World Affairs Weekly Quiz #20
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- 1.At the recent meeting of the G-8 industrialized nations in France,
- A.
They adopted a plan to provide unspecified financial aid to Egypt and Tunisia
- B.
They directed the IMF to provide unspecified loans and other financial assistance to Egypt and Tunisia
- C.
France urged the US to provide more military firepower to oust Gaddafi
- D.
All of the above
- 2.Which of the following countries is not a member of the G-8?
- A.
Canada
- B.
Russia
- C.
Japan
- D.
China
- 3.North Korean dictator Kim Jong-iI called for the resumption of the six-party talks on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula recently during his visit to Beijing (third in a year) during a summit with China’s leader Hu Jintao. Which of the following is true?
- A.
The talks have been suspended since December 2008
- B.
North Korea’s economy is in shambles and heavily dependent on China and Kim Jong-il seeks further international financial assistance to feed his population
- C.
It now appears that China has approved of Kim Jong-un as the successor to his father who succeeded his father to power in North Korea
- D.
All of the above
- 4.The members of the Six-Party talks include all the following except
- A.
Russia
- B.
Australia
- C.
Japan
- D.
China
- 5.A proposal to address the erosion of human rights and rule of law in Russia has been introduced in the US Senate. The legislation proposes to:
- A.
Ban the import of Russia vodka
- B.
Ban the export of wheat to Russia from the US
- C.
Impose travel restrictions and financial sanctions on Russians who have violated human rights
- D.
Urge Prime Minister Putin in strong diplomatic language “to please be a nice man”
- 6.In his recent blog at WorldAffairsJournal.org, Egyptian author and commentator Alaa Al Aswany mentioned some of the crimes undertaken by the regime during the protests. According to him, which of the following is true?
- A.
Over 1,000 Egyptians were killed
- B.
Over 1,400 lost eyes because of the use of rubber bullets
- C.
Thousands remain missing
- D.
All of these statements are true
- 7.Near-simultaneous explosions ripped through three government buildings in the eastern city of Fuzhou, China, killing two, according to Chinese state media. The report sited an undisclosed source who said that the damage was most likely caused by
- A.
A disgruntled farmer
- B.
Radicals who wish to incite instability
- C.
Chinese mafia
- D.
A Muslim radical sect
- 8.Some 28 were killed in a battle between two rival drug gangs last Wednesday. The battle took place in:
- A.
Ruiz, Mexico
- B.
Kabul, Afghanistan
- C.
The Bronx, New York
- D.
None of the above
- 9.The Suna Times reported that in the latest wave of violence in Mogadishu, Al-Shabaab fighters from the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia
- A.
Beheaded 14 village chiefs for resisting
- B.
Raped dozens of women to punish the village’s men who have taken up arms against them
- C.
Abducted forty children, who are now dead after being forcibly deployed to fight
- D.
None of the above
- 10.In his recent WorldAffairsJournal.org essay, Apoorva Shah maintains that Pakistran’s troubles are caused by:
- A.
The lack of economic opportunity
- B.
Political corruption and incompetence
- C.
Foreign meddling and hyper-militarization
- D.
The nature of the “Islamic State” itself
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