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How well do you keep up with the world around you? Take this week’s quiz to test your knowledge of recent national and world events.
Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:
Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzesDiversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.
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This week's word in the news: CULMINATED
DEFINITION:
To end or arrive at a final stage.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Their private meeting culminated months of bargaining, with the White House deadline Friday nearing for imposing punishing tariffs on the EU‘s 27 member countries.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 07/28/2025