Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
This Week's lesson:
Georgia election chief drenched in paint
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.
Latest election revives debate over lowering the U.S. voting age to 16
High school juniors and seniors were on the sidelines this month, once again, during the most important national event of 2024 – the presidential election. Even some college students who weren't 18 by Nov. 5 couldn't have a direct role in electi...
Salmon return to native habitat after dams are removed
Less than a month after four towering hydroelectric dams on California’s Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of Chinook salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades. As the fish gathered to spawn a new generation, native Ame...
This week's word in the news: TARIFF
DEFINITION:
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
And many economists think Trump’s plans, including putting tariffs on imported foods and deporting undocumented workers, could actually make food prices rise
The Key West Citizen-Herald -- 11/18/2024
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