The United States: economy, politics and foreign policy
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the presidents of 1993–2025 and one main event of each period in a table.
Clinton – economic growth; Bush – 11 September and the Iraq war; Obama – recovery from the 2008–2009 crisis; Trump (1) – the trade war; Biden – post-COVID recovery and aid to Ukraine; Trump (2) – governing from 2025.
2
Explain the causes and consequences of the 2008 global crisis in 6 sentences.
A housing-loan bubble, risky assets in the banks, the collapse of Lehman Brothers; consequences – rising unemployment, falling output, state rescue measures and a decline in world trade.
3
Write three steps the USA took after 11 September.
The military operation in Afghanistan (2001), the Department of Homeland Security, the Iraq war (2003).
4
List the areas of cooperation and of competition in US–China relations in two lists.
Cooperation: trade, climate, medical research. Competition: tariffs, advanced technology, Taiwan and the South China Sea.