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Current World Events Week 3
Current World Events class Watertown Highschool 4th Quarter 4th Block Week 3
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Social Studies
9th Grade
04/09/2015

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Term
A ___ ____ judge has agreed for a woman to serve divorce papers to her husband using ________. The woman has tried for years but her husband has been unreachable
Definition
New York, Facebook
Term
SD __________ party, one union group, and possibly the state’s AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organizations) are trying to keep the 2015 referred law that has raised minimum wage to $_.__ from also limiting wage for anyone 18 or under to $_.__
Definition
Democratic, 8.50, 7.25
Term
Rand Paul, a Senator from ________, has announced he will be running for presidency in 2016. Rand Paul is a ___________ (Tea Party) that believes his views an keeping civil liberties paramount, anti-interview in foreign affairs, and support of family values, and limited government will help with younger voters and traditional Republicans.
Definition
Kentucky, Libertarian
Term
______ governor, ___ _________, signed a law yesterday that bans 2nd term abortion procedure. It is the first of its kind in the nation. It does give exceptions to cases where “necessary to protect the life or health of the mother.” Planned Parenthood of Kansas say they see it as a way to hinder a woman’s right to choose and access health care.
Definition
Kansas, Sam Brownback
Term
_____ hsd released its Model S 70D that will cost $__,___ to buy. The car comes with a dual motor, all wheel drive, 514 hp, 0-60 time of 5.2, 70 KW-hour battery, and a 240 mile driving range.
Definition
Tesla, 70,000
Term
In North Charleston, _____ ________ demonstrators surrounded the court house in protesting shooting to death of 50 year old African American man. A video shows officer _______ ______ shot Walter Scott 8 times in the back as he was running away. Slager is being charged with murder and is being investigated by the FBI. North Charleston mayor is ordering more body cameras for officers after shooting.
Definition
North Carolina, Michael Slager
Term
Again, ______ has proposed a bill to keep welfare from being used on body piercings, massages, spas, tobacco, nail salons, lingerie, arcades, cruise ships or visits to psychics, or adult entertainment. Also limits withdrawals to $__ dollars a day.
Definition
Kansas, 25
Term
_____ _____, lead by ___ ____ __, has told Mexico to give them back their ship and crew. Mexico government is holding a North Korean ship after it ran aground in Mexico last July. The ship has been detained as Mexico is acting as it is supposed to as a member of the United Nations. The United Nation’s Security Council has blacklisted the company that owns the ship for supplying North Korea with arms and other sanctioned resources. Mexico said the crew is free and will be helped to return to North Korea soon.
Definition
North Korea, Kim Jung Un
Term
Greece has made a ___ (number) million Euro payment to the _____________ ________ Fund in order to get the last portion of the 240 billion Euro bailout. Greece has to show that it has been reforming/fixing its economic structure in order to get the money which has caused a backlash with the Greece people. Greece still has a 25.7% unemployment rate, twice what the rest of the Eurozone is.
Definition
460, International Monetary
Term
________ ________ was found guilty after only 11.5 hours of jury deliberations of all 30 counts for the ______ ________ Bombing. Tsarnaev now has to avoid death penalty which is possible in 17 of the 30 counts.
Definition
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon
Term
Japanese police officers arrest _______ ________. A man suspected of being related to a string of acid attacks on women in Japan. This comes at a time when acid attacks on women are a popular thing.
Definition
Noriaki Kitamura
Term
The US government says that nuclear missile launching submarines can be key to US navy dominance. Some analysts have suggested that someday US ________ ________ will be replaced by these Nuclear Guided Missile Submarines.
Definition
Aircraft Carriers
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