Review: Current Events, September 2014

2. What state is experiencing an ongoing drought?
3. Conflict between Sunni’s and Shiite’s date back to the death of ________________, the prophet of Islam.
5. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS) is a radical __________ group.
6. According to the article, "I've Been Homeless for Six Years", most homeless advocates would like to see more _________ ________ dedicated to homeless youth.
8. The overall number of homeless people in the United States is declining, but ___________ homelessness is at an all-time high.
9. While President Barack Obama has said he will not send ________________ to Iraq in Syria to fight ISIS, he has employed air strikes against the group.
12. the two most populated countries in the world are ___________ and ___________.

1. The Baltimore Ravens terminated running back ______________’s contract Sept. 8 after a graphic video emerged of him punching his former fiancée, who is now his wife, in a hotel elevator in Atlantic City in February.
2. Roger Goodell is the __________________ of the NFL.
3. NASA spacecraft that began orbiting Mars in September.
4. Since its outbreak in August of 2014, Ebola is yet to be contained and has killed over 3,000 people in the region of ________________.
7. ISIS’s main goal is to establish a strict Islamic state in the Middle East without regard to present-day ______________.
10. After a dispute that lasted months, two men recently agreed to share leadership power in this country:
11. On September 18th, Scotland voters _________________ independence from Britain by 55% to 44% in a referendum that had threatened to break up the 307-year union between them.