What do you know?[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This cartoon comments on "Clearing the Air" [p. 5]. After reading the article, study the cartoon, then answer the questions. 1. What law is being violated in this cartoon? -- 2. What is the relationship between the driver and the passengers? How do you know? -- 3. How do the passengers feel about what the man is doing? Give details to support your answer. -- 4. What is ridiculous about the driver's thought? -- 5. What do you suppose the cartoonist's point of view is? What makes you think so? -- * News IQ Fill in the letter of the correct answer for each question. 1. What alternate name do historians give the "Dark Ages"? (A) Baroque Era Noun 1. Baroque era - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe Baroque, Baroque period (B) Early Middle Ages (c) Late Middle Ages (D) Renaissance 2. Which organization recently announced a program to protect unique animal species? (A) Animal Protection Institute (B) India Wildlife Tours (C) San Diego Zoo San Diego Zoo One of the world's largest collections of mammals, birds, and reptiles, located in San Diego, Calif., and administered by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The 100-acre (40. (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. What is the leading occupation in Peru? (A) farming (B) forestry (C) ranching (D) teaching 4. Peru is about the size of which U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and ? (A) Alabama (B) Alaska (C) Arkansas (D) California 5. Which U.S. city banned smoking in cars with child passengers? (A) Bangor, Maine For other places with the same name, see Bangor. Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, MaineGR6, United States. It is the major commercial center for eastern and northern Maine. For U.S. (B) Denver, Colorado (C) Hartford, Connecticut (D) San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. * Word Find How much do you know about the so-called Dark Ages? Read the article on pp. 12-14. Then try to find 18 related words and phrases Words and Phrases® A multivolume set of law books published by West Group containing thousands of judicial definitions of words and phrases, arranged alphabetically, from 1658 to the present. hidden in this grid. They appear horizontally, vertically, and diagonally; forward and backward. Bede Charlemagne Christianity disease emperors Europae Pater PATER. Father. A term used in making genealogical tables. fleas Ivar King Alaric kingdoms monks peasants rats Rome siege Vikings Visigoths warriors What Do You Know? p. 15 Cartoon 1. a law, in some places in the U.S., that bans adults from smoking in vehicles carrying children 2. He is the father to at least one of the kids in the car. He refers to "my family." 3. They don't like that he is smoking in such close quarters. One passenger appears to he coughing; the other looks dismayed. 4. He is asking himself how he can improve his family's well-being while committing an act that potentially harms their health. 5. The cartoonist apparently supports laws that ban smoking in cars when children are passengers. His drawing of the anguished faces of the kids choking on the smoke suggests sympathy. News IQ 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A Word Find Puzzle Reproducible, p. T-5 |
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