Questions

DIRECTIONS: For the bolded part of each statement, circle the correct answer.

1. In his address to the world leaders at Davos on Thursday, President Trump described his election victory as "a massive mandate from the American people / the Democrats in Congress ..." that ... it was "a revolution of common sense."

2. President Trump's message to foreign businesses when addressing Davos was to invite them: "make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on Earth.... But if you don’t make your product in America...then you will have to pay a tariff / sell your product elsewhere.

3. The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies and collaborators. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. This year marked the 50th / 80th anniversary of the liberation by the Russian Army.

4. An agreed to criminal migrant deportation flight was in air on the way to Colombia this week. President Gustavo Petro canceled his authorization mid flight due to what he said was undignified treatment because his citizens being returned to Colombia were shackled and being sent back on military planes / made to sit in economy class.

5. In response to President Petro, President Trump then announced on TruthSocial that he would impose tariffs on Colombia, as well as travel bans for the president's party, his family and supporters and other sanctions. President Petro said on X: "The US cannot treat Colombian migrants as criminals." Several readers noted, "we only want law-abiding Colombians to immigrate legally to the U.S." / "the Colombians being deported have criminal records." Later same day, President Petro caved and rescinded his order.

6. A civilian jet manufactured by Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier for the first time over the Mojave Desert this week. This success is significant because it is the first time any plane has every broken the sound barrier / an independently developed jet has broken the sound barrier.

7. President Trump announced this week that he plans to send up to 30,000 illegal migrant criminals to detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba / the International Space Station as part of his campaign to mass-deport migrants who have committed crimes.

8. Border czar Tom Homan told reporters, “there’s already a migrant center there...it’s been there for decades.” President Trump noted also that "it’s a tough place to get out of" / "it's a popular destination."

9. Israeli Prime Minister on Thursday cancelled / temporarily delayed the release of the 110 Palestinian prisoners being released in exchange for 3 Israeli hostages after live images were broadcast across Israel of a crowd of thousands jostling and jeering as civilian hostages Arbel Yehoud and 80 year-old Gadi Mozes were handed over to the Red Cross in central Gaza.

10. Before allowing her to get to the Red Cross van waiting to take her into Israel, Hamas militants paraded 20 year-old hostage Agam Berger in front of cameras on a stage in front of a massive crowd of Palestinian men, where they forced her to smile and wave / apologized for holding her hostage for over 15 months.