Why was the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court an important event?
She was the first Hispanic member of the Supreme Court.
The Kilauea lava flow added how many miles of new land to Hawaii?
1 mile
Who did Donald Trump defeat in the race for president of the United States?
Hillary Clinton
A mountainous country in Southwest Asia known for terrorist activity.
Afghanistan
A ruler with unlimted power
dictator
countries working together for a military goal
allies
How did George W. Bush learn about politics from his own family?
His grandfather was a senator; father was the forty-first president of the United States.
War declared by President George W. Bush against the terrorists who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001.
War on Terror
First Hispanic member of the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
People chosen by the president to help him run the country
Cabinet
In what state was George W. Bush governor?
Texas
Entering a country to live their permanently
immigration
Mr. Trump was the ______ candidate for president of the United States.
Republican
Governor of Texas; forthy-third president of the United States.
George W. Bush
Name one way Barack Obama made history when he was elected president of the United States?
First African-American president; first president to be born outside the continental United States
What special award did President Obama receive for this work to end wars in other countries?
Nobel Peace Prize
Costal land along the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Coast Region
Terrorist group whose goal is to gain power by harming those who stand against them.
ISIS
What terrorist leader was found and stopped in 2011?
Osama bin Laden
Forty-fifth president of the United States; oldest person to become president
Donald J. Trump
President Trump met with the leader of _______ about a peace agreement.
North Korea
What was Mr. Trump's slogan while campaigning?
Make America Great Again
What was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history?
Hurricane Katrina
Forty-fourth president of the United States; first African-American president.
Barack Obama
The two main political parties of the U.S
Republican and Democratic
forty-eight states together on the continent of North America
Continental United States
Where did the BP oil-rig explosion take place?
Gulf of Mexico
What was one of the most importatnt inverntions of the twenty-first century?
handheld smartphone
A country in Southwest Asia by the Persian Gulf that was controlled by Suddam Hussein
Iraq
Name one way Barack Obama helped his Chicago community after graduating from college.
Started a project to encourage African Americans to vote for government leaders; became a civil rights lawyer
NASA sent two robotic rovers to explore what planet?
Mars