Chapter 30: The End of the Cold War and New Global Challenges, 1970 to the Present

al-Qaeda attacks

1993: a bomb in the garage of the World Trade Center killed six people and wounded around a thousand

1995/1996: two terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia killed 24 Americans

1998: there were two assaults on two American embassies in Africa, killing 224 people

On September 11, 2001, 4 airplanes were hijacked and used as flying bombs

Gorbachev

In 1990 ___________ elected as the Soviet Union’s first president

Berlin Wall

On November 9, 1989, the __________ was taken down

German unification

The Fall of the Berlin Wall allowed for ______________

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

The ____________________ (1972) was responsible for limiting defensive missile systems

Osama bin Laden

9/11 was connected to an international terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda, which was founded and led by __________________

Saddam Hussein’s

The Bush administration was focused on _____________ government in Iraq

mass destruction

Hussein was suspected of developing weapons of ____________ and supporting Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organization