Weekly Quiz #2 - Current Events & Historical Thinking

What is the name of the tropical storm that slammed into the west coast of Mexico and the United States this week?

• Harry

• Mary

• Hilary

• Terry

Featured in Tuesday’s show, there’s a nationwide shortage of what job that’s impacting some students return to school?

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What country planned to begin releasing treated wastewater this week into the Pacific Ocean following a nuclear disaster?

• North Korea

• the United States

• Mexico

• Japan

On Wednesday, what country became the 4th nation to touch down on the moon?

• India

• Japan

• China

• Russia

What new technology are police officers deploying at some NY beaches to find sharks?

• radar

• drones

• electric helicopters

• smartphones

What is the name of the strong area of high pressure that is trapping and intensifying hot air over the US right now?

• El Nino

• hot air balloon

• pressure bubble

• heat dome

What is the name of a new robot that could one day help you with your chores?

• Apollo

• Challenger

• Luna

• Hubble

True or False: Every state holds their primary elections for presidential nominees the same way.

• True

• False

Match the following historical thinking skills with their correct descriptions.

• exploring what influenced an event

• Close Read

• identifying claims and how they are made

• Corroboration

• seeing if other sources say the same

• Contextualize

• asking who created this? why?

• Source

Match the following terms to their definition

• a tendency to favor one side or person

• multiple perspectives

• considering more than one viewpoint

• fact

• someone or something that's believable

• bias

• the way someone understands something

• interpretation

• something real or true

• credible