Current Events (2/25)

NASA safely landed a new robotic rover on Mars on Feb. 18, beginning its most ambitious effort in decades to ________.

• claim the planet for the United States

• research the fourth planet from the sun’s atmosphere and weather

• rescue a lost NASA spacecraft

• study whether there was ever life on the now-barren red planet

Roughly one year since the first known death by the coronavirus in the United States, the nation has surpassed an unfathomable toll, the loss of ________ people.

• 100,000

• 250,000

• 500,000

• 1,000,000

The Supreme Court on Feb. 22 rejected a last-ditch attempt by former President Donald J. Trump to ________, issuing a brief, unsigned order requiring Mr. Trump’s accountants to turn over documents to prosecutors in New York.

• delete emails from a private server

• file an outstanding lawsuit alleging voter fraud

• shield his financial records

• withhold White House phone call history

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was widely criticized for flying to _____ for a family vacation as millions in his state suffered from the weather disaster.

• Cozumel

• Cuba

• Cancun

• Playa del Carmen

U.S. life expectancy dropped by one year for Americans in 2020, but fell nearly ___ years for Black Americans.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The failure of a United Airlines airplane engine, shortly after leaving ..?.. International Airport, prompted the company to ground all Boeing 777s.

• Denver

• Los Angeles

• Phoenix

• Seattle

The family of Black civil rights leader ______ who was assassinated in February 1965, asked for a new investigation into his murder in light of new evidence.

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Medgar Evers

• Malcolm X

• Fred Hampton