cleansing against Bosnian Muslims?
Slobodan Milosevic
What is the oldest and largest Islamic organization in Egypt today?
Muslim Brotherhood
In what year did the largest amphibious assault in history occur?
1944
What act gave U.S. material to England during WWII.
Lend-Lease Act
What was the shortest war in U.S. history?
Persian Gulf War