Quick-Quiz.JuniorScholastic. Name: ____________________ NEWS: WAR ON TERRORISM Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act : PAGES 4-5 Write the letter of the correct answer on the line before each sentence. _____ 1. Former governor Tom Ridge Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27 1945 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security of Pennsylvania was appointed by President Bush to head the (A) Department of Defense; (B) Office of Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States ; (C) FBI. _____ 2. The U.S. is bombing Afghanistan in order to (A) force the surrender of Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden: see bin Laden, Osama. and other terrorists; (B) take power in Afghanistan; (C) secure basic rights for Afghan worn en. _____ 3. What northern neighbor of Afghanistan is allowing U.S. planes to use its bases? (A) Iran; (B) Uzbekistan; (C) Iraq. _____ 4. The air war against Afghanistan produced fierce anti-American demonstrations in (A) Pakistan; (B) Russia; (C) Japan. _____ 5. In addition to bombs, U.S. planes over Afghanistan are dropping (A) visas to the U.S.; (B) dictionaries; (C) food packets. NEWS AND DEBATE: PAGE 9 Decide whether each sentence is true, false, or an opinion. Write your choice on the line provided. __________ 6. President Bush wants American kids to send a dollar each to help Afghan kids. __________ 7. President Bush's appeal to American kids was inspired by President Franklin 0. Roosevelt's appeal to kids to send dimes to fight a polio epidemic. __________ 8. Fitness is important, so students should be required to take gym in school. __________ 9. Most states require all students to take physical education every day. __________ 10. One in three Afghan children is an orphan. LEAVING ST. PAUL St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery ISLAND: PAGES 10-12 Use a word, name, or phrase from the list below to correctly complete each of the sentences. Word list: Arctic Ocean Arctic Ocean, the smallest ocean, c.5,400,000 sq mi (13,986,000 sq km), located entirely within the Arctic Circle and occupying the region around the North Pole. ; Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas ; Bering Sea Bering Sea, c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean. ; Canada; horned horned adj. Having a horn, horns, or a hornlike growth. Adj. 1. horned - having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind; "horned viper"; "great horned owl"; "the unicorn--a mythical horned beast"; puffins; Mexico; northern fur seals; penguins; St. George Island
St. George Island is a part of Franklin County, Florida and is an island in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Physical characteristics St. ; St. Paul Island; Roman Catholic; Russia; Russian Orthodox Adj. 1. Russian Orthodox - of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Orthodox faith, religion, religious belief - a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he ; Siberian mainland; the Aleutian Islands; whales. 11. St. George and St. Paul are Pribilof Islands in the ____________________. 12. In the late 1700s, Russian traders brought Aleuts from ____________________ ____________________ to the Pribilof Islands to help harvest certain animals. 13. More than a million ____________________ set up breeding grounds on the shores of St. Paul Island each summer. 14. Most of the Aleuts on St. Paul Island are members of what church? ____________________ 15. The United States bought the islands and the rest of Alaska from ____________________ in 1867. WHALE HUNTERS: PAGES 14-16 Next to each name, word, or phrase in the first column, write the letter of the associated words from the second column.
___ 16. Try-pot A. whaling port
___ 17. Herman Melville B. whale hunting barbed
spear
___ 18. Nantucket Island C. fuel for lamps
___ 19. harpoon D. vessel for boiling
blubber
___ 20. whale oil E. Moby Dick
ALEXANDER THE GREAT: PAGES 18-21 Select the letter of the word, name, or phrase that correctly completes each sentence. _____ 21. After Alexander put down a rebellion in Thebes, he (A) pardoned the rebels; (B) ordered the city destroyed; (C) invited Thebes to join a federation headed by Macedonia. _____ 22. Alexander built a city in Egypt with the name (A) Phillipi, to honor his father; (B) Olympia, to honor his mother; (C) Alexandria, to honor himself. _____ 23. In 334 B.C., Alexander attacked the vast (A) Persian Empire; (B) Roman Empire; (C) Carthaginian Kingdom. _____ 24. Before reaching the Indus River, Alexander marched through (A) China; (B) Afghanistan; (C) Mongolia. _____ 25. Alexander died at the age of 33 as a result of (A) a spear wound; (B) an assassin's stab in the dark; (C) malaria. ANSWERS 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. true 7. true 8. opinion 9. false--only Illinois has such a requirement 10. true 11. Bering Sea 12. the Aleutian Islands 13. northern fur seals 14. Russian Orthodox 15. Russia 16. D 17. E 18. A 19. B 20. C 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. C |
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