Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Costa Rican rescuers walk 14 hours to save plane crash survivor
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.
Holiday tech gifts: See what's new, clever and affordable
Tech devices and accessories that you get or give this season can be practical as well as cool. Choices of digital gadgets and electronic diversions seem to get more imaginative, portable and interactive each year. Check out a sampling of new mu...
Trump’s proposed tariffs would raise costs
Donald Trump said last week that one of his first executive orders would impose a 25% tariff on all products entering the country from Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10% tariff on goods from China. U.S. companies importing those products would ...
This week's word in the news: ECHOING
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
echoing other lawmakers who were threatened, he added: “There is no place for political violence in this country, and I hope that we may all continue through the holiday season with peace and civility.”
The Boston Herald -- 12/02/2024
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Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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