STUDY GUIDE FOR CURRENT EVENTS
Students will be tested on the information from the packet of articles and vocabulary words they
have been given in class. This test will be given on December 16, 2015. There will be
approximately 50 questions on the test. Please use the time leading up to the test date to study
for the test. When class resumes after the production is over, there will some time for a final
review.
Information in the study guide packet
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Current Events and Foreign Policy – Presidential Election (Republican or Democrat)
Candidates running for President from both political parties
Quiz on News from the past month
Student News Daily – Army captain who tackled suicide bomber gets Medal of Honor
How the ISIS fight went global
Current Events and Foreign Policy – ISIS
You will be given ten words from the following vocabulary list. This
part will be matching the word with the correct definition.
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atrophy
avatar
baleful
balk
bereft
besiege
bourgeois
bovine
caulk
cerebral
abscond
acumen
adumbrate
aegis
alabaster
allusion
analgesic
antipathy
archipelago
assonance