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