World Affairs - Review Sheet for Test #2
Answer all of the following questions
neatly on another sheet of paper!
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
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
9. Scientists now believe that bird flu is
likely to enter the
10. Define Green Zone.
11. What are the arguments to support drilling
new oil fields on
12. What are the arguments used to oppose
drilling new oil fields on
13. Define level two battalions.
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?
23. Define slander.
24. Define libel.
25. What group has stepped up to defend the free
speech rights of students using MySpace?
26. Between October 2000 and October 2005, the
government spent $286 million installing what along US borders?
27. Define NRC.
28. Define dirty bomb.
29. In
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?
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?
40. What are the jobs that are frequently done by
illegal immigrants?
41. Excessive TV viewing has been linked to what health
condition?
42. By age 18, the average
43. The Federal Children's
Television Act of 1990, and its update in 1996, requires television broadcasters
to do what?
44. Define media literacy.
45. Define genre.
46. Define mass media.
47. Define gatekeepers.
48. Define media.
49. Define hook.
50. Define teaser.
51. Define hard news.
52. After watching and comparing the commercials
during the world news broadcasts of the three major networks, describe their
intended audience.
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?
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
61. What is the poverty rate in the
62. Why has poverty become less visible in the
past decade?
63. Define
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.