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| gov’t by the people; also a way of life that values liberty and equality |
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| a gov’t under which rules are made by all of its citizens |
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| preliminary election to determine which candidates will represent each party. (in PA, it takes place in April or May) |
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| a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. |
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| a gov’t ruled by 1 person |
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| a gov’t that tries to control activities of all of its subjects |
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| rep. against, dem. for; people from another country, come to our country |
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| have modern view on politics; associated with Democratic Party |
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| support traditional American values, policy should be base off Christian morals. ; Republican Party |
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| - drug that makes users see, smell, hear, taste, or touch that they wouldn’t ordinarily |
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| - drug that excites nervous system |
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| - drugs that make your heart rate faster |
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| - drug that calms the nervous system |
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| - continued, excessive drinking (9% adults in the US alcoholics; 11 million people) |
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| commonly used stimulant; sometimes prescribed by doctors to help w/ mental probs. And weight. Caffeine- stimulant, found in soda and coffee |
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| - drug in form of white powder from dry cocoa leaves (1. South America 2. Mexico) |
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| - substance, not food, taken into the body; causes physical or mental changes in body |
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| - narcotic from seeds of poppy plant (MOST commonly USED illegal narcotic) |
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| - hallucinogen; most dangerous & best known; chemical compound made in laboratories; known as acid; sometimes form of pill or paper |
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| - hallucinogen; against law to produce or sell, but if doctors prescribe legal; from cannabis plant; makes user happy & relaxed; too much affects judgment, memory, & coordination; doesn’t cause physical addiction; grown anywhere |
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| - narcotic; prepared from poppy plant seeds (very addictive); pain killer for accidents, cancer, etc. |
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| - drug that relieves pain |
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| - depressant; commonly used; doctors give to patients to relax muscles |
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| ABM(anti-ballistic missile) |
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| - capable of knocking out enemy missiles & planes |
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| - weapon that spreads harmful viruses & bacteria |
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| - weapon that can spread toxic chemicals |
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| intercontinental ballistic missile |
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| - multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle |
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| Pres. Roosevelt authorizes Manhattan Project (the secret US project to build atomic bomb) |
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| US explodes world’s 1st atomic bomb, the Trinity Test, at Alamogordo, New Mexico |
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| Little Boy, uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Between 80,000-140,000 killed |
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| Fat Man, plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. About 74,000 people killed |
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| S.U. detonates 1st atomic bomb, Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. (copy of Fat Man) |
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| Iraq invades Kuwait in Desert Storm |
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| Countries that have Nuclear weapons |
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| 1.) US, in 1945. 2.) Russia, in 1949. 3.) Great Britain, in 1952. 4.) France, 1960. 5.) China, in 1964. 6.) India, in 1974. 7.) Pakistan, in 1998. 8.) North Korea, in 2006. 9.) Israel |
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| Oct. 1962 (lasted 13 days) |
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| - leader of Russia/ Soviet Union |
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| - US President during C.M.C. |
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| Att. General at time of Cuban Missile Crisis |
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| - country that had US missiles |
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| - Pres. during bombing of Japan |
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| General Dwight Eisenhower |
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| - Pres. After Truman; 5 star general during WW2 |
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| leader of Iraq during 2 Iraq wars |
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| How many Americans killed during Vietnam war? |
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| What was the date the Korean War began? |
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| First women casualty of the WW2 |
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| Most commonly used depressent |
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| Name of Project Roosevelt signed to start building Nuclear weapons/missiles. |
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| Bin Laden was 1 of how many siblings? |
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| the 1955 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building was an example of what kind of terrorism? |
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| man responsible for the 9/11 bombings |
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| 6 people killed, 1042 people injured,Feb. 6, 1993. Wanted to use chemical & biological weapons. |
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| WTC BOMBING: how many killed? how many injured? wanted to use what kind of weapons used? |
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| President Truman decided it was best to boycott what (year) olympics? |
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| How many Americans died during WW2? |
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| Al Queda was originally formed during what year? (2 possible answers) |
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| What % of the US suffers from Alcoholism? |
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| Iraq invaded Kuwait when? (m/y) |
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| Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan when (m/d/y) |
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| NATO's missiles were located there during the Cold War |
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| Describe the role of Turkey during the Cold War |
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| On average, how many days did soldiers see during the war? |
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| Relocation Camps were camps in the dessert and Japanese Americans were taken there after Pearl Harbor |
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| What were Relocation Camps & why were Japanese Americans located there? |
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| An alliance between the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe after WW2 and was formed after NATO. |
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| What was the Warsaw Pact? |
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| what year did the Soviet Union finished thi |
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| What year did the Soviet Union finish there first atomic bomb? |
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| what was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima |
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| Name of Atomic Bomb dropped on Nagasaki |
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| Lots of rain & an unusually large snow melt |
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| Missippi River flood cause |
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| mental problems and need to loose weight |
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| Amphetamines are prescribed for people who? |
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| Most Drug Dealers come to NEPA because of ____ supply, _______demand |
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| Agent Orange is a ______ in the _______ war. |
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| African Embassy Bombings took place when? |
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
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| one who opposes all forms of government |
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| most groups of terrorists organized into small groups of four to five members |
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| organized attacks on computer systems |
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| marked by intense, uncritical devotion to a cause |
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| to take over a vessel or vehicle by force |
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| one who believes strongly in a cause |
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| the act of joining a group without revealing one's identity |
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| one who favors creating a state for one's ethinic group; one who promotes a strong national government |
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| one who wants to overthrow a gov't |
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| religious leaders; they followed a strict or pure form of Islam |
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| supplied money and weapons; Islamic guerrillas |
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| reject many elements of modern life as disruptive of family and society |
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| Islamic law; banned were television, nonreligious music, jobs for wo |
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