TEACHER'S GUIDE: COMPREHENSION
For each of the numbered items below, write the letter of the person or place in column 2 that matches the description in column 1. (You will not use all of the items in column 2.)
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| People |
1. Leader of the Soviet Union during Bush's presidency 2. Woman Bush married in 1945 3. Secretary of State during the Bush administration 4. British prime minister who backed the United States in the Gulf War 5. Dictator against whom Bush went to war in 1991 6. Bush's father 7. Presidential nominee who chose Bush as his 1988 running mate 8. Bush's eldest son 9. Man who appointed Bush chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973 10. Bush's campaign manager in his successful 1980 presidential race |
a. Lee Atwater b. James Baker c. George W. Bush d. Jeb Bush e. Prescott Bush f. Barry Goldwater g. Mikhail Gorbachev h. Saddam Hussein i. Richard Nixon j. Manuel Noriega k. Barbara Pierce l. Ronald Reagan m. Margaret Thatcher n. Clarence Thomas o. Boris Yeltsin |
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| Places |
1. Country the United States invaded in 1989 2. State where Bush grew up 3. Country reunified after several decades during Bush's presidency 4. State where Bush moved after World War II 5. Country whose occupation by a powerful neighbor led to the Gulf War 6. Country in which the United States illegally backed guerrillas during Reagan's presidency 7. State where Bush regularly vacationed 8. Country against which the United States went to war in 1991 9. State where Reagan's primary victory over Bush helped bring him the 1980 nomination 10. Cold War adversary of the United States that dissolved during Bush's presidency |
a. Connecticut b. Germany c. Iowa d. Iran e. Iraq f. Korea g. Kuwait h. Maine i. Massachusetts j. New Hampshire k. Nicaragua l. Panama m. Russia n. Soviet Union o. Texas |
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