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| George H.W. Bush | The 41st president of the United States, also served as vice president to Ronald Reagan. He led the nation through the Persian Gulf War |
| Saddam Hussein | Socialist president of the Iraqi Republic until captured as a prisoner of war by U.S. forces in 2003 |
| Operation Desert Storm | the military effort to free Kuwait from Saddam Hussein's invasion |
| Colin Powell | Appointed the first African American secretary of state by George W. Bush in 2000, he resigned his position over the handling of the Iraq war |
| Bill Clinton | The 42nd president of the United States, he became the second president impeached by the House of Representatives but found not guilty of the charges |
| North American Free Trade Agreement | a treaty that eliminated trade barriers between Canada, the United States, and Mexico |
| Madeleine Albright | First woman to serve as secretary of state, she was appointed by Bill Clinton and sworn into office in 1997 |
| terrorism | the systematic use of fear or terror to gain goals |
| Al Gore | Vice president of the United States and Democratic presidential nominee in 2000 |
| George W. Bush | The 43rd president of the United States and son of George H.W. Bush, he was president during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks |
| World Trade Center | a complex of several office buildings that were attacked by terrorists |
| Pentagon | the headquarters of the U.S. military, located outside of Washington, D.C. |
| al Qaeda | the name of the terrorist organization headed by Osama bin Laden and responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks |
| Osama bin Laden | A Saudi millionaire and leader of al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States |
| weapons of mass destruction | chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons that can kill thousands |
| service economy | an economy in which most jobs involve providing services instead of producing goods |
| globalization | the process in which the United States is becoming more interdependent with other nations |
| Internet | a global system of computers that allows people across the world to communicate |
| Information Revolution | an increase in the ability to share information between people and locations brought by the Internet |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficincy Syndrome, a disease that affects the immune system, making patients vulnerable to infections |
| ozone layer | a level of the Earth's atmosphere that is being depleted by pollution |
| global warning | an environmental crisis in which the average temperature of the Earth is rising due to pollution |
