Vocabulary Builder Section 1

Name ______Class ______Date ______A Search for Order Vocabulary Builder Section 1

Apollo 11 détente innovations region OPEC realpolitik SALT I shuttle diplomacy

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence.

1. The goal of ______was for the United States and its opponents to accept one another’s place and build a more stable world. (realpolitik/détente)

2. ______talks were aimed at limiting the arms race by instituting a five-year slowdown in the production of new offensive weapons. (SALT I/OPEC)

3. In ______, Henry Kissinger went from one Middle Eastern country to another, trying to reach an agreement. (realpolitik/shuttle diplomacy)

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and choose the correct term from the word bank to replace the underlined phrase. Write the term in the space provided and then define the term in your own words.

4. The flight that carried astronauts to the moon lifted off from the Kennedy Space

Center on July 16, 1969. ______

Your definition: ______

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5. Henry Kissinger practiced foreign policy built on realistic views of national interest

rather than broad rules or principles. ______

Your definition: ______

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6. In 1973 a group of oil-producing countries began an embargo against the United

States and other countries. ______

Your definition: ______

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affect executive privilege Saturday night massacre transcript Watergate scandal

DIRECTIONS On the line provided before each statement, write T if a statement is true and F if a statement is false. If the statement is false, write the correct term on the line after each sentence that makes the sentence a true statement.

_____ 1. The Watergate scandal ended Richard Nixon’s presidency.

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_____ 2. President Nixon believed that the Twenty-seventh Amendment allowed him to withhold audiotapes from Watergate investigators.

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_____ 3. During the pardon process, President Nixon had trouble finding someone who would fire the special prosecutor.

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_____ 4. In the spring of 1974 President Nixon released some transcripts of the White House tapes, but did not release the recordings themselves.

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_____ 5. If the public noticed the stories in the Washington Post about the Watergate break-in, it did not affect their voting in the 1972 presidential election.

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DIRECTIONS Choose three of the vocabulary words from the word list. Use these words to write a summary of what you learned in the section.

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efficiency Camp David Accords James Earl “Jimmy” Carter SALT II Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and choose the correct term from the word bank to replace the underlined phrase. Write the term in the space provided and then define the term in your own words.

1. U.S. and Soviet negotiators concluded a treaty calling for limits on certain types of

nuclear weapons in 1979. ______

Your definition: ______

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2. President Jimmy Carter helped negotiate the historic peace agreement between Israel

and Egypt. ______

Your definition: ______

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3. President Jimmy Carter urged car buyers to purchase models that offered greater fuel

production without waste. ______

Your definition: ______

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DIRECTIONS Look at each set of four terms. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that does not relate to the others.

_____ 4. a. Camp David Accords _____ 5. a. Soviets b. James Earl “Jimmy” Carter b. Islamic c. Egypt c. Iran d. SALT II d. Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini