QUIZ 1.

Use with VOICES, page 5, & NATIONAL, pages 8-10

FILL IN THE BLANK: Write the answer that best completes the statement.

1. --, former President of Yugoslavia, was voted out of office in September.

2. Tijana Basurovic, once a citizen of Bosnia, in Yugoslavia, was forced to flee the fighting in her country. Though she now lives safely in the U.S., her first refuge was in --, where she lived with her grandmother.

3. Basurovic says she places "enormous trust" in --, the newly elected leader of Yugoslavia, to return peace and normalcy to her country.

4. Long before the election, there was little doubt that --, a Northeastern state with 12 electoral votes, would go for Vice President Al Gore.

5. Both Al Gore and George W. Bush campaigned hard in Florida. There, a key issue was continued government support for --, a program that provides income to millions of older Americans.

6. Political experts predicted that --, the state with the most electoral votes, would be Gore country.

7. During his campaign for President, George W. Bush hammered away at the need for --, which would reduce the revenue the federal government receives from citizens.

8. --, a Southeastern coastal state with eight electoral votes, was considered a lock for George W. Bush.

9. Add up the electoral votes of the home states of the two candidates for Vice President and you get --, 65 percent less than the electoral vote received by George W. Bush in his home state.

10. One of the hottest Senate races in Election 2000 occurred in --, where a Congressman named -- ran against a woman named --, who had never lived in the state before i999.

    CRITICAL THINKING: Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

11. In political slang, elected...