World Boston What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 18-24, 2022
President Biden made his first visit to the Middle East last week meeting leaders in THESE places.
Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, West Bank, Kuwait
West Bank, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel
President Biden was critical of Saudi Arabia’s defacto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman because of THIS.
Saudi Arabia’s position on Iranian nuclear enrichment activities
Saudi Arabia’s human rights record
Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving
Saudi Arabia’s support of the two-state solution for Middle East peace
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited THIS region of China where the United States has said Beijing is engaged in genocide against the Muslim Uyghur population. The UN has said China has imprisoned more than one million Uyghurs in “massive internment camps.” [Map]
Xinjiang
Tianjing
Guangxi
Ningxia
Civil revolt and mass protests amid economic collapse in Sri Lanka forced THIS president to flee the country.
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Maithripala Sirisena
Chandrika Kumaratunga
The ruling coalition of Mario Draghi fell apart and he tendered his resignation as Prime Minister of THIS country.
Spain
Argentina
Italy
Portugal
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Baku seeking more natural gas from THIS country for Europe as it cuts back on gas from Russia. [Map]
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Inflation, energy supply woes and the threat of recession in Europe have led THIS currency to rare parity with the U.S. Dollar.
Pound
Lira
Euro
Ruble
The United States claimed Iran is planning on sending THESE weapons to Russia to use in its invasion of Ukraine.
Land mines
Anti-ship missiles
Attack drones
Scud missiles
The United Nations estimated that global population will reach THIS number on November 15, 2022. African nations are fueling the growth with Sub-Saharan population expected to rise from one-seventh of global totals today to one-fifth by 2050.
5 billion
7 billion
8 billion
9 billion
The U.S. Navy conducted its second “Freedom of Navigation” transit of a warship in THIS area claimed by China as sovereign waters, a claim judged invalid six years ago by an international tribunal. Beijing called the transit, “nothing short of a 'security risk and a 'destroyer of regional peace and stability.'"
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
South China Sea
Red Sea
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