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Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzesDiversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
►Have art buyers just gone bananas?
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►A moisture ‘river’ and howling winds slam Northwestern U.S. for days, causing damage and deaths
This week's word in the news: ABUNDANCE
DEFINITION:
The situation in which there is more than enough of something.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“Out of an abundance of caution, and due to the ongoing spread of bird flu in dairy cows, poultry, and sporadic human cases, consumers should not consume any of the affected raw milk,” wrote the state’s health officials in a statement.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 11/25/2024