Soviet Union
9/11
Important People
The PC
100

The Soviet Union was made up of how many different countries?

15

100

How many planes did the terrorists hijack?

Four

100

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union when the USSR collapsed?

Mikhail Gorbachev

100

The development of ____ has had an incredible impact on the American life.

Personal computer

Internet

200

Mikhail Gorbachev allowed freedom of speech. Citizens now demanded ______ for their countries.

Independence

200

What places idd the planes crash?

WTC towers in NYC, Pentagon, a field in Pennsylvania

200

Who was a fierce critic of the Soviet Union? (hint: he was also the US president at the time)

Ronald Reagan

200

Personal Computers help _____ be more productive.

Businesses

300
In 1987, President Reagan gave a speech in ______.

West Berlin

300

About how many people died in the Sept. 11 terror attacks?

about 3,000

300

Who was the president of the United States in 2001?

George Bush

300

People use computers and the _____ to conduct _____ instead of going to the library.

Internet 

Research

400

Because of huge protests happening in the streets, the government of ______ opened the border between East and West Berlin.

East Germany

400

What organization was responsible for the attacks?

Al-Qaeda

400

Who was the leader of Iraq?

Saddam Hussein

500

People celebrated the border opening between East and West Berlin by doing what?

Tearing down the Berlin Wall
500

When the bridges and tunnels into Manhattan were closed, nearly 500,000 people were evacuated via what?

Private Boats and Ferries

500

Who is the terrorist believed to have planned the 9/11 atacks?

Osama Bin Laden