Ocean landscapes and water
Cold War Era
Leadership Styles
The 1990s
Current Events
100

The pacific equivalent of hurricanes

Typhoons

100

After the Soviet Union and America spent massive amounts upgrading both the quality and quantity of their nuclear arsenals, in what became known as the

Nuclear Arms Race

100

The leader keeps all authority and gives the group little freedom.

Telling

100

What year did the Cold War end?

1991

100

Who is this year's Bachelor on the ABC show "The Bachelor"

Colton Underwood

200
Caused by the rotation of the Earth. This force deflects wind and currents to the right (clockwise) in the Northern Hemisphere and left (CC) in the Southern Hemisphere.

Coriolis Effect

200

The Truman Doctrine formalized this policy to the American people, this policy was made popular by George Kennan

Containment 

200

The group decides and the leader follows. Here the leader is just another. Here the leader is just another member of the group.

Joining

200

On January 18 1991, a massive air assault on every target of military significance in Iraq and Kuwait turned Operation Desert Shield into 

Desert Storm

200

Who won the 2019 Super Bowl?

New England Patriots

300

Under international law, to whom do the rights to explore and exploit the continental shelves belong?

The adjacent (littoral) nation, extending out at least to 200 nautical miles from shore.

300

In June 1948 the soviets clamped a blockade on the materials entering or leaving the western section (British, French, and US zones) of the occupied city of Berlin

Bonus: How did the allies respond

Berlin Blockade

Berlin Airlift 

300

The leader tests, the group reacts, and then the leader decides what to do. He or she takes the groups suggestions and makes the final decision. 

Testing

300

Osama Bin Laden declares a _______ against the United States for its part in the action against Iraq in the early 1990

holy war

300

More than 30,000 public-school teachers began a strike on Jan. 14, the first in three decades in the district. Demanding higher pay, smaller classes and more support staff in schools. Which city did these protest occur?

Los Angeles 

400

This sea condition occurs when the upwelling of cool water stops, the surface layers become heated bringing about a population explosion of tiny red-colored phytoplankton called dinoflagellata 

Red Tide

400
This term refers to the confrontation of President Johnson and the North Vietnamese (US bombing NV patrol boat bases) following the attack of the USS Maddox in what the US deemed their water.

The Tonkin Gulf Incident 

400

The leader makes the decision and then persuades the group that this decision is the best for the group. The leader shows the followers how they will benefit 

Selling

400

Despite the measures taken by US, such as Operation Desert Fox, Hussein's efforts to thwart UN weapons inspections and continue his alleged WMD development program continued ultimately resulting in Operation

Iraqi Freedom (2003)

400

On Jan. 8, a historic amendment to the Florida Constitution restoring the voting rights of as many as 1.5 million______went into effect.

Former Felons

500

What are the names of the major plates of the lithosphere? 

North and South American, African, Eurasian, Into-Australian, Antarctic, and Pacific

500

In 1972 President Nixon and Soviet premier Brezhnev signed this treaty, the first of many like it in an attempt to disarm ballistic and nuclear weapons

SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)

500

This style is focused on the leader and it is direct and impersonal. Isn't concerned much with relationships and is focused on getting the job done quickly. 

Autocratic 

500
In 1993 congress repealed the ________, thus allowing women to serve on combatant ships and aircraft.

Combatant Exclusion Law

500

Felix Tshisekedi was declared the winner of  presidential election on Jan. 10, despite independent assessments that a rival, Martin Fayulu, was the top vote-getter in which country?

The Democratic Republic of the Congo