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Biden Cabinet and Current Events Sp 2021

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vermont Senator ..?.. will preside over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.

a)

Bernie Sanders

b)

Jeanne Shaheen

c)

Pat Leahy

d)

Maggie Hassan

2.

A third coronavirus vaccine, made by ..?.., which only requires one shot, could be approved soon.

a)

Johnson & Johnson

b)

Bayer

c)

Eli Lilly

d)

Novartis

3.

The Biden administration has temporarily frozen arms sales to ..?.., and fighter jets to the UAE, pending a review.

a)

Isreal

b)

Qatar

c)

Syria

d)

Saudia Arabia

4.

The stock of retail chain ..?.. soared after a group of online traders on Reddit encouraged people to buy it.

a)

Blockbuster Video

b)

Home Depot

c)

Best Buy

d)

GameStop

5.

..?.., the de facto leader of Myanmar, was arrested in an apparent military coup.

a)

Yingluck Shinawatra

b)

Aung San Suu Kyi

c)

Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh

d)

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

6.

Pioneering actress ..?.. who starred in “Sounder” and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died at age 96, two days after her memoir was published.

a)

Ruby Dee

b)

Dorothy Dandridge

c)

Cicely Tyson

d)

Lena Horne

7.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of ..?.. was given a seat on the House education committee despite her claims that many school mass shootings were fake. (She was voted OFF this committee over the weekend)

a)

Florida

b)

Georgia

c)

Texas

d)

Massachusetts

8.

Chicago officials granted landmark status to the home of ..?.., the Black 14-year-old who was lynched 66 years ago on a visit to Mississippi.

a)

Emmett Till

b)

Lamar Smith

c)

Mack Charles Parker

d)

Willie Edwards Jr.

9.

Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman, who played the role of ..?.. Lindstrom on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died at age 94.

a)

Cybill

b)

Rhoda

c)

Phyllis

d)

Susan

10.

The Biden administration said it would try to speed up the process of putting ..?.. on the $20 bill.

a)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Harriet Tubman

11.

Kamala Harris--replaced Mike Pence

a)

Vice President

b)

Sect of State

c)

Sect of Commerce

d)

Sect of Interior

12.

Dr Janet Yellen--replaced Steven Mnuchin

a)

Sect of State

b)

Sect of Defense

c)

Sect of Treasury

d)

Sect of Interior

13.

Deb Haaland (first Native American on a Presidential Cabinet)--replaced David Bernhardt

a)

Sect of Interior

b)

Sect of Commerce

c)

Sect of Agriculture

d)

Sect of Treasury

14.

Pete Buttigieg (youngest cabinet member)--replaced Steven Bradbury and Lana Hurdle (had been Elaine Chao until she resigned after the Capitol riots)

a)

Sect of Education

b)

Sect of Transportation

c)

Sect of Health and Human Services

d)

Attorney General

15.

Dr Miguel Cardona--replaced Mick Zais (was Betsy Devos--Zais took office Jan 8, 2021)

a)

Sect of Education

b)

Sect of Homeland Security

c)

Attorney General

d)

Sec of Veterans Affairs

16.

Which social media platform helped boost book sales in the past year with videos of users reading, recommending and crying over books?

a)

TikTok

b)

Instagram

c)

Snapchat

d)

Twitter

17.

Which state, which has a population of 730,000 people, became the first in the United States to allow all residents age 16 and older access to the coronavirus vaccine?

a)

Alaska

b)

Montana

c)

Texas

d)

Rhode Island

18.

The Biden administration announced economic sanctions against Russia this March. What prompted the sanctions?

a)

The killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi

b)

The poisoning and imprisonment of Aleksei Navalny

c)

New evidence of Russian support for Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign

d)

A Russian threat to boycott the Olympics

19.

A famous singer received a shot of the Moderna virus vaccine — after having earlier helped fund vaccine research. Who was it?

a)

Beyoncé

b)

Bob Dylan

c)

Reba McEntire

d)

Dolly Parton

20.

For your extemp Speeches (week of April 13, 2021):

a)

Students that have presented in class MUST submit Flipgrids immediately

b)

Students will fail the class because the speeches are too short

c)

Students must make a tik-tok of them singing Stubbs favorite song

d)

(the answer is about flipgrids...do not pick this one!)

21.

Kamala Harris--replaced Mike Pence

a)

Vice President

b)

Sect of State

c)

Sect of Commerce

d)

Sect of Interior

22.

Anthony Blinken--replaced Mike Pompeo

a)

Vice President

b)

Sect of State

c)

Sect of Transportation

d)

Sect of Treasury

23.

Dr Janet Yellen--replaced Steven Mnuchin

a)

Sect of State

b)

Sect of Defense

c)

Sect of Treasury

d)

Sect of Interior

24.

Lloyd Austin--replaced Christopher Miller (Miller took office in Nov 2020)

a)

Attorney General

b)

Sect of Defense

c)

Sect of Interior

d)

Sect of Treasury

25.

Pete Buttigieg (youngest cabinet member)--replaced Steven Bradbury and Lana Hurdle (had been Elaine Chao until she resigned after the Capitol riots)

a)

Sect of Education

b)

Sect of Transportation

c)

Sect of Health and Human Services

d)

Attorney General

26.

Chief of Staff for Biden---replaced (in reverse order) Mark Meadows, Mick Mulvaney, John Kelly, Reince Priebus

a)

Ron Johnson

b)

Ron Swanson

c)

Ron McDonald

d)

Ron Klain

27.

Dr Miguel Cardona--replaced Mick Zais (was Betsy Devos--Zais took office Jan 8, 2021)

a)

Sect of Education

b)

Sect of Homeland Security

c)

Attorney General

d)

Sec of Veterans Affairs

28.

Merrick Garland--replaced Jeffery A Rosen (Rosen took office in Dec 2020--was William Barr before him)

a)

Attorney General

b)

Sect of State

c)

Sect of Interior

d)

Vice President

29.

Deb Haaland (first Native American on a Presidential Cabinet)--replaced David Bernhardt

a)

Sect of Interior

b)

Sect of Commerce

c)

Sect of Agriculture

d)

Sect of Treasury

30.

Tom Vilsack--replaced Sonny Perdue

a)

Sect of Commerce

b)

Sect of Agriculture

c)

Sect of Interior

d)

Sect of Health and Human Services