United States in the 1980s
The United Nations of Technology
The Berlin Wall
Leaders in the 1980s
Tackling the Iron Curtain
100

This event was NOT one of the major issues Americans faces in the 1970s...

a. The Cold War

b. an oil embargo

c. the Vietnam War

d. the assassination of JFK

What is the assassination of JFK

100

The first personal computer was invented in what year...

a. 1975

b. 1977

c. 1985

What is 1977

100
This country controlled the government of East Germany
What is the Soviet Union or the USSR
100

Mikhail Gorbachev was born here...

Russia

100

This became a barrier to technology and trade in East Germany

What is the Berlin Wall

200

The name of Ronald Reagan's economic plan for the US during the 1980s

What is Reaganomics

200

This person invented the World Wide Web

Who is Timothy Berners Lee

200

The Berlin Wall was constructed in this year...

a. 1949

b. 1961

c. 1973

What is 1961

200
Gorbachev's occupation before he attended college

What is farmer

200
This type of government was established in East Germany...

What is communist

300

This structure Ronald Reagan demanded that the Soviet Union tear down in 1987

What is the Berlin Wall
300
Name one invention created during the digital revolution of the 1980s

What are compact discs, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or the World Wide Web

300
The primary reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall was 

What is to prevent immigration to and from East Germany

300

Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union in this year...

a. 1989

b. 1985

c. 1973

What is 1985

300

True or False...Ronald Reagan was a popular U.S. president

What is true

400

The name of anti-communist policies in the 1980s is called

Reagan Doctrine

400

The type of government when all economic decisions are made by the government 

What is an command economy 

400

The Berlin Wall caused this type of barrier in East Germany...

What is trade and technology

400
This Soviet leader believed communism is not the best type of government

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev

400

What is one way families' lives were changed by technology in the 1980s...

VCRs and VHS tapes made it possible to watch movies at home; Sega, Nintendo, Atari, and game cassettes made it possible to play video games without a computer; computers and word processing made typing and editing documents quicker and easier; the internet and email allowed people to communicate quickly with people far away; cell phones made it possible to talk to people while traveling.

500

The reason Middle Eastern nations were angry at the US in the 1970s...

a. The West used too much oil.

b. Western nations supported Israel.

c. Too much oil left the Middle East. 

What is the West used too much oil.

500

President Reagan changed his attitude toward Soviet Union because...

a. The US lost fighter jets over Soviet Union

b. The Soviet government was giving its citizens more freedoms

What is the Soviet government was giving its citizens more freedoms

500
The Berlin Wall was constructed to...
What is to restrict the immigration of young citizens
500
Ronald Reagan was elected president of the US in this year...

What is 1980

500

What is my favorite Disney princess?

Pocahontas

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