HCL - 3.21.23

French President Macron (Narrowly) Survives

A reform bill raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 in France was passed into law Monday after a no-confidence motion failed to pass the National Assembly.

A total of 278 lawmakers voted in support of the no-confidence motion, nine shy of the 287 needed. Had it passed, the cabinet would have been forced to resign, and Macron's signature legislation would have been rejected. Opponents of the bill are reportedly planning to ask the Constitutional Council to weigh in on the law's constitutionality.

Thousands of protesters across the country demonstrated against the bill over the weekend, with at least 300 arrests amid clashes with police.

What is the US equivalent to the French "Constitutional Council"?

What is the name of this lake? It is the deepest lake in the US - nearly 2000 feet deep.

• Lake Pontchartrain

• Crater Lake

• Lake Superior

• Lake Tahoe

How was this lake formed?

This lake has no input or output — the waters are crystal clear and blue because it's fed entirely by rainwater. The only water leaving Crater Lake does so through _________________. 

This lake is a natural lake situated in southern Siberia in the most seismically active continental rift in the world. Not only is this lake the deepest lake in the world, clocking in at 5,387 feet deep, it's also the world's oldest lake, and it is the largest lake by volume of water.

The lake is around 25 million years old and roughly the size of Belgium. It contains a full 20 percent of the world's unfrozen fresh water and is home to around 3,700 animal and plant species, 80 percent of which live nowhere else in the world.

What lake is this?

• Great Slave Lake

• Lake Vostok

• Lake Baikal

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Okeechobee

French President Macron (Narrowly) SurvivesA reform bill raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 in France was passed into law Monday after a no-confidence motion failed to pass the National Assembly.A total of 278 lawmakers voted in support of the no-confidence motion, nine shy of the 287 needed. Had it passed, the cabinet would have been forced to resign, and Macron's signature legislation would have been rejected. Opponents of the bill are reportedly planning to ask the Constitutional Council to weigh in on the law's constitutionality.Thousands of protesters across the country demonstrated against the bill over the weekend, with at least 300 arrests amid clashes with police.What US Civics terms would be related to this news story? (a)  

• impeachment

• reapportionment

• judicial review

• extradition

• apportionment