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