Current Events 3/2/12


This is a little quiz. All of these questions come from the articles we have discussed this week. Feel free to browse the assignment archives to find the articles and the answers. You may have free time when you have completed these questions.
  1. We discussed Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, earlier in the week. What does apartheid mean?
  2. Why was Pastor Nadarkhani arrested and sentenced to death in Iran?
  3. What is a prisoner of conscience?
  4. Where was Oetzi found?
  5. Where did his ancestors most likely come from?
  6. How big was the asteroid that supposedly brought about the end of the dinosaur?
  7. What is an ossuary?
  8. What does BCE and CE mean?
  9. Explain how the inscriptions on the ossuary can be interpreted to reflect the concept of resurrection.

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