WorksheetsWeek in Rap 10/15/21
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
True or False: The Juneteenth holiday will replace Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
True
False
Indigenous activists pressured the president to declare a state of emergency due to ________.
climate change
the COVID-19 pandemic
food contamination
cybersecurity breaches
The Indigenous activists also called on the president to ban ________ that threaten their water safety.
plastics
pesticides
power plants
pipelines
The WHO has approved the first vaccine to treat ________ in children.
Zika virus
malaria
typhus
Lyme disease
The vaccine’s trial involved how many kids?
1,000
75,000
400,000
800,000
A union representing ________ voted to authorize a strike.
movie crews
restaurant workers
video game developers
hotel cleaners
Which of these is a reason why the union has approved a strike?
High wages
Long hours
Staffing shortages
Unsafe working conditions
This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature went to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a novelist from ________.
Kenya
Nigeria
Tanzania
South Africa
He’s the first Black writer to win since 1993, when ________ won the award.
Maya Angelou
Ralph Ellison
Octavia E. Butler
Toni Morrison
Joe Biden became the first president to recognize October 11 as ________.
Juneteenth
Civil Rights Day
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Cesar Chavez Day
