Upfront quiz 2.

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QUIZ 2

Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 15-17.

FILL IN THE BLANK AND SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided.

1. Russia is convinced that the 1999 terrorist bombings that killed more than 300 people in Moscow, the capital, was the work of -- fundamentalists, mostly from sects in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.

2. Identify Chechnya and briefly describe the major event going on there. --

3. President George W. Bush's insistence on junking a 1972 treaty banning antiballistic -- chilled relations with Russia.

4. In July of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin committed his country to an alliance with --, in part to counterbalance what he viewed as a U.S. effort to dominate the world.

5. What do experts say is the reason why President Putin has decided that Russia must turn toward Europe and the U.S.? --

6. How would you describe the Russian people's view of the United...