World News Latin America South Asia Europe Middle East
100
Breaking News
Idiom: This is new news important enough to interrupt regular broadcasts.
100
95
____% of Venezuela's export income comes from oil.
100
Narendra Modi
This is the Prime Minister of India.
100
Eritrea
Many refugees from this African country are fleeing to Europe.
100
Caliph
This is a chief leader of the Islamic community.
200
Spread like wildfire
Idiom: News to spread extremely fast
200
Nicolas Maduro
Who is the current president of Venezuela?
200
2048
When did Hans Rosling predict India and China will pass Western countries economically?
200
xenophobia
_________ is a fear of people from other cultures or countries.
200
Shia Islam (Shiites)
This branch of Islam believes that Muslim leaders should come from Muhammad's family.
300
Word of mouth
Nobody needed to read the news to know what was going on, it just spread by __________.
300
Queue
People wait in these for hours to go to the supermarket.
300
Farmer Suicides
Droughts and debt are causing _________ in rural India.
300
war, persecution, and natural disaster
There are 3 reasons a refugee may leave their home country. Tell me 2.
300
Sect
This word means a branch or division of something.
400
Megaphone diplomacy
The President needs talk directly with China, this ________ is not going to achieve anything.
400
Hugo Chavez
_______ is the former president of Venezuela who wanted to build a socialist paradise.
400
juxtaposition, captioning and labels, and caricature
Two elements used in this cartoon. (see picture)
400
Schengen Area
This is the area in Europe where people can travel between borders without passport checks.
400
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
__________ is the leader of IS.
500
Decrease in foreign news bureaus
Why has world news coverage declined?
500
Food, work, a new home
People are leaving Venezuela to search for what 3 things? (tell me 2 things)
500
Kashmir
This area is disputed territory between India and Pakistan.
500
Asylum
This is what refugees are seeking in Europe. It is a way for them to stay legally in Europe.
500
proxy war
An example of this is Iran and Saudi Arabia engaging in war in several countries but not directly engaging in war with each other.






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