Newsquiz: Week of June 4

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(CNN Student News) -- June 8, 2007

Year-End Newsquiz -- Use the clues below to help you identify the people or places that made news this school year. Fill in your answers in the space provided.

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1. The nation mourned when this man, the only person to serve as both president and vice president of the United States without having been elected to either office, died on December 26, 2006.

2. The results of the 2006 U.S. midterm elections were seen as a referendum on the war in this country.

3. This famous naturalist and TV host died after being attacked by a stingray in September 2006.

4. A gunman killed 32 people on this U.S. college campus on April 16, 2007.

5. This political party won majorities in both houses of Congress in the 2006 U.S. midterm elections.

6. The president in question #1 is credited with helping the U.S. heal after this political scandal.

7. The International Atomic Energy Agency announced in May 2007 that this country had expanded its nuclear program, despite U.N. sanctions.

8. This former Iraqi dictator was executed in December 2006 for crimes against humanity.

9. This Asian country announced a successful underground nuclear test in October 2006.

10. This woman became the first female speaker of the house as a result of the 2006 U.S. midterm elections.

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