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Revolution in France (Page 1)

Instructions: Read the article Revolution in France.
Answer questions 1-16.

1. Who was Charles de Gaulle?

2. In France, how often are presidential elections held?

3. What is the Fifth Republic?

4. Who is Marine Le Pen?

5. What is Front national?

6. Who is Emmanuel Macron?

7. What does Ms Le Pen want France to do?

8. Which two political groups have been dominant in France since the Fifth Republic
began?
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Revolution in France (Page 1) continued

9. What is the lyse Palace?

10. Who is Franois Hollande?

11. What does En Marche! mean in English?

12. What happened to the candidates from the Socialist Party and The Republicans
in the election?

13. In what do far left groups believe?

14. Why is Mr Hollande an unpopular leader?

15. Which two countries are the most important in the EU?

16. If France left the EU and gave up the euro, what do most political experts agree on?
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Turkeys referendum (Page 10)

Instructions: Read the article Turkeys referendum.
Tick either true or false for the following statements.

TRUE FALSE

Mustafa Kemal Atatrk (1881 1938) set up the modern-

1.
day State of Turkey in the 1920s.
The Justice and Development Party (CHP) has been
2.
Turkeys dominant political party for many years.
Even though he had become a figurehead president, Mr
3.
Erdoan has continued to make the important decisions.
The change would mean that the country would no longer
4.
have a military system of government.
Mr Erdoan wanted the system of government to change
5.
from parliamentary to presidential.
Atatrk insisted that the country should be a secular state,
6.
which means that politics and religion are kept separate.
Mr Erdoan was prime minister for 11 years, then chose to
7.
take part in the first presidential election by popular vote.
Turkeys parliament is called the Grand National Senate of
8.
Turkey.
They think he plans to introduce more religious laws into
9.
what they insist is still a secular country.
Before forming the AKP, Mr Erdoan was the elected
10.
governor of Istanbul, Turkeys largest city.
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Chinas new carrier (Page 18)

Instructions: Read the article Chinas new carrier.
The answers to the questions are given for 1-8. Write the questions.

1. Q.

A. Japan, the UK and the USA in the 1920s.

2. Q.

A. Carrier fleet.

3. Q.

A. Battle of Midway.

4. Q.

A. USS Carl Vinson.

5. Q.

A. An arrested landing.

6. Q.

A. Liaoning.

7. Q.

A. Dalian.

8. Q.

A. Shandong.
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The Screams clouds (Page 6)

Instructions: Read the article The Screams clouds.
Draw a line to connect the correct links. The first is done for you.

Volcanic erruption Seashells

The Scream Oslo

Norway Krakatoa

Iridescence Edvard Munch

PSCs Scandinavia

Kristiania Pastels

Researcher Blood red skies

Volcanic ash Mother of pearl clouds

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Indian stamp record (Page 11)

Instructions: Read the article Indian stamp record and fill in the spider diagram
below with the details.

DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE GANDHI

ONE-CENT MAGENTA TEN-RUPEE SERVICE STAMPS

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New Arctic military base (Page 7)

Instructions: Read the article New Arctic military base.
Answer questions 1-8.

1. Where is Alexandra Land?

2. Who is to live in the new Arctic Trefoil Military base?

3. Which other countries claim to own large parts of the Arctic Ocean?

4. In 2007, what did Russia do which annoyed other countries that claim ownership
of the Arctic Ocean?

5. Why is ownership of this part of the world important?

6. What is the Lomonosov Ridge?

7. Who or what decides which nations own the seas and oceans? What are the set
of laws, or rules?

8. How much food and fuel are to kept at the base and why?
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World Map (Page 13)

Instructions: Solve these anagrams. Each answer is a country that appears on the
World Map. Each anagram has one extra letter. Together the extra
letters form another anagram. The answer is a mystery country. One is
already done for you.

1. KUOTERY O
T U R K E Y
2. REKNABMD

3. ANIDOSOENI

4. MIBLEIGU

5. OCRACDEU

6. AGENYMAR

7. SPIPEPILHNIL

8. M W O N R YA

Mystery country = O
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Issue 300 Elimination

Instructions: Read issue 300. Now eliminate from the list 13 pairs of words or phrases
that go together. You will have one word or phrase left over. That is
the answer. One pair is already done for you.

Flattops Calcium carbonate Salt March

Great Auk Iridescence Sumer

Frisian Helio Courvoisie Alyattes

Constitution Ethylene glycol Flightless

Diffracted light Bacteria Lesions

Heligoland Enzyme Wetlands

Shipworm Lydia Writing

Vitruvius Amphibians Fifth Republic

Architect Sea battles MRSA

Odd one out =

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Issue 300 multiple choice quiz

Instructions: Read issue 300 and circle the correct answers for questions 1-10.

1. Which country ceded Heligoland to 6. Which of the folowing is a hypothetical

Britain in 1814? particle?
a. France a. Electron
b. Germany b. Atom
c. Denmark c. Proton
d. Japan d. Axion
e. Italy e. Neutron

2. What is a philatelist? 7. Into what does the Yukon River empty?

a. Art collector a. Bering Sea
b. Bee keeper b. Arctic Ocean
c. Keep fit expert c. North Atlantic Ocean
d. Stamp collector d. Barents Sea
e. Chess player e. North Sea

3. Which penguins breed on the continent 8. What is the Paris Agreement?

of Antarctica? a. International climate change agreement
a. Rockhopper b. Trade agreement
b. Gentoo c. Intergovermental military alliance
c. Chinstrap d. French constitution change
d. Royal e. Nuclear weapons treaty
e. Adlie 9. Where is modern civilisation thought to
have begun?
4. Where is Kangerlussuaq?
a. Stonehenge
a. Alaska
b. Gbekli Tepe
b. Indonesia
c. Egypt
c. Greenland
d. Sumer
d. Antarctica
e. Greece
e. Canada
10. Which country first introduced paper
5. Who painted The Scream? money, or notes?
a. Gustav Klimt a. South Korea
b. Amedeo Modigliani b. France
c. Edvard Munch c. Canada
d. Salvador Dal d. Turkey
e. Pablo Picasso e. China