Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.
►Archive of Geography quizzesHow 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:
►Breakthrough: Fighting stops and prisoner releases start as Israel and Hamas accept Gaza ceasefire
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This week's word in the news: OLIGARCHY
DEFINITION:
Government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to deliver stark warnings of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the country and of a “tech-industrial complex” that is infringing on Americans’ rights and the future of democracy.
►Albuquerque Journal -- 01/20/2025
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