World Affairs - Review Sheet for Test #2
Answer all of the following questions neatly on
another sheet of paper!
1. After
receiving a specific but uncorroborated [not backed up by a second source] tip,
police went on high alert with a security crackdown in the subways of what
city?
2.
Investigators were searching for two suspected masterminds behind the
suicide bombings in
3.
Representative Tom DeLay was indicted with new charges of money
laundering by a grand jury in what state?
What did he do that was illegal?
4. Define
constituent.
5. Define pork
barrel.
6. Define
acquit.
7. Define indict and indictment.
8. Define
launder.
9. Define
subpoena.
10. Define gerrymandering.
“The Time is Right” – A
Woman for President
11. Define non-partisan.
12. Define incumbency.
13. Define
bureaucracy.
14. Hurricane
Stan caused flooding and landslides throughout
15. An
earthquake that spanned at least 250 miles across
16. Define disenfranchise.
17. The majority of Iraqis, as much as 65
percent, are what kind of Muslims?
18. About 1/3 of Iraqis are what kind of Muslims?
19. What is the name of the ethnic group in
20. What Muslim
group held most of the power when Saddam Hussein was president?
21. Who is Abu
Musab al Zarqawi, and what is his importance?
22. Who is Pervez
Musharraf, and what is his importance?
23. Define filibuster.
24. What is the role/job of the Majority Leader
in the House of Representatives?
CNN October 14, 17, and 18
25. Recently there were attacks by Chechen rebles
who are using terrorist actions to demand independence. In what coutnry is Chechnya?
26. Which European countries have had recent
outbreaks of the bird flu?
27. Saddam
Hussein is on trial for the 1982 arrests, jailing, torturing, and executions in
Dujail. What had happened in Dujail that
made Saddam carry out these revenge attacks?
28. Saddam
Hussein pled “not guilty” for the 1982 massacre in Dujail, in which 150 people
of which cultural group or Muslim group were killed?
29. How are
hurricanes named once the alphabet of first names is finished?
NRA Fact Sheet
30. What
amendment to the Constitution says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary
to the security of a
32. What does
the NRA believe about the lawsuits that hold gun manufacturers financially
responsible for the acts of criminals?
33. What do
members of the NRA believe about “smart guns”? Make sure to tell what “smart
guns are.
34. How many
states now have “Right-to-Carry” laws? What are “Right-to-Carry” laws?
35. Who
attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981? Why did he try to kill the president?
36. What
happened to the president?
37. Who else
was shot by the assassin?
38. What is the
Brady Bill?
39. The Brady
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence was successful at banning “cop-killer”
bullets. What are these?
40. The Brady
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence was successful at blocking people convicted
of domestic violence from doing what?
41. The Brady
Center to Prevent Handgun Violence was able to pressure Congress to ban assault
weapons. This was challenged as
unconstitutional. What did the US
Supreme Court rule on this case?
42. A
gun-control group was at the airport handing out leaflets warning tourists
about the so-called “Shoot First” law in which state?
43. What
percentage of people infected with bird flu die from it?
44. What
happens to poultry and wild birds that are infected with bird flu? How do they die?
45. Why is the
H5N1 virus so deadly?
46. How do
people become infected with bird flu?
47. Scientists
estimate that because of international air travel, the avian flu could travel
from
48. Is
there a vaccine against the bird flu?
49.
What is the problem with the supply of Tamiflu?
50.
What are the early symptoms of the bird flu?
51.
Like the 1918 flu, what organ is most damaged by bird flu?
52. In
this video, government officials give tips on how to survive a nuclear attack. What preparation should people make to protect
themselves in their homes from radiation?
Reading
“Extra! Understanding Influenza”
53. Define pneumonia.
54. What percentage of Americans contract the flu
in a given year?
CNN Student News October 21
& 24
55.
How many countries are members of the United Nations?
56.
Where is the United Nations headquarters located?
57.
The UN tries to promote peace between countries; once fighting in a
region has stopped, what does the UN do to prevent fighting from restarting?
58. Who is the UN Secretary General?
59.
What are the official languages of the UN?
60.
What are the issues that are frequently areas of concern for the United
Nations?
Reading on “Influenza Outbreak of
1918” and the National Geographic article on the flu
61.
Define pandemic.
62.
Why was the flu of 1918 nicknamed “the Spanish flu”?
63.
Who were the victims of the 1918 flu?
64.
The Spanish flu originated in what animals before the disease mutated
into infecting humans?
65.
How many people died from the flu in 1918?
United Nations readings
66.
What is the United Nations General Assembly? What kinds of power does it have?
67.
Who are the five permanent members of the UN Security Council?
68.
There are 15 nations on the Security Council. Who makes up the other 10?
69.
Each of the five permanent members have veto power; explain what this
means.
70.
Millennium Declaration. What is
this policy created by UN, and what does it do?
71.
WHO. What is this organization
within the UN, and what does it do?
72.
UNESCO. What is this organization
within the UN, and what does it do?
73.
World Bank. What is this
organization within the UN, and what does it do?
74.
IMF. What is this organization
within the UN, and what does it do?
75.
IAEA. What is this organization
within the UN, and what does it do?
76.
UNICEF. What is this organization
within the UN, and what does it do?
Notes over female world leaders
There will be one question where you
will have a list of countries and you will need to choose the one that has not
had a female president or prime minister.
77.
Who is Margaret Thatcher, and what country is she associated with?
78.
Who is Indira Gandhi, and what country is she associated with?
79.
Who is Angela Merkel, and what country is she associated with?
80.
When Democrats forced a secret session of the Senate, they trying to
draw attention to the lack of Republican response towards what issue?
Other news
stories discussed in class -
81. Who is Samuel Alito, and what is his
importance?
82. Who is Harriet Miers, and what is her
importance?
83.
Rosa Parks was the first woman to lay in honor in what location?
84.
President Bush unveiled his plan to prepare for a possible flu pandemic
in which he asked Congress for how much in emergency funding?
There will be a fill in section on
the CIA Leak investigation.
There will be a matching section
with Issues 2, 3, 4, & 5.