Quick quiz.NEWS SPECIAL: ANIMALS ON THE EDGE, PAGE 6 * Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each question. -- 1. EDGE stands for "evolutionarily distinct" and what? A. genetically extreme B. genuinely exotic C. globally endangered D. gravely endangered 2. The program to protect EDGE species was launched by which organization? A. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and B. Fish and Wildlife Service C. World Wildlife Federation D. Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL) is a learned society founded in London in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other eminent naturalists. -- 3. How many endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. are highlighted in the current EDGE program? A. 10 B. 50 C. 100 D. 500 4. Which rare species may already be extinct? A. Bactrian camel B. slender Ioris C. Yangtze River Yangtze River Chinese Chang Jiang or Ch'ang Chiang River, China. Rising in the Tanggula Mountains in west-central China, it flows southeast before turning northeast and then generally east across south-central and east-central China to the East China dolphin D. yellow-tailed woolly monkey The Yellow-tailed Woolly monkey, Oreonax flavicauda, is a New World primate endemic to Peru. It is a rare species found only in the Peruvian Andes, with less than 250 individuals in the wild. It belongs to the Atelidae family. --5. Which place is a natural habitat of the Bactrian camel? A. Great Salt Lake Desert The Great Salt Lake Desert is a large playa in northern Utah, located west of the Great Salt Lake. It is an arid region extending west from the Great Salt Lake to the Nevada border. It covers an area of 4,000 square miles (10,360 km²). B. Gobi Desert C. Saudi Arabia D. Sri Lanka NEWS: DEBATE, PAGE 7 * Decide whether each sentence is true, false, or an opinion. Write your answer on the blank line provided. -- 6. Teen boot camps help troubled kids turn their lives around. -- 7. Teen boot camps are modeled after military training camps. -- 8. The state of Florida has established a new boot-camp system for teen offenders. -- 9. Boot camps are dangerous for vulnerable teens. -- 10. No one has ever died or been injured at a teen boot camp. WORLD: PERU Peru, country, South America Peru (pər  `), Span. Perú (pār : LIFE OF THE QUECHUA & MAP, PAGES 8-11 Use a word from this list to correctly complete each sentence. Andean schools, Buddhist, Catholic, Chumpe, Colombia, Cusco, Ecuador, Iquitos, Lima, Machu Picchu, mestizo mestizo (māstē`sō) [Span.,=mixture], person of mixed race; particularly, in Mexico and Central and South America, a person of European (Spanish or Portuguese) and indigenous descent. , mountain climbers, peasant farmers, Poques, Quechua, Uruguay, shamans 11. The capital of Peru is -- 12. A -- may look down on a Quechua. 13. Campesinos are -- 14. Besides Peru, the Quechua live in Bolivia and -- 15. Many Quechua worship traditional spirits, but identify themselves as -- WORLD HISTORY: THE DARK AGES, PAGES 12-14 Match each person in the left column with the correct description in the right column. 16. Alaric A. the "father of Europe" 17. Bede the Venerable B. Viking chief 18. Charlemagne C. King of the Visigoths 19. Ivar the Boneless Ivar Ragnarsson (died possibly 873[1]) nicknamed the Boneless (inn beinlausi), was a Danish Viking chieftain (and by reputation also a berserker), who, in the autumn of 865 A.D. D. Byzantine emperor 20. Justinian E. monk who preserved books Quick Quiz, p. T-6 1. C 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. opinion 7. true 8. false [Florida dismantled its system) 9. opinion 10. false 11. Lima 12. mestizo 13. peasant farmers 14. Ecuador 15. Catholic 16. C 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. D |
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