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WorksheetsWeekly Current Events
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as __________, the most drastic move yet in a governmentwide effort to roll back recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights law.
a behavior contingent upon on social norms, activities and attitudes
a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth
an individual’s choice and not determined by the sex assigned at birth
a psychological function based on a person’s brain chemistry
A caravan of migrants, nearly all of them _____________, is making its way north through Guatemala toward Mexico and the United States. It is the latest, and certainly the largest, iteration of a phenomenon that has occurred from time to time: big groups of Central Americans joining together to face the challenges of migration, their numbers providing security against the criminals that stalk the route north.
Costa Ricans
Hondurans
Nicaraguans
Salvadorans
A federal trial that began on Oct. 15 accusing Harvard of _____________ is providing a rare glimpse into the secretive selection process at one of the country’s most elite universities.
discriminating against white male applicants
giving rural students a leg up over urban students
offering special consideration for the offspring of big donors
stacking the deck against Asian-American applicants
On Oct. 23, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey laid out the Saudi planning of what he called the _____________ of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s consulate in Istanbul, and demanded that the Saudi suspects face justice in Turkey.
accidental killing
illegal detainment
kidnapping
premeditated murder
On Oct. 17, Canada became the first major world economy to _____________, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades.
legalize recreational marijuana
abolish the death penalty
ban all social media websites
decriminalize prostitution
Caroll Spinney, who has played _____________ since 1969, retired from “Sesame Street,” the long-running children’s program, on Oct. 18.
Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Elmo and Cookie Monster
Ernie and Kermit the Frog
Grover and Count von Count
One of the most devastating Taliban assassination strikes of the long _____________ war on Oct. 18 killed a regional police chief with a larger-than-life reputation as one of the last stalwarts against the militants.
Afghan
Iraqui
Syrian
Yemeni
Senator Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test that she said proved she has _____________ heritage.
Australian
Middle Eastern
Native American
Scandinavian
BepiColombo, a joint mission of the European and Japanese space agencies, set off for _____________ on Oct. 19. Due to arrive in 2025, it would become only the third spacecraft to visit the planet.
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
Saturn
Three of the science-related articles below were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“47,000 Ticks on a Moose, and That’s Just Average. Blame Climate Change.”
“Geneticists Criticize Use of Science by White Nationalists to Justify ‘Racial Purity’”
“‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Spotted in the Deep Sea”
“Study Finds Over 5 Million Birds Die Annually From Head-On Collisions With Clouds”
