Newsquiz: Week of May 26

(CNN Student News) -- May 30, 2008

Fill in the blank - The following sentences relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. See if you can identify the place or thing that is missing from each sentence. Write your answers in the space provided.

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1. Leading U.S. presidential candidates issued a rare joint statement demanding an end to the crisis that is occurring in the ________ region of Sudan.

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2. According to a new study, the ________ rate among U.S. kids and teens appears to have leveled off after 25 years of increases.

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3. NASA's Mars ________ Lander arrived safely on the Red Planet.

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4. Potential flooding from so-called ________ forced evacuations in China's Sichuan province, the region where this month's deadly earthquake occurred.

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5. The government of ________ agreed to let aid workers, regardless of nationality, into the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis.

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6. A series of tornadoes caused severe damage in the ________ region of the U.S.

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7. According to AAA, the U.S. state of ________ had the lowest average cost of gas on Wednesday.

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8. Efforts are under way to repair the international space station's only ________.

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9. The country of Nepal is changing its system of government from a monarchy to a ________.

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10. The term ________ refers to the study of numbers and their supposed influence on life.

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