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Issue 274 Newsademic.com™ – British English edition Activities
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
1. What is impeachment?
2. When and where are the 2016 Olympic Games being held?
3. What is Petrobas?
6. If Ms Rousseff is impeached for how long will her Senate trial last?
14. What do police and lawyers believe about the corruption scandal?
TRUE FALSE
1.
The Maya had an impressive knowledge of the planets,
the stars and how the Sun seems to move across the sky.
2.
Today, many ancient glyphs have not been deciphered,
or decoded.
3. The Maya constructed impressive wooden buildings.
4.
Some of the biggest cities were called Palenque, Tikal,
and Chichen Itza.
5. The Maya civilisation was in South America.
6.
Some still speak Mayan languages and follow Maya
customs.
7.
They believe that the Maya decline was caused by a big
volcanic eruption in Central America.
8.
The Dutch researchers found volcanic ash above the
ground where the Maya lived.
9.
The Maya created a system of writing that used symbols
called glyphs.
10.
Big eruptions throw small amounts of volcanic ash high into
the atmosphere.
Issue 274 Newsademic.com™ – British English edition Activities
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
1. Q.
A. Oil.
2. Q.
A. Nicolas Maduro.
3. Q.
A. Hydroelectric power.
4. Q.
A. Hugo Chávez.
5. Q.
A. Barley.
6. Q.
A. Inflation.
7. Q.
A. Guri Dam.
8. Q.
A. American dollars.
Issue 274 Newsademic.com™ – British English edition Activities
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Sarcophagus Pripyat
Belarus Exploded
Cancer Russia
Issue 274 Newsademic.com™ – British English edition Activities
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
2. What is the new five-year campaign launched this year by the Earth Day Network?
7. Why are special events held all over the world on Earth Day?
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Issue 274 Newsademic.com™ – British English edition Activities
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
1. Who had the Koh-i-Noor re-cut to improve 6. Which of the following was the last to
its ‘sparkle’? become ‘polio free’ in 2015?
a. Queen Elizabeth the Second a. Afghanistan
b. Prince Albert b. Western Pacific
c. King George the Sixth c. Nigeria
d. Shah of Persia d. Europe
e. Queen Victoria e. South East Asia
2. Which of the following did not take place 7. What position did Dilma Rousseff hold
during the Great American Interchange? before becoming president of Brazil?
a. Sabre-toothed cats moved south a. Sports minister
b. Armadillos went north b. Energy minister
c. Deer and horses moved south c. Vice-president
d. Monkeys moved to North America d. Chief of Staff
e. Sloths went north e. Health minister
3. Who wrote the story about the statue and 8. Which of the following did not win a
the rope? Goldman Environmental Prize?
a. Herodotus
a. Leng Ouch
b. Cylon
b. Edward Loure
c. Plutarch
c. Máxima Acuña
d. Thucydides
d. Edward Jenner
e. Phaleron
e. Zuzana Caputová
4. Which of the following does not have a
border on Lake Chad? 9. Where is the Sahel?
a. Nigeria a. Africa
b. Cameroon b. On the Moon
c. Niger c. South America
d. Chad d. India
e. Sudan e. At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
5. Who traditionally keeps the keys to the 10. Where was the most powerful earthquake
Church of the Holy Sepulchre? ever recorded?
a. Coptic Monks a. Japan
b. A local Muslim family b. Tibet
c. Christian pilgrims c. Chile
d. Ethiopians d. Alaska
e. The pope e. Ecuador