America in the 1970s

Question 1

Countries that were the focus of Nixon’s foreign policy

Answer 1

China,Soviet Union, Chile,Arab nations,Israel,Egypt.

Question 2

attempts at relaxing international tensions

Answer 2

Detente

Question 3

a ban on shipments

Answer 3

embargo

Question 4

a distribution of power among nations that prevents any one nation from becoming too powerful

Answer 4

Balance of power

Question 5

Nixon’s national security adviser

Answer 5

Henry Kissenger

Question 6

The premier of the people republic of China

Answer 6

Zhou Enlai

Question 7

soviet leader

Answer 7

Leonis Brezhnev

Question 8

prime minister of israel

Answer 8

Golda Meir

Question 9

President of Egypt

Answer 9

Anwar el-Sadat

Question 10

gas prices skyrocket and there was oil shortages

Answer 10

Oil embargo

Question 11

to resolve the oil crisis wanted to forge of lasting peace between the Arab’s and Israelis

Answer 11

Shuttle diplomacy

Question 12

money fired from federal taxes and given for use of the state and local levels

Answer 12

revenue sharing

Question 13

the principle that white house conversations should remain secret to protect national security

Answer 13

Executive Privilege

Question 14

the principle that white house conversations should remain secret to protect national security

Answer 14

Affirmative Action

Question 15

the practice of raising interest rates to slow personal spending

Answer 15

Tight money policy

Question 16

the granting of pardon to a large number of persons;protection from prosecution for an illegal act

Answer 16

Amnesty

Question 17

the shortage that occurs when spending is greater than income

Answer 17

deflict

Question 18

to kick someone out the office

Answer 18

impeach

Question 19

the situation when the value of a country’s foreign imports exceed the value of its exports

Answer 19

Trade Deficit

Question 20

racial separation and economic and political discrimnation against nonwhites a policy formerly practiced in the republican of South Africa

Answer 20

Arparthoid

Question 21

rights regarded as belonging to all persons such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment,torture,and excution

Answer 21

Human rights

Question 22

a person who believes in the literal meaning of religious texts and follows strict obedience to religious laws.

Answer 22

Fundementalist

Question 23

marked the 1st time that somebody had been elected in the deep south Since 1884.

Answer 23

Jimmy Carter’s election

Question 24

A major accident occurred at this nuclear power plant near Harrisburg PA.

Answer 24

Three mile island

Question 25

An agreement that led to an egyptian - Isaraeli peace treaty signed in 1979.

Answer 25

Camp David accords

Question 26

when the Iranians charged the US embassy in Iran and took hostages.

Answer 26

Crisis of Iran

Question 27

Ronald Reagan wins

Answer 27

The election of 1980