TEACHERS

	Read the February 12, 2007 issue of Scholastic News 5/6.
	For each question below, click the circle next to your answer.
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1. Of the following, who has expressed interest in running for President in the 2008 elections?
		a) Barack Obama
		b) John McCain
		c) Hillary Rodham Clinton
		d) all of the above
2. How long has it been since the last federal minimum wage increase?
		a) a decade
		b) three years
		c) 20 years
		d) a century
3. Ella Fitzgerald, the late jazz legend, was recently honored by whom?
		a) the U.S. Mint
		b) the U.S. Congress
		c) the U.S. Postal Service
		d) none of the above
4. About how many species of animals live in the London Zoo, in the United Kingdom?
		a) 50
		b) 200
		c) 600
		d) 950
5. What do officials hope that David Beckham's arrival in the U.S. will do?
		a) decrease violence at soccer games
		b) attract more viewers and fans to soccer
		c) get more kids to play soccer
		d) lower the cost of tickets
6. In which country are the most U.S. troops stationed?
		a) Iraq
		b) Germany
		c) South Korea
		d) Japan
7. A bill was recently passed to increase the minimum wage from $5.15 to what?
		a) $6.00
		b) $7.25
		c) $8.00
		d) $8.15
8. What did suffragists fight for?
		a) voting rights for women
		b) the Nineteenth Amendment
		c) both a and b
		d) none of the above
9. Who is Geraldine Ferraro?
		a) the first woman to run for Vice President in the U.S.
		b) the first female Speaker of the House
		c) a famous tennis player from Idaho
		d) none of the above
10. Why would the election of either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton as President be significant?
		a) It would be the first time in 10 years that the U.S. would have a Democrat in the White House.
		b) It would be the first time in U.S. history that a Senator was elected President.
		c) It would be the first time in U.S. history that someone other than a white male would be President.
		d) It would be the first time in U.S. history that someone who lived in Illinois would become President.

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