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1980s Review Part 1
Test Description: 1980s
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) This crisis ended when Ronald Reagan became President
A
Watergate
B
The Cold War
C
Silly Putty stuck to the bottom of someone’s shoe
D
Iran Hostage situation
2) Reaganomics relied on the “trickle down” effect which meant that
A
Lowering taxes on rich people would result in an improved economy for everyone
B
Silly Putty would become the most popular toy
C
The Cold War would end
D
Taxes would go down for everyone
3) One of the scandals that President Reagan was involved in concerned selling weapons to
A
Israel
B
Silly Putty fans
C
Iraq
D
Iran
4) Nancy Reagan (President Reagan’s wife) started
A
The Red Cross
B
The “Just Say No” campaign against drug use
C
Working at soup kitchens
D
Making homemade Silly Putty
5) Television changed in the 1980s due to the introduction of
A
Cable
B
Color television sets
C
HD-TV
D
Silly Putty
6) The number of people with this illness increased in the 1980s
A
AIDS/HIV
B
Silly Putty Sickness
C
Zika
D
Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome
7) Yuppies was a term applied to
A
The Cold War
B
Silly Putty users
C
People with AIDS
D
Young professionals who were a bit self-centered
8) In 1982, the economy suffered a setback called a(n)
A
Depression
B
Recession
C
Silly Putty Problem
D
Booom
9) When the Challenger blew up, it caused
A
The Soviets to win the Space Race
B
A slowdown in the space shuttle program
C
Power outages
D
Astronauts to speak out against Silly Putty
10) During the 1980s there was an assassination attempt on
A
Ronald Reagan
B
Silly Putty users
C
General McArthur
D
Michael Jackson
11) One problem with Reaganomics was the resulting
A
Silly Putty sales
B
debt
C
anti-war protests
D
homeless population
12) 1980s fashions included
A
big hair, leg warmers and a lot of makeup
B
bell bottoms, tie-dye and peace signs
C
Silly Putty glasses
D
leather jackets
13) People watched movies in their homes with
A
NetFlicks
B
Silly Putty Players
C
DVDs
D
VCRs
14) The 1980s saw the first woman
A
astronaut
B
Supreme Court Justice
C
all of these
D
Vice-President candidate
15) Most homes had
A
One or two phones with cords
B
Silly Putty Handsets
C
Cell phones
D
Cordless phones
16) The leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s was
A
Silly Putty Frank
B
Pope John Paul II
C
Castro
D
Gorbachev
17) A major change in television involved
A
Silly Putty Cartoons
B
Reality-TV shows
C
24-hour programing
D
Game shows
18) Many video games
A
featured Silly Putty
B
started as board games
C
were played in arcades
D
involved role-playing
19) Safety was less of an issue in the 1980s
A
True
B
False
20) SALT treaties were
A
an attempt to get rid of Silly Putty
B
between the US and Germany
C
unsuccessful
D
an attempt to limit nuclear weapons
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