MC3306 Study guide
Current Events & Final Exam
You will be expected to know the people who hold the following offices. Throughout the
semester questions about these public officials will be on the current events quizzes. (The
presumption is that if you are keeping up with the news, you will encounter these names
in the news and come to know them.) NOTE: As current events occur throughout the
year, other names may be added.
U.S. President
Presidential candidates (during
elections)
U.S. Vice President
U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. Attorney General
Secretary of Defense
Director of Homeland Security
U.S. Supreme Court Justices
Federal Reserve Chairman
U.S. Senators from Texas
Speaker of the U.S. House
U.S. Senate Majority Leader
President of Texas State University
Texas Governor
Candidates for Governor (during
elections)
Lt. Governor of Texas
Texas Secretary of State
Texas Attorney General
Speaker of the Texas House
Mayor of Austin
Mayor of San Antonio
Mayor of San Marcos
President of Mexico
President of Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq
President of Afghanistan