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WorksheetsCurrent Event 4/1/21 and Biden Cabinet
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
A mammoth cargo ship blocking the Suez Canal was finally set free on March 29, six days after it became stuck. The canal, located in Egypt, is one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries.
Which country shown above is Egypt?
A
B
C
D
On March 22, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in __, killing 10 people, including a police officer. It was the second mass shooting in the United States in less than a week.
Boulder, Colorado
Atlanta, Georgia
Kansas City, Mo.
Portland, Ore.
Georgia Republicans on March 25 passed a sweeping law to________________- in the state.
change admissions policies for private schools
legalize recreational marijuana
restrict voting access
strengthen background checks for gun buyers
Beverly Cleary, who enthralled tens of millions of young readers with the adventures and mishaps of many beloved characters, died on March 25 at 104.
Which of the following children’s books did she NOT write:
“Charlotte’s Web”
“Henry Huggins”
“Ramona Quimby, Age 8”
“The Mouse and the Motorcycle”
Residents of Georgia and Alabama on March 26 began cleaning up the wreckage after powerful_____________ ripped through the two states during the night, killing at least six people, downing power lines and trees and shredding residential neighborhoods.
tornadoes
wildfires
flash floods
earthquakes
Insurgents seized control of much of a town in______________ on March 27, after a three-day siege that has left at least several people dead and hundreds of other civilians unaccounted for as government forces try to regain control.
Algeria
Rwanda
South Africa
Mozambique
The Library of Congress added 25 recordings to the National Recording Registry, including Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814,” Nas’s 1994 album “Illmatic” and an 1878 Thomas Edison recording that may be the oldest playable recording of an American voice.
Which popular children’s song was also included in this year’s selection?
Pinkfong’s “Baby Shark”
Elsa’s “Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Kermit the Frog’s “The Rainbow Connection” from “The Muppet Movie"
The “Barney & Friends” theme song "I Love You"
On March 24, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, an international team of radio astronomers, released the striking image above. What is it a photo of?
The collision between two planets
The polarized light from a galaxy’s giant black hole
An unidentified flying object
A shooting star
“Sophia Instantiation,” a 12-second video file that sold for nearly $700,000, was the latest in the frenzied market for digital art — and possibly the first created in part by __________________
a child under 5 years old
a chimpanzee
an unknown artist
a robot
Three of the articles below about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were recently published in The New York Times. One is from the satirical site The Onion. Which is the fake news story?
“In a Boost to Reopening Schools, C.D.C. Says Students Can Be 3 Feet Apart”
"C.D.C. Places Star Stickers On Bulletin Board Next To Names Of Americans Who Followed Rules Whole Pandemic"
"The C.D.C. Links Restaurant Dining and Lack of Mask Mandates to Virus’s Spread in the U.S.”
“Vaccinated Americans Getting Their Second Doses on Time, the C.D.C. Says”
Kamala Harris--replaced Mike Pence
Vice President
Sect of State
Sect of Commerce
Sect of Interior
Anthony Blinken--replaced Mike Pompeo
Vice President
Sect of State
Sect of Transportation
Sect of Treasury
Dr Janet Yellen--replaced Steven Mnuchin
Sect of State
Sect of Defense
Sect of Treasury
Sect of Interior
Lloyd Austin--replaced Christopher Miller (Miller took office in Nov 2020)
Attorney General
Sect of Defense
Sect of Interior
Sect of Treasury
Merrick Garland--replaced Jeffery A Rosen (Rosen took office in Dec 2020--was William Barr before him)
Attorney General
Sect of State
Sect of Interior
Vice President
Deb Haaland (first Native American on a Presidential Cabinet)--replaced David Bernhardt
Sect of Interior
Sect of Commerce
Sect of Agriculture
Sect of Treasury
Tom Vilsack--replaced Sonny Perdue
Sect of Commerce
Sect of Agriculture
Sect of Interior
Sect of Health and Human Services
Gina Raimondo--replaced Wilbur Ross
Sect of Commerce
Sect of State
Sect of Labor
Sect of Small Businesses
Marty Walsh--replaced Eugene Scalia
Sect of Health and Human Services
Sect of Interior
Sect Labor
Sect of Energy
Xavier Becerra--replaced Alex Azar
Sect of Education
Sect of Housing
Sect of Transportation
Sect of Health and Human Services
Marcia Fudge--replaced Ben Carson
Sect of Housing and Urban Development
Sect of Education
Sect of Health and Human Services
Sect of Labor
Pete Buttigieg (youngest cabinet member)--replaced Steven Bradbury and Lana Hurdle (had been Elaine Chao until she resigned after the Capitol riots)
Sect of Education
Sect of Transportation
Sect of Health and Human Services
Attorney General
Dr Miguel Cardona--replaced Mick Zais (was Betsy Devos--Zais took office Jan 8, 2021)
Sect of Education
Sect of Homeland Security
Attorney General
Sec of Veterans Affairs
Avril Haines--replaced John Ratcliffe
Environmental Protection Agency
Small Business Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
National Intelligence
Isabel Guzman--replaced Jovita Carranza
Small Business Administration
Sect of State
Attorney General
CIA Director
Chief of Staff for Biden---replaced (in reverse order) Mark Meadows, Mick Mulvaney, John Kelly, Reince Priebus
Ron Johnson
Ron Swanson
Ron McDonald
Ron Klain
