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.
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
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Colombia searches Amazon for children after plane crash
'Water security:' Tough decisions are coming on how to share shrinking Colorado River
California, Arizona, Nevada and other Western states face a potential water and power-generating catastrophe because the Colorado River they depend on is shrinking. As water levels drop because of overuse and over two decades of drought made wor...
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⇒ Elementary (K-4)Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
Advanced 3D model goes inside Titanic wreck
Two robot submersibles spent more than 200 hours in 2022 taking more than 715,000 photos of the Titanic wreck at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Those photos have been stitched together to create an extremely detailed, 3D digital scan of the ...
This week's word in the news: INVASIVE
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FOUND IN THE NEWS:
On the eve of this weekend’s famed Calaveras Jumping Frog Jubilee, state wildlife officials met to ponder the management of a disease-carrying invasive frog with powerful legs, a dopey smile and a dangerous appetite.
The San Jose Mercury New -- 05/22/2023
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