World Affairs - Review Sheet for Test #2

Answer all of the following questions

neatly on another sheet of paper!

 

Who was Slobodan Milosevic? 

Srebrenica: A Triumph of Evil

1.  Where was Milosevic on trial for war crimes?

2.  Under Milosevic’s leadership, the ___ carried out “ethnic cleansing” against ____ and ____.

3.  What happened in the town of Srebrenica?

4.  Besides murder, what other crimes were forced on some civilians?

 

CNN - March 14

5.  What is the argument given by the prosecution to explain why Moussaoui is deserving of the death penalty?

6.  Define commemorate.

7.  What was the recent scandal faced by the College Board?

 

CBS Evening News - March 13 & 14

8.  In assessing the US’ progress in Iraq on the third anniversary of the start of the war, General Paul Eaton and CBS identified three miscalculations that the US made before going into the war.  What are the three miscalculations?

9.  Scientists now believe that bird flu is likely to enter the US through which state?

10.  Define Green Zone.

11.  What are the arguments to support drilling new oil fields on Florida’s Gulf Coast?

12.  What are the arguments used to oppose drilling new oil fields on Florida’s Gulf Coast?

 

ABC – March 20

13.  Define level two battalions.

 

On Call in Hell

14.  Define reconnaissance.

15.  Define RPG.

16.  Define Leatherneck.

17.  Define ROTC.

18.  Define triage.

19.  Define PTSD.

20.  Define Gunship.

21.  What Iraqi city has been the deadliest for US troops?

22.  What type of weapon causes the most injuries for US troops?

 

Are Schools and Police

Overreacting to MySpace Posts?

23.  Define slander.

24.  Define libel.

25.  What group has stepped up to defend the free speech rights of students using MySpace?

 

Investigators Enter US with

‘Dirty Bomb’ Material

26.  Between October 2000 and October 2005, the government spent $286 million installing what along US borders?

27.  Define NRC.

28.  Define dirty bomb.

 

NBC News – March 28

29.  In France, what was the recent action taken by students and labor unions?

30.  Why did they take that action? What’s in the law?

31.  The new law was designed to create new jobs for young people.  Why did the French government feel a need to improve the situation for young adults?

32. Who is Dominic de Villepin?

33.  Who is Ehud Olmert?

 

A Border War

34.  Define scourge.

35.  Define zeal.

36.  Define pragmatist.

37.  Define rhetoric.

38.  Define xenophobia.

39.  Tom Tancredo, a House Republican , has been trying to increase support in Congress for what immigration policies or actions?

 

Portrait of an Alien Nation

40.  What are the jobs that are frequently done by illegal immigrants?

 

Media Literacy Quiz

41.  Excessive TV viewing has been linked to what health condition?

42.  By age 18, the average U.S. child's TV viewing has included seeing 16,000 of what?

43. The Federal Children's Television Act of 1990, and its update in 1996, requires television broadcasters to do what?

 

Vocabulary Terms

(back of the Media Literacy Quiz)

44.  Define media literacy.

45.  Define genre.

46.  Define mass media.

47.  Define gatekeepers.

48.  Define media.

 

News About the News – KQED Adult Learning

49.  Define hook.

50.  Define teaser.

51.  Define hard news.

 

Media Comparison

52.  After watching and comparing the commercials during the world news broadcasts of the three major networks, describe their intended audience.

 

CNN Student News

53.  Why did the “Day Without Immigrants” occur?

54.  Where were the greatest number of protests?  Why?

55.  Besides protesting, what were immigrants and their supporters supposed to boycott on May 1?

 

The Exterminator

56.  Representative Tom DeLay was indicted with new charges of money laundering in what state?  What was illegal?

57.  Define indict/indictment.

58.  Define launder.

59.  Define subpoena.

60.  Define gerrymandering.

61.  Define constituency.

 

The Other America

61.  What is the poverty rate in the US?

62.  Why has poverty become less visible in the past decade?

63.  Define Third World.

64.  Define Bipartisan.

65.  Define Liberals.

66.  Define Stagnation.

67.  Define Evacuees.         

68.  Define Perpetrators.

69.  Define Incarcerated.

70.  Define Public Housing.

71.  Define GOP.

72.  Define Subsidies.

73.  Define Downsizing.

74.  Define Quotas.

 

·  There will be six questions that come from the poverty note page, (on the back of the page that has the “How Would You Survive in Poverty” quiz).  You will be given a statement and will need to identify whether or not the statement represents generational or situational poverty.

 

·  There will be seven questions that come from the chart “Hidden Rules Among the Classes.”  You will be given a statement and will need to write whether that statement represents the beliefs of people in poverty, the middle class, or in wealth.

 

·  You will get three parts of articles and a list of the Eleven Elements of Newsworthy News.  You will need to write an explanation of which elements apply to the articles.  You will need to answer using the Element definitions and using details from the articles provided.  Make sure to study the definition of each Element.