U.S History
Name 1 of 3 presidents during the 1970s.
Possible answers: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter
This leader launched the Cultural Revolution in 1976, which had the goal of "sweeping away all monsters."
Mao Zedong
The Beatles
An economic decline is...
A recession
This scandal involved President Nixon and his "Plumbers" spying on the Democrats in a very prominent and prestigious hotel in Washington D.C.
The Watergate Scandal
These events led to Lin Bao's death
A failed attempt to assassinate Mao, and an unsuccessful attempt to flee China.
Name one famous business from the 70s
Possible answers: Apple, SAS Institute, Oracle, Southwest Airlines (formerly Air Southwest), Federal Express, Microsoft, Genentech
Name one invention of the 70s
Possible answers: Pocket calculator, Excel/Email, the first mobile phone, Post-it notes, video game console
The UNLA was...
The Uganda National Liberation Army - an army of Exiled Ugandans
One vital job of the 70s was...
Possible answers: Bank teller, steelworker, truck driver, railroad worker, telephone operator, secretary, typist, assembly line worker, postal worker, gas station attendant, retail clerk, teacher, farm worker, construction worker, factory machinist, nurse
Leonid Brezhniv agreed with Jimmy Carter on this treaty, yet it was never ratified
SALT II (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
The median price of a new home in the 70s was
$23,400
Name one disease listed earlier that gained a vaccine during the 70s
Possible answers: Rubella, Chicken Pox, Pneumonia, Meningitis
Name the 1 of the 3 different weapon systems/missile types that the SALT I and II were aiming to restrict.
Possible answers: ICBM (Inter-continental Ballistic Missile), SLBM (Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile), and MIRVs (Multiple Independently Targeted Re-Entry Vehicles).
On this day, the UN Security Council put Resolution 338 in place in an attempt to end the fighting of the Yom Kippur War.
Before the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, oil was $3 per barrel. The price after was...
$12 per barrel
Mach 1.15 (852.26 mph or 1,408.8 kph)