Summer 2014 Current Events

Question 1

Over the summer, there have been a series of riots and protests in this American city.

Accepted Answer

Ferguson

Question 2

Ebola is transmitted by

Accepted Answer

contact with bodily fluids

Question 3

Ebola kills between 50-90% of those infected. In this outbreak, how many people have died?

Accepted Answer

~1600

Question 4

This summer, the deadly Ebola virus began to spread across

Accepted Answer

West Africa

Question 5

What is happening in Central America to cause a surge in unaccompanied children at the border?

Accepted Answer

escalating drug violence

Question 6

The police response to the riots sparked a government study of police access to

Accepted Answer

military hardware

Question 7

How many unaccompanied children are estimated to attempt entry to the US this year?

Accepted Answer

70,000

Question 8

American intelligence believes Russian backed separatists in Ukraine...

Accepted Answer

shooting down a civilian airliner

Question 9

The event that sparked the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri was

Accepted Answer

the shooting of a teenager by a police officer

Question 10

ISIS currently controls territory in what other country than Iraq?

Accepted Answer

Syria

Question 11

The United States and Europe are doing what to support Ukraine against Russia

Accepted Answer

funding for Ukraine's government, economic sanctions against Russia

Question 12

This summer, a renewed focus on illegal immigration was caused by

Accepted Answer

a surge in the number of unaccompanied children

Question 13

America has opposed increasing Russian intervention in

Accepted Answer

Ukraine

Question 14

Pres. Obama ordered air-strikes against the terrorist group ISIS (ISIL) in

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 15

ISIS drew public attention in the US for the execution of

Accepted Answer

Journalist James Foley

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