WORLD REPORT EDITION:
November 1, 2002
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Directions: Do you have a nose for the news? Find out by answering the following questions from this week's TIME FOR KIDS magazine. Just circle the letter next to the correct answer or write your answer below the question.
Article:
Key Races to Watch This Election Day
1.
According to the map on page 2, which of the following states has both a Senate race and a Governor’s race in 2002?
A.
Virginia
B.
Texas
C.
Ohio
Article:
Key Races to Watch This Election Day
2.
Why does the President want the Republicans to win control of both houses of Congress?
A.
It will be easier for the President to get laws passed that he supports.
B.
He wants the Republicans to lose their seats in Congress.
C.
President Bush does not want the Republicans to win control.
Article:
Did this Box belong to Jesus’s Family?
3.
What object may be the oldest artifact to bear Jesus’s name?
A.
An ancient stone box
B.
An engraved sword
C.
A handmade pot
Article:
Money Troubles
4.
Use facts from the article to identify which of the following answers correctly describes a "sluggish economy."
A.
There are many unemployed professionals.
B.
Many people are experiencing money troubles.
C.
Both A and B
Article:
Money Troubles
5.
What is a recession?
A.
A period of time when the number of people who don’t have jobs increases
B.
A period of time when people are investing a lot of money in the stock market
C.
Both A and B
Article:
Money Troubles
6.
Which of the following factors made the booming economy of the 1990s begin to slow down?
A.
People started to question the value of Internet companies.
B.
People lost faith in big businesses.
C.
Both A and B
Article:
Money Troubles
7.
When people spend less money, how is the economy affected?
A.
The economy gets worse because there are fewer orders so more people lose jobs.
B.
The economy gets better because the money that people save starts to build up.
C.
The economy is not affected when people spend less money.
Article:
Money Troubles
8.
Who has been hit the hardest by the current economic slowdown?
A.
Extremely wealthy people have been hit the hardest.
B.
The poorest people in America have been hit the hardest.
C.
People are not affected by the current economic slowdown.
Article:
The Stock Market
9.
As more people want to buy a stock…
A.
the price of the stock increases
B.
the price of the stock decreases
C.
the price of the stock stays the same
Article:
Word Bank
10.
Use the definition of
unemployment rate
given in the Word Bank to calculate the following: If 3 out of 100 Americans do not have jobs, what is the unemployment rate?
A.
5%
B.
3%
C.
30%
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