Jeopardy! Chapter 29: Into A New Century Vasha McQuarrie Tyler Miller US History Period 4
Cool Gadgets Clinton Years New Millennium War on Terrorism A Reliant World
Cool Gadgets for 10: 19-year old Harvard dropout who cofounded Microsoft. Answer
Answer: Who is Bill Gates?
Cool Gadgets for 20: First practical and affordable home computer. Answer
Answer: What is the Apple II?
Cool Gadgets for 30: A new computer made by Apple, called the Macintosh, had both on screen graphic symbols called _____ in which users could click and manipulate through a hand- operated device called a ______. Answer
Answer: What are icons, and a mouse?
Cool Gadgets for 40: A complete electronic circuit on a single chip of the element silicon- which made circuits vastly easier to manufacture. Answer
Answer: What is an integrated circuit?
Cool Gadgets for 50: Mapping out the human genome by recording the DNA sequence of the human species. Answer
Answer: What is the Human Genome Project?
Cool Gadgets for 60: Early computer operating system developed for the PC. Réponse
Answer: What is MS-DOS?
Clinton Years for 10: Programs that Clinton found very hard to cut to reduce deficit spending because many Americans rely upon them. Answer
Answer: What are the Entitlement programs?
Clinton Years for 20: Gun-control bill passed by democrats that required backgroud checks and a waiting period. Answer
Answer: What is the Brady Bill?
Clinton Years for 30: Program the proposed 10 major changes. Answer
Answer: What is the Contract with America?
Clinton years for 40: First lady to be appointed to head a task force; one to guarantee health benefits for all Americans. Answer
Answer: Who is Hilary Rodham Clinton?
Clinton Years for 50: Peace treaty in Bosnia after NATO forces Serbs to stop their ‘ethnic cleansing’ -the brutal expulsion of an ethnic group from a geographic area. Answer
Answer: What are the Dayton Accords?
Clinton Years for 60: Kenneth Starr Réponse
Answer: Who was former federal judge appointed as independent counsel for Clinton’s impeachment?
A Reliant World for 10: An increase in average world temperature over time. Answer
Answer: What is global warming?
A Reliant World for 20: Kyoto Protocol Answer
Answer: What is a treaty signed to reduce emissions?
A Reliant World for 30: Gas in atmosphere that protects life on Earth. Answer
Answer: What is ozone?
A Reliant World for 40: Represented the fastest- growing region in the world and controlled 43 percent of global trade in Answer
Answer: What is the APEC?
A Reliant World for 50: Has ability to deplete Earth’s atmosphere. Answer
Answer: What are chlorofluoro- carbons?
New Millennium for 10: Easily won Republican nomination. Answer
Answer: Who is George W. Bush?
New Millennium for 20: Bush’s first priority after election. Answer
Answer: What is to cut taxes?
New Millennium for 30: Voted in favor of annual testing for 3 rd -8 th grade public schools. Answer
Answer: Who is Congress?
New Millennium for 40: Entered presidental race as nominee for Green Party. Answer
Answer: Who is Ralph Nader?
New Millennium for 50: Strongly favored by Bush, was the effort to develop missiles that could shoot down nukes Answer
Answer: What is stratigic defense?
New Millennium for 60: Strongly favored by Bush, was the effort to develop missiles that could shoot down nukes Réponse
Answer: What is stratigic defense?
War on Terrorism for 10: Two targets struck by terrorists on September 11 th of Answer
Answer: What are the World Trade Center (Twin Towers), and the Pentagon?
War on Terrorism for 20: The use of violence by nongovernmental groups against civilians to achieve a political goal. Answer
Answer: What is terrorism?
War on Terrorism for 30: 22-year old Muslim who formed terrorist network focused on attacking the US, and Seattle. Answer
Answer: Who is Osama Bin Laden?
War on Terrorism for 40: Terrorist network that recruited Muslims to fight in Afghanistan and channeled money and arms to the Afghani resistance. Answer
Answer: What is Al-Qaeda?
War on Terrorism for 50: City that Al-Qaeda attempted to bomb in Answer
Answer: What is Seattle, Washington?
War on Terrorism for 60: Group in charge of the 9/11 attacks Answer
Answer: Who are Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden?