Chapter 18 Study Guide
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United States History B
Chapter 18 Study Guide
18-1 2000-2009 Political History
1. Who was president of the United States from 2001 to 2009?
2. What were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks on the United States that killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 in 2001?
3. What Act of Congress was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2001 that authorized an expansive government program of counterterrorism and surveillance and is criticized by many for its infringement on civil liberties?
4. What country did the United States invade to remove the terrorist-friendly Taliban government from power in 2001?
5. What country did the United States invade in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein and promote democracy in the Middle East?
6. What natural disaster devastated New Orleans in 2005?
7. What economic crisis resulted in the loss of home values and devastated the real estate markets in 2008?
8. What industry was bailed out by the Federal Government with $700 billion in 2008?
9. Who was president of the United States from 2009 to 2017?
10. What industry was bailed out by the Federal Government with $80 billion in 2009?
11. What movement began in 2009 to protest the expansion of government and advocated for smaller government?
12. Who became very influential in promoting the ideas of liberty with his speeches, books, and his organization Campaign for Liberty?
18-2 2000-2009 Innovative History
13. What data storage device was first sold by IBM in 2000 and was capable of storing up to 8 MB of data?
14. What free online encyclopedia was launched in 2001 and allows users to create and edit almost any article?
15. Which entrepreneur made millions with PayPal and is the co-founder of Solar City and seeks to create sustainable energy production and consumption?
16. What car company was established in 2003 and specializes in the production of electric cars?
17. What online social media and social networking service was launched by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004?
18. What video-sharing website was created in 2005 and was purchased by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion?
19. What social media, social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website was created in 2005?
20. What did Amazon.com create in 2005 that gave members a number of benefits, including free two-day shipping?
21. What digital data format was introduced in 2006 that replaced DVD as a medium for watching videos at home?
22. What smartphone was designed and marketed by Apple in 2007?
23. What new feature did Netflix offer its customers in 2007 that revolutionized the way people consume video content?
24. What e-reader was designed and marketed by Amazon.com in 2007?
25. What worldwide online transportation network company was launched in 2009 that markets an app that allows users to submit a trip request using their smartphones?
18-3 2000-2009 Cultural History
26. What television sitcom was first broadcast in 2000 and follows the growing pains of a child in a dysfunctional family of six in a suburban neighborhood?
27. What comedy-drama television series was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino in 2000 and follows the relationship between a mother and her daughter and explores issues of family, friendship and romance?
28. What fantasy-film was produced in 2001 and follows a young boy who discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his magical education at Hogwarts?
29. What epic high fantasy adventure film was directed by Peter Jackson in 2001 and is the first installment in a series based off books written by J.R.R. Tolkien?
30. What international multi-sport event was held in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002?
31. What mystery-detective novel was written by Dan Brown in 2003 and explores an alternative religious history, whose central plot point is that the Merovingian kings of France were descended from the bloodline of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene?
32. What musical was produced in 2003 is an alternate telling of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and has broken box office records around the world?
33. What massive multiplayer online role-playing game was released in 2004 by Blizzard?
34. What young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer was published in 2005 and was later adapted to film in 2008?
35. What album was released by singer-song writer Taylor Swift in 2008 and had the best-selling country song of all time “Love Story”?
36. What video game was created by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson in 2009 that enables players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world and is the best-selling PC game to date?
37. What animated musical comedy television series was produced by Disney in 2007 and follows boys who come up with grand projects during summer vacation?
38. What board game was published by Days of Wonder in 2004 and won multiple awards and has sold over 3 million copies?
18-4 2010-2019 Political History
39. What program was passed by Congress in 2010 that requires all Americans to purchase health insurance?
40. What scandal involved the ATF and its oversight of guns being sold to Mexican cartels in 2011?
41. What military action was the United States involved in along with other NATO nations in 2011?
42. Which al-Qaida leader was killed by two dozen U.S. Navy Seals in 2011?
43. What U.S. embassy was attacked in 2012 by Islamic militants who killed four Americans?
44. What U.S. organization provided Syrian rebels with guns from Libya through Benghazi in 2011 and 2012?
45. Which Middle-Eastern country was in the middle of a civil war when the United States intervened in 2014?
46. What movement took place in 2011 to protest cronyism between government and large banks?
47. What were a series of disclosures released in 2013 that revealed numerous global surveillance programs run by the federal government with the cooperation of telecommunication companies?
48. Which computer professional, former CIA employee, and former United States government contractor copied and released classified information from the federal government in 2013?
49. Who was president of the United States from 2017 to 2021?
18-5 2010-2019 Innovative History
50. What television technology was introduced in 2012?
51. What iOS-based line of tablet computers were designed and marketed by Apple in 2010 and has a user interface built around the device’s multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard?
52. What question answering computer system is capable of answering questions posed in natural language and received the first place prize on the quiz show Jeopardy against Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in 2011?
53. What full-size all-electric five door, luxury sedan is produced by Tesla Motors and was introduced in 2012?
54. What video game console was launched in 2013 by Sony and embraced independent game developers and has sold 43 million consoles worldwide?
55. What home video game console was developed by Microsoft in 2013?
56. What on-demand internet streaming media provider began to produce its own content in 2013 with its first original content series House of Cards?
57. What full sized, all-electric, luxury, crossover SUV that uses falcon wing doors was manufactured by Tesla in 2015?
58. What virtual reality headset was developed after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012 and was released in 2016?
59. What virtual reality head-mounted display was developed by Sony in 2016?
60. What is the franchise of mixed reality entertainment attractions and is described as being a virtual reality “theme park”?
61. What digital data format was introduced in 2016 that replaced Blu-ray as a medium for watching videos at home?
62. What all electric four-door compact luxury sedan was produced by Tesla Motors in 2017 with a range of 215 miles that costs $35,000?
18-6 2010-2019 Cultural History
63. What 3D computer-animated action-fantasy film was produced by DreamWorks in 2010 and takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young teenager befriends a dragon instead of becoming a mighty dragon slayer?
64. What crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories was produced by the BBC in 2010?
65. What open world action role-playing video game was developed by Bethesda Game Studios in 2011 and is considered one of the greatest video games of all time and has sold over 20 million copies?
66. What is the debut studio album by the rock band Imagine Dragons and was released in 2012 and became one of the best-selling albums in 2013?
67. What high fantasy adventure film was directed by Peter Jackson and was released in 2012 and was the first of a three-part film adaption based on a 1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien?
68. What 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy-drama film was produced by Disney in 2013 and was inspired by a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson?
69. What album was released by One Republic in 2013 and has their highest-charting hit ever “Counting Stars”?
70. What science documentary series was presented by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Fox Network in 2014?
71. What 3D computer-animated adventure-comedy film released in 2014 and tells the story of an ordinary minifigure as he ends up becoming involved in a resistance against a tyrannical crony who plans to control everything in the world?
72. What space opera epic film was directed, co-produced, and co-written by J.J. Abrams in 2015 and is the first installment in a sequel trilogy and became the highest-grossing film in North America?
73. What location-based augmented reality game was developed for mobile devices in 2016 and allows trainers to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures?
74. What science fiction-horror web television series was released on Netflix in 2016 and is set in the 1980s in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, and is an homage to 1980s pop culture, inspired and aesthetically informed by the works of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Steven King?
75. What animated television series was developed by Lauren Faust and is produced by Hasbro Studios starting in 2010 and follows anthropomorphic friends and has become a major commercial success?