"What in the World?" - Week of June 4-10, 2017

A bombing in Kabul last week killed at least 80 people in one of the war’s worst attacks on civilians. The conflict in Afghanistan, the United States’ longest war, was originally called “Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan.” What year did it begin?
1998
2001
2003
2005
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE along with Egypt and Yemen severed relations with fellow GCC member state Qatar and cut off land, air and sea connections with it. What other GCC countries did not participate in the diplomatic action:
Kuwait and Iraq
Iraq and Jordan
Jordan and Oman
Oman and Kuwait
This week marked the 28th anniversary of the massive crackdown of pro-democracy dissidents known as the ’89 Democracy Movement in China. Troops with assault rifles backed by tanks killed several hundred protestors in THIS PLACE:
Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
Temple of Heaven
Beijing National Stadium
Last week President Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement to voluntarily reduce polluting emissions. Which statement is NOT TRUE:
Nicaragua and Syria were previously the only non-signatories to the Paris climate accord.
The President said he wanted to reopen negotiations on a climate accord to achieve a better deal.
The US withdrawal from Paris will have little impact on climate change because American emissions are so small.
The US must wait four years for the withdrawal to take effect.
The Trump Administration sought to reassure America’s allies in Asia that it was a reliable partner in the face of a loss of credibility and a sense that the United States was entering a new isolationist period. THIS OFFICIAL was in Singapore last week to tell allies the US could be counted upon in the face of North Korea’s missile program and China’s militarization.
Secretary of Defense Mattis
National Security Advisor McMaster
Secretary of State Tillerson
Senior Advisor to the President Kushner
Attention is turning to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza as Israelis and Palestinians approach the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Six-day War. Which statement is NOT TRUE.
Israel and Palestine stand to gain about $170 billion in their economies over ten years if a two-state solution could be forged.
More than 10,000 Palestinians from the West Bank work in Israel.
Palestinians from Gaza are prohibited from working in Israel.
Unemployment among youth in Gaza is about 60 percent.
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries took a key town in the north tightening the noose around Islamic State forces as the campaign to retake THIS strategic city approached its eighth month.
Raqqa
Irbil
Tikrit
Mosul
Venezuela’s President announced a vote to elect a constituent assembly on July 30th in an effort to quell near-daily protests against the government. Opponents claim he is trying to sidestep national elections and demands for an end to food and medicine shortages. The President of Venezuela is:
Nicolas Maduro
Hugo Chavez
Rafael Caldera
Carlos Andres Perez
The Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) warned that the region’s “open borders are being exploited by terrorist groups to facilitate personnel and material” movements. Indonesia, Mayalsia and the Philippines – which include thousands of islands – have been especially subject to terrorist movements. The new warning specifically addressed THIS group.
Al Qaeda-Pacific (AQP)
Islamic State (IS)
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)
This European leader made headlines last week with the assertion that President Trump was not a reliable partner following NATO and G-7 meetings among the leaders. Which EU head of state said Europe needed to “take our fate into our own hands”?
Italian President Sergio Mattarella
French President Emmanuel Macron
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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