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(CNN Student News) -- Name that noun - Answer the following questions about people, places or things from this week's news. Fill in your answers in the space provided.

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1. What country won the most Olympic medals during the 2008 Summer Games?

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2. Who accepted the U.S. Democratic Party's vice presidential nomination?

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3. At what outdoor venue did Sen. Barack Obama deliver his acceptance speech for the Democratic presidential nomination?

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4. What body of water currently has an 8,000 square mile Dead Zone?

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5. The provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia want autonomy from what country?

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6. What type of uniform is at the center of controversy at Ohio's Monroe High School?

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7. What tropical storm wreaked havoc in Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

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8. In what year did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

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9. What word means "exclusive control of a good or service, or the group that has that control"?

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10. In what country have nearly 3,000,000 people been affected by severe flooding?

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